Charter Company (Wallingford, CT) designs in collections, at auction, in exhibitions, and historical information

1928 - cocktail shaker

Charter Company / International Silver Co. (1928). Enameled silver. (Accession no. 2002.29.2.A-C. Viewed 1 April 2016. A00208.)

• Photo - Dallas Museum of Art.

1929-30 - Saarinen-designed centerpiece bowl

Eliel Saarinen for Charter Company / (ISC). (1929-30). Centerpiece bowl. Sterling silver. Accession no. 2009.177.1. (Viewed 31 March 2017. A01859.)

• Photo - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.

c. 1926-50 - tea and coffee service

Charter Company / ISC. (Second quarter 20th century). Six-piece silver tea and coffee service. (Viewed 7 May 2016. D00100.)

• Photo - Sotheby’s London - The summer sale: Silver, ceramics & vertu (18 JUL 2007).

c. 1930-42 - tea tray

Charter Company / ISC. (c. 1930-42). Two-handled tea tray. Sterling silver. (Viewed 24 May 2016. A00697.)

• Photo - Christie’s New York - Christie’s Interiors (28-29 FEB 2012).

n. d. - cocktail shaker set

Attributed to Charter Company / ISC. (undated). Cocktail shaker set. Silver and enamel. (Viewed 24 May 2016. A00698.)

• Photo - Sotheby’s New York - 20th century decorative works of art including contemporary works of art (6 JUN 2003).

2000-02 - Metropolitan Museum of Art travelling exhibition

6 venues: 2000-02. American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a new age.

> Venues: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (16 May 16 2000 - 7 January 2001); Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (25 May - 19 August 2001); Flint Institute of Arts, MI (14 September 14 - 16 December 2001); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (11 January - 7 April 2002); Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC (3 May - 28 July 2002); Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (23 August - 17 November 2002).

> Eliel Saarinen for Charter Company / International Silver Co. (c. 1929). Centerpiece. (Private lender; since in the Yale University Art Gallery collection, see above.)

• For documentation, see historical information section below.

2005-07 - Dallas Museum of Art travelling exhibition

5 venues: 2005-07. Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design. (Viewed 21 March 2016. A00140.)

> Exhibition venues: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; Dallas Museum of Art; The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.

• Photos - Dallas Museum of Art installation;
• Exhibition catalogue at Yale University library. (See worldcat.org for other locations);
• Online - interview of curator Jewel Stern, [Design Meriden at artdesigncafe.com, 1(2), 2016].

2016-17 - Dallas Museum of Art

18 November 2016 - 12 November 2017. Shaken, stirred, styled: The art of the cocktail at Dallas Museum of Art.

> Exhibited design: Charter Company / ISC. (1928). Cocktail shaker. (Dallas Museum of Art collection, listed above.)

• For documentation, see design catalogue and historical information below.

c. 1929 - stock book (copy)

Charter Company / International Silver Company. (c. 1929). Stock book (copy). Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 15 February 2018. AAA03001; AAA03018).

• Location of copy: Yale University Art Gallery curatorial files - citation - Gordon, John Stuart et al. (c. 2011). A Modern world: American design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, (p. 288). Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press. Book location: Yale University library, New Haven, CT, call no. NK1404 .Y35X 2011 (LC) Oversize.

1966 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "Charter Company" [/ International Silver Co.], (p. 29). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 5 August 2020. L01882-83; L01890).

• Online - archive.org. (Email-based registration required.)

2000-02 - exhibition catalogue - Charter Co. / ISC in Metropolitan Museum of Art travelling exhibition

Johnson, J. Stewart. (2000). American modern, 1925-1940 : design for a new age exhibition catalogue. [See exhibitions section above for 6 venues; in exhibition: Eliel Saarinen for Charter Company / International Silver Co. (c. 1929). Centerpiece.] 192 pp. (New York: Abrams in association with the American Federation of Arts.) (Viewed 16 November 2018. A02736; L00867-69).

• University of Connecticut, Storrs, call no. NK1404 .J65 2000. (See worldcat.org for other locations.)
• Offline - exhibition checklist - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Webpage of Charter Company / ISC centerpiece bowl by Eliel Saarinen, in the exhibition. (In Yale University Art Gallery collection. See bibliography.)
• Online - exhibition information - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "Charter Company" [/International Silver Co.] [with marks], (p. 44). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (See excerpt at the the top of this page. Viewed 2 August 2020. L01993)

• Online - Boston Public Library - archive.org. (Email-based registration required.)

c. 2011 - design page in book

Gordon, John Stuart (c. 2011). "Eliel Saarinen, designer; Charter Company / International Silver Company; Centerpiece bowl", (1929-30). In Gordon’s A Modern world: American design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, (pp. 287-88). Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press. (Viewed 15 May 2018. AAA03001; AAA03017-18).

• Yale University library, New Haven, CT, call no. NK1404 .Y35X 2011 (LC) Oversize.

2016 - spotlighted news mention and photo - Charter Company / ISC in Dallas Museum of Art exhibition

Joseph, Dana. (2 November 2016). Dallas Museum of Art exhibition to explore the art of the cocktail [announcement of Shaken, Stirred, Styled: The Art of the Cocktail show (18 November 2016 - 12 November 2017), with mention and photo of Charter Company / ISC. (1928). Cocktail shaker. (Dallas Museum of Art collection.)]. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. (Viewed 28 November 2018. B01228-30).

• Online - Fort Worth Star-Telegram website.

2016 - other articles

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2016-17 - exhibition checklist - Charter Company / ISC in Dallas Museum of Art exhibition

Dallas Museum of Art. (c. 2016). Exhibition checklist for Shaken, stirred, styled: The art of the cocktail (18 November 2016 - 12 November 2017). [Exhibited design: Charter Company / ISC. (1928). Cocktail shaker. (Dallas Museum of Art collection, listed above.)] (Viewed 28 November 2018. AAA000155-56; AAA00542-43).

• Offline - exhibition checklist and press release - Dallas Museum of Art.
• Online - exhibition announcement - Dallas Museum of Art.

2017 - photo in article - Charter Company / ISC in Dallas Museum of Art exhibition

Voon, Claire. (6 October 2017). A stirring history of cocktail design [with installation photo of Charter Company / ISC. (1928). Cocktail shaker. (Dallas Museum of Art collection)]. Hyperallergic. (Viewed 29 November 2018. B01244).

• Online - Hyperallergic website.

2019 - article

Braznell, W. Scott. (March / April 2019). The history and the marks of The Charter Company, a special division of the International Silver Company. Silver Magazine, [page number(s) unknown]. (Viewed 6 October 2020. E01688).

• See worldcat.org for possible locations.

n. d. - Charter Company mark

(undated). Charter Company mark. (Viewed 26 April 2020. C01299).

• Online - Sterling Flatware Fashions website - Silversmiths "C" with marks (including Charter Co.).