1880s Bridgeport Silver Co. Triple Plate Tea Set- 4 Pieces

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4 piece tea set. The Bridgeport Silver Company became part of the International Silver Co. in the late 19th Century. … more 4 piece tea set. The Bridgeport Silver Company became part of the International Silver Co. in the late 19th Century. The history of the International Silver Co., and the various companies that joined themselves together to form it in 1898, is to a remarkable degree the history of the industry itself. The International Silver Co. was organized with an authorized capital of $20,000,000 and included the following companies each of which had won a place for itself in the silver world: Meriden Britannia Co., Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden Silver Plate Co., Meriden; Barbour Silver Co., Rogers Cutlery Co., William Rogers Mfg. Co., Hartford; Holmes & Edwards Silver Co., Bridgeport; Manhattan Silver Plate Co., Lyons, N. Y.; Norwich Cutlery Co., Norwich; Rogers & Brother, Rogers & Hamilton Co., Waterbury; Watrous Mfg. Co., Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., Simpson Nickel Silver Co., Wallingford; Derby Silver Co., Derby: Middletown Plate Co., Middletown. Samuel Dodd, who had been general manager of the Wilcox Silver Plate Co., of Meriden, was the first president, holding that office until his death in Dec, 1906. less