Barbour Silver Company designs in collections, at auction, and in exhibitions
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LINK: Barbour Silver Company design catalogues and historical information
Above, photo of Barbour Silver Co. tea set in Vogue on 11 May 1929, (p. 71). For more information, see the listing on the parallel Barbour Silver Company design catalogues and historical information webpage.
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A. Barbour Silver Company designs in collections (by year) [1]
1870s | n. d. - casterBarbour Brothers Company. (undated). Caster / shaker (with embossed people all over, two covers). Silver. (Accession no. D1981.28.72A-B. Viewed 12 August 2016. AAA00053-166.)
1800-85 - tea servicePossibly Barbour Brothers Company. (1800-85). Tea service. (Accession no. 1997.40.1. Viewed 10 April 2017. A02148.)
1875-85 - urnHartford Silver Plate Co. (Barbour Silver Co. predecessor). (1875-85). Urn. (Accession no. 2012.60.3a-b. Viewed 7 October 2020. J00840). |
1880s |
c. 1885 - covered tureenBarbour Brothers Company. (c. 1885). Covered tureen with liner (with engraved flowers). Silver plate; ironstone. (Accession no. D1981.28.19A-D. Viewed 12 August 2016. AAA00053-081.)
Napkin ringBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1885). Napkin ring. Silver. (Accession no. 1996.81.2. Viewed 12 August 2016. AAA00053-017.)
c. 1888 - butter dishBarbour Bros. (c. 1888). Butter dish. (Object ID nos. 78.7.1.A-D. Viewed 27 July 2018. H00032-36).
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1890s | before 1892 - caster stand and bottlesBarbour Bros. Co. (Barbour Silver Co. predecessor) (before 1892). Caster stand and bottle. [Cat. nos. 1953.10.1(-6). Viewed 7 October 2020. J00834-39].
1892-1900 - trayBarbour Silver Company. (1892-1900). Tray. Silver or silver plate. (Accession no. 2009.2.2. Viewed 11 August 2018. L00008). c. 1892 - water pitcherPossibly Barbour Bros. Co. (c. 1892). Water pitcher. (Accession no. 91.1.40. Updated 13 September 2020. E01373; J00672).
c. 1892-94 - napkin ringBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1892-94). Napkin ring, dog with bird design. (Identifier: 126408. Viewed 5 May 2020. J00297). 1892-98 - moustache cup and saucerBarbour Silver Company. (1892-98). Moustache cup and saucer. (Identifier: 123899. Viewed 5 May 2020. J00294). 1892-98 - tea setBarbour Silver Company. (1892-98). Tea set: teapot, coffeepot, sugar bowl, spooner. Accession no. 1980.236.452. Viewed 27 July 2018. H00031). before c. 1893 - cruet standHartford Silver Plate Co. (Barbour Silver Co. predecessor). (before c. 1893). Cruet stand. (Accession no. X.966.642.001. Viewed 31 August 2020. J00519).
c. 1895 - spoonerBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1895). Spooner. Silver plate. (Cat. no. M-2016.Fic.064. Viewed 17 July 2018. G02887-89). c. 1895 - four vasesBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1895). Four vases. [Accession no. 2016.2.118.1(-.4). Viewed 17 August 2018. L00563-22(-25); L00564].
c. 1897 - dish with lidBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1897). Dish with lid. (Identifier: 1997.36.1a-b. Viewed 5 May 2020. J00296). 1897/1917 - coffee set with trayBarbour Silver Company (chasing by Christopher M. Whalen). (1897/1917). Coffee set with tray. (Accession no. 1983.1014a-d. Viewed 18 March 2016. B00008.) The Barbour Silver Company became part of the International Silver Company in 1898. After this date, it is assumed that any design patents utilized by the Barbour Silver Company division or brand were assigned to the International Silver Company. (See the ISC historical documentation page). 1898-1924 - basketBarbour Silver Co. / International Silver Company. (1898-1924). Basket. Electroplated nickel silver. (Accession no. 1994.0010. Viewed 29 March 2017. A01839.) |
1900s |
c. 1900 - water pitcherBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900). Water pitcher. Silverplated white metal. (Accession no. 1998.38.0. Viewed 17 July 2016. AAA00033-04.)
1905 - candelabrum (Art Nouveau)Barbour Silver Co. / International Silver Co. (1905). Candelabrum (Art Nouveau). (Accession no. 1995.9.1. Viewed 2 September 2020. J00557).
c. 1906 - loving cup, trophyBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (c. 1906). Loving cup, trophy. Silver plate. (Cat. no. 1991.026.007a-b. Viewed 11 July 2018. G02554-55). c. 1908 - trophyBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (c. 1908). Trophy. Silver plate. (Cat. no. 1998.22.134. Viewed 26 July 2018. C00176).
