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Meriden Britannia Co., Filiale New York
| Name | Meriden Britannia Co., Filiale New York |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Union Square |
| Art des Unternehmens | Metallwarenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Fabrik in Meriden, Conn.; Verkaufsräume: Union Square, New York, Chicago und San Francisco; Zweigbetrieb in Kanada: Hamilton, Ontario. Manufacturers of Electro, Gold, and Silver-Plated Ware. Sole Makers of the famous "Rogers Brothers'" Goods. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 284] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1851 |
Eintragung |
| 1853 |
Auszeichnung auf der Weltausstellung |
| 1876 |
Auszeichnung auf der "Centennial Exposition" in Philadelphia |
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| galvenisierte Metallwaren |
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| goldbeschichtete Metallwaren |
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| silberbeschichtete Metallwaren |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The leading manufactory of electro, gold, and silver-plated goods is that of the Meriden Britannia Company, located at Meriden, Conn. The demand that has been created for their goods is the best proof of their excellence, and that they are the best silver-plated goods placed upon the market. The company are the sole manufacturers of the celebrated "1847-Rogers Bros. A 1" and the "1847-Rogers Bros.-XII" electro-plated spoons, forks, etc., by far the most durable and beautiful obtainable, while their silver-plated 'hollow ware stands upon an equally prominent footing. The company was incorporated in 1851 by gentlemen of practical experience and enterprise, and is to-day the largest and best equipped in its field of enterprise. Its officers are: President, Mr. Horace C. Wilcox; Secretary, Mr. D. C. Wilcox, and Treasurer, Mr. George R. Curtis. The works are in the city of Meriden, comprising a series of huge four-story buildings, constructed with regard to the requirements of the departments of the business. They are fitted up in a corresponding degree of perfection, and to this advantage is superadded a system of organization, by which with the trained force of workmen employed, the splendid results are achieved, as manifested in the displays in the company's salesrooms, and in every store in the land where silver-plated ware is kept in stock. Only artists of long experience are employed in the department of design, which enables the company to produce articles in a style conforming to the highest rules of art. Their stock possesses all the elements of real silver in beauty, finish, exquisite elegance and grace of form, and extreme durability. It cannot in fact be distinguished from real silver. Upwards of two thousand five hundred hands are employed, and the company has a branch manufactory in operation in Hamilton, Ontario, to directly meet the requirements of the Canadian trade. The salesrooms and headquarters in New York are on Union Square, comprising two entire floors and basement, each two hundred and forty-eight feet in depth, thus giving immense space for the display of goods. All descriptions of useful and ornamental household articles are here in an almost endless variety. Besides their New York salesrooms the company has others at No. 154 State Street, Chicago, and at No. 134 Sutter Street, San Francisco, which afford facilities for the trade throughout the entire country. The Meridan Britannia Company's goods have come out triumphantly from a competition w-ith those of all other manufacturers, the highest honors having been awarded at all fairs where the company has exhibited, from the great World's Fair of 1853, down to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. At the latter exhibition the judges gave their certificates of award to the company for their large variety of silver-plated white metal hollow ware, also "for silver-plated forks, spoons and knives of superior quality, and excellent finish, bearing the trade mark, '1847 - Rogers Bros. - A 1'", also, for XII sectional plating, or extra plating on exposed parts of spoons, forks, etc., and also, "for their very fine finished nickel silver-plated hollow ware." At the American Institute Fair, the judges reported thus in regard to the silver-plated ware manufactured by the Meriden Britannia Company: "We consider the goods manufactured by this company to be by far the best made in this country, and we believe in the world." The secretary of the company, Mr. D. C. Wilcox, resides in New York, giving personal attention to the claims of the trade. The manager of the compa- ny's salesrooms in New York is Mr. J. G. Bacon, a gentleman of practical experience and executive ability. The store is one of the handsomest and most elegantly fitted up in New York, and with a staff of polite salesmen, and such a complete and attractive display of goods, the con-gem is a general favorite with purchasers. Among other specialties are the company's double-walled ice pitchers, ice urns, and swinging ice pitcher sets, with patent porcelain lining. These linings are both durable and cleanly, and have received the highest commendations from both professional and private sources. Their porcelain-lined baking dishes for pastry, meats, puddings, etc., are durable, fire-proof, and perfect retainers of heat, while the silver receptacles can be had in great variety of designs. Buyers should see that all goods bear the "Rogers Bros." trade mark, as only such are reliable, being plated with pure silver on the best quality of nickel silver, and are warranted in every respect. They are accurately weighed before and after plating. Their extra or standard quality of plate is plated twenty per cent, heavier than the ordinary market standard and is stamped "1847-Rogers Bros. A 1." The attention of the public is specially directed to their "Patent XII sectional" process of plating spoons and forks an extra thickness on parts most exposed to wear, the extra coating on the bowls and tips of spoons and forks is three times the usual thickness. Their "XII" sectional goods are also provided with the extra strong round spring-tempered shank. The company is also famous for the manufacture of the finest quality of solid steel knives of the highest grade of plate, and whick it is well for buyers to note have the following trade-mark etched on the blade of each knife: "1847-Rogers Bros., warranted 12 dwt." Other knives have nickel silver, silver soldered handles, blades of finest tempered steel, invariably the highest grade of plate, and are light and durable. Their new patent hollow handle steel blade knife, No. 36, is a light and most desirable specialty. The company has had its splendid lines of knives before the public for more than twenty years, and they have never failed to give entire satisfaction. Assortments of their knives, forks, carvers, spoons, nut-picks, etc., can be had put up in beautiful fine satin-lined morocco cases, and are great favorites for wedding and birthday presents. The company also manufactures lines of their standard goods in sterling silver, nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths fine, which are solid goods fully equal to the best ever made. The company's business has steadily grown until now it is the largest concern of the kind in the world, and does an enormous trade, ranging as high as four million dollars per annum, extending not only throughout all sections of the United States and Canada, but including a tine export trade to such points as China, South America, etc., and they are successfully competing in London with British manufacturers. The officers of the company are gentlemen of unexcelled practical experience in their important department of manufacturing enterprise, while in New York Messrs. D. C. Wilcox, the esteemed secretary, and J. G. Bacon, the energetic manager, have retained the supremacy for their company's goods, and faithfully discharge the duties devolving upon them. The company is one of the most creditable, as it is one of the most important, industrial establishments in the United States. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 284] |
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