Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co. / Meriden Jewelry Co. - historical information

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artdesigncafé - design | Design Meriden | 24 September 2020 | Updated 16 July 2020

[c. 1915-22+] "... Manufacturers of sterling silver and plated cigarette cases, fancy pieces and flatware." — Rainwater, Dorothy T. et al. (2004). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, p. 158. (See entry listed below.)

A. Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co. / Meriden Jewelry Co. designs in collections

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B. Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co. / Meriden Jewelry Co. - historical information (by year)

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1910s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1910). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines.

To see Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co. / Meriden Jewelry Co. marks, see Rainwater et. al.’s 1966 and 2004 encyclopedia entries, online and linked below.
Online - archive.org;
Online - Chronicling America at Library of Congress;
Online - fultonhistory.com (over 40 million historical newspaper pages);
Online - Google Books;
Online - Google News;
Online - HathiTrust Digital Library.

1911 - advertisement

A. S. Thomas Dry Goods, presumably Meriden, CT. (22 December 1911). Advertisement: "... fancy jewelry... Manufactured by the Meriden Jewelry Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 16 July 2021. R00334).

Online - Google News.

1918 - aero view map

(1918). Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut [includes listing for: "Meriden Jewelry Manufacturing Co. Artistic Jewelry and Novelties. W. F. Lally, Mgr., 45 Pratt Street".] Hughes & Bailey: Boston. (Viewed 29 September 2020. A01021-22).

Online - Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

1918 - company listing

(1918). Manufacturers and their products... Meriden... "Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co. ... Jewelry ... " In State of Connecticut Public Document No. 33; Sixth Biennial Report of the Factory Inspection Department to the Governor for the Two Years ending September 30, 1918, (p. 65). State of Connecticut: Hartford. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01622-27).

Online - Ohio State University library, Columbus, Ohio.

1960s

1966 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "Meriden Jewelry Mfg. Co." [with marks], (p. 114). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 29 September 2020. L01882-83; L01907).

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

2000s

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "Meriden Jly. Mfg. Co." [with two marks], (p. 158). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 25 September 2020. A02933a,b.)

Online - Boston Public Library at archive.org.

Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical companies from the Meriden area, and those that were connected to the International Silver Company; go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "ISC, predecessors & divisions" and E: "Other featured companies".