1909-10 - trophyBarbour Silver Co. / International Silver Co. (1909-10). Trophy. (Accession no. WP.1983.012. Viewed 2 September 2020. J00627).
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1910s | c. 1911 - trophyBarbour Silver Co. (c. 1911). Trophy. (Accession no. H9-7-855. Viewed 1 July 2021. J01378).
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1920s |
c. 1926 - trayBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Co. (c. 1926). Tray. (Accession no. 1980.129.12. Viewed 6 April 2017. A01910.)
c. 1928-29 - coffee setBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (designed c. 1928-29). Coffee pot, creamer and sugar bowl. Silver and ebony. (Accession no 2002.29.24.1-3. Viewed 28 March 2016. A00196-99.)
c. 1929-31 - vaseBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (designed c. 1929-31). Vase. Silver plate and plastic. (Accession no 2002.29.46. Viewed 28 March 2016. A00195.) 1929-30 - Feinauer-designed cocktail shakerGeorge Albert Feinauer for Barbour Silver Company / ISC. (1929-30). Cocktail shaker. Silverplate and catalin. (Accession no. 2011.154.3. Viewed 21 March 2016. B00016.) 1929-30 - Feinauer-designed coffee setAlbert Feinauer for the Barbour Silver Company / ISC. (1929-30). Coffee set. Silver plate and cane. (Accession no: 2014.996.1-3. Viewed 16 March 2016. B00002.) 1929-32 - Feinauer-designed coffeepotGeorge Albert Feinauer for Barbour Silver Company / ISC. (1929-32). Coffeepot. Silverplate and catalin. (Accession no: 2011.154.2. Viewed 21 March 2016. B00015.) 20th c. - water pitcherBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (20th century). Water pitcher. Silver. (Accession no. 85.42.8. Updated 20 June 2020. F00048.)
Click the following link to see the parallel webpage - Barbour Silver Company design catalogues and historical documentation. |
n. d. | n. d. - serving trayBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Serving tray. (Accession no. 1994.61. Viewed 4 May 2020. H01347). n. d. - butter dishBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Butter dish. (Identifier: 114163. Viewed 5 May 2020. J00295). n. d. - silver trayBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Silver tray. (Cat. no. P1985.35.4. Viewed 11 July 2018. G02552-53). n. d. - cream pitcherBarbour Silver Co. (undated). Cream pitcher. (Accession no. 1975.0264.0001. Viewed 4 February 2021. J01066).
n. d. - trayBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Tray. Silver plate. (Cat. no. S6052. Viewed 18 July 2018. G02958). n. d. - teapotBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Teapot. Silver plate. (Accession no, 1972.16.4. Viewed 10 July 2018. G02471). n. d. - sugar bowlBarbour Silver Co. (undated). Sugar bowl. (Accession no. 1975.0264.0002. Viewed 20 February 2021. J01122).
n. d. - candlestick holderBarbour Silver Co. (undated). Candlestick holder. (Accession no. L.1974.964.L. Viewed 27 December 2020. J01023).
20th c. - trayBarbour Silver Company. (20th century). Tray. Nickel silver. (Object no. 1948.136.36. Updated 20 June 2020. G02425).
n. d. - tea / coffee serviceBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Tea / coffee service: teapot, coffeepot, sugar bowl and lid, creamer and spoon holder. Silver plate. (Cat. no. 75.21.1A-E. Viewed 22 August 2018. L00709). n. d. - napkin ringBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Napkin ring. Silver plate. (Cat. no. 64-22. Viewed 8 July 2018. G02400). n. d. - bon bon dishBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Bon bon dish. Silver. (Accession no. D1981.28.30. Viewed 12 August 2016. AAA00053-119.)
n. d. - sugar and creamerBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Sugar and creamer. Silver. (Accession no. D1981.28.197.1-2. Viewed 12 August 2016. AAA00053-080.)
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B. Barbour Silver Company designs at auction
1880s | c. 1880 - pair of American Aesthetic Movement vases and coversHartford Silver Plate Co. (Barbour Silver Co. predecessor). (c. 1880). Pair of American Aesthetic Movement vases and covers. (Viewed 18 October 2020. F01528).
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1900s | c. 1900 - Art Nouveau footed center bowlBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900). Art Nouveau footed center bowl. Sterling silver. (Viewed 2 July 2018. G02105).
c. 1900 - centerpiece bowl and standBarbour Silver Company. (late 19th century / early 20th century). Oval floral-and-foliate-decorated centerpiece bowl and stand. Sterling silver. (Viewed 2 July 2018. G02106).
c. 1900 - three-piece coffee serviceBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900). Three-piece coffee service: coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl. Sterling silver. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03054).
c. 1900 - pickle caster with tongsBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900; late 19th / early 20th century). Pickle caster with tongs. Silver plate, colored glass. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02757).
c. 1900 - three handle cupBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900; late 19th / 20th c.). Three handle cup. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02755).
c. 1900 - tall vaseBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900; late 19th / early 20th century). Tall vase. Sterling silver. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02770).
c. 1900 - vaseBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1900). Vase. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03050).
