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The new company, Wallace Brothers, produced silver-plated flatware on a base of stainless steel. (By 1879, Wallace Brothers was merged with R. Wallace and Sons Mfg. Co.) In 1875, Wallace introduced the first three sterling patterns to feature the esteemed Wallace name - Hawthorne, The Crown, and St. Leon.
In 1990, Towle Silversmiths was acquired by the holding company Syratech Inc., [3] which also owned Wallace Silversmiths and the International Silver Company. In 2006, Lifetime Brands Inc. purchased Syratech Inc., thereby acquiring all three brands.
One of the most exhibited ISC design objects is the space-age looking urn designed by Eliel Saarinen (1934) for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. / International Silver Company. [7] The urn was exhibited in the exhibition St. Louis Modern (2015–16) [ 10 ] and Cranbrook Goes to the Movies: Films and Their Objects, 1925–1975 (2014–15). [ 11 ]
Silverplate Boeing B-29-30-MO Superfortress 42-65387 from Kirtland Army Air Field in New Mexico, on a practice mission to the Los Lunas bombing range, released a 10,150-pound Fat Man before it disintegrated for unknown reasons and spun in from 32,000 feet. Ten crew members died, and wreckage was strewn up to 16 miles from the crash site.
German toilet service of 1743-45, Metropolitan Museum of Art.The set is mostly in silver-gilt, but includes two Japanese export porcelain Imari ware teacups and saucers. For a lady's dressing-table, including items for snacks and hot drinks.
William Hazen Rogers (born May 13, 1801) was an American master silversmith and a pioneer in the silver-plate industry and whose work and name have survived to the present day. Rogers – together with his two brothers and, later, his son – was responsible for more than 100 patterns of silver and silver-plated cutlery and serving dishes.