1900-50 - cocktail setBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (1900-50). Silver and enamel cocktail set. Sterling silver. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03047).
c. 1905 - pitcherBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (c. 1905). Pitcher with epousse grapevine cartouche and foliate engraving. (Viewed 15 July 2018. A03051). |
1910 | c. 1910 - bowlBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1910). Bowl on four tab feet. Silver. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03052). c. 1910 - footed salverBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (c. 1910). Footed salver. Sterling silver. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02754).
c. 1910 - loving cup, trophyBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (c. 1910). Loving cup, trophy. Silver or silver plate. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02766).
early 20th c. - five-piece tea and coffee serviceBarbour Silver Company / ISC. (early 20th century). Five-piece tea and coffee service: coffee pot, tea pot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl. Sterling silver. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02765).
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1920 | c. 1920 - twelve cups and saucersBarbour Silver Company. (c. 1920). Set of twelve, octagonal cups and saucers. Silver or silver-plate. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03053). |
20th c. |
20th c. - twelve silver dinner platesBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (20th century). Twelve silver dinner plates. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03048). 20th c. - table serving piecesBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (20th century). Table serving pieces. (Viewed 2 July 2018. A03049).
20th c. - rectangular trayBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (20th century). Rectangular tray, with applied fruiting grape vine rim. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02756). 20th c. - two Revere-style bowlsBarbour Silver Company / International Silver Company. (20th century). Two Revere-style bowls. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02753).
20th c. - nut bowl with squirrel-form feetBarbour Silver Company / (ISC). (20th century). Nut bowl with squirrel-form feet. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02769). |
n. d. | n. d. - cocktail shakerBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Shirley pattern cocktail shaker. (Viewed 8 December 2016. A01302.)
n. d. - tea caddyBarbour Silver Company. (undated). Tea caddy. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02767).
n. d. - various itemsBarbour Silver Company & International Silver Company (designs unspecified). (undated). Various items: vegetable dish, footed oval well & tree platter, plates, bread & butter plates. (Viewed 15 July 2018. G02768).
Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical silver 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". |
C. Barbour Silver Company designs in exhibitions
1910s | 1915 - Panama-Pacific Exposition (presumably)20 February - 4 December 1915. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. > Presumably unspecified designs exhibited by Barbour Silver Co. / International Silver Co.
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1920s | 1922 - Hotel Rice, presumably Houston, Texas22 April 1922. Hotel Rice exhibition, presumably Houston, Texas. > Unspecified designs by Barbour Silver Company / International Silver Company exhibited.
1924 - St. Louis convention exhibit25 August - 3 September 1924. American National Retail Jewelers’ Association convention exhibits, Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Missouri. > Unspecified designs exhibited by Barbour Silver Company / International Silver Company.
1925 - Metropolitan Museum of Art29 March - 3 May 1925. American industrial art: Ninth annual exhibition of current manufacturers designed and made in the United States at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. > Exhibited unspecified designs by Barbour Silver Co. / International Silver Co.
1926-27 - Metropolitan Museum of Art4 December 1926 - 5 January 1927. American industrial art: Tenth annual exhibition of current manufactures designed and made in the United States at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Viewed 25 August 2016. AAA00095.) > Exhibited unspecified designs by Barbour Silver Co.
See other exhibitions noted as including unspecified International Silver Company designs (c. 1898 - present). At this developing research point, Barbour Silver Co. designs could have been exhibited in some of these exhibitions. |
1970s | 1975 - New York and Cranbrook exhibitions3 venues: 1975. Forms in metal: 275 years of metalsmithing in America at the Finch College Museum of Art, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York (17 January - 2 March 1975); second viewing at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (16 March - 20 April 1975). (Viewed 17 October 2016. AAA00361.)
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1990s | 1992-99 - Canada / USA travelling exhibition7 venues: 1992-99. Shaken, not stirred: Cocktail shakers and design at Seagram Museum, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (11 December 1992 - 31 October 1993); Museum of our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts (24 April - 30 October 1994); Milwaukee Art Museum (29 September 1995 - 7 January 1996); Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama (24 July 1996 - 8 September 1996); Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans (1 October - 1 March 1997); The Museums at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York [now "The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages"] (3 May - 4 September 1997); possibly Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (c. January 1998); and San Francisco International Airport Museum (21 March 1998 - 20 February 1999). Exhibited designs (at Stony Brook viewing; due to nature of exhibition, the presentations at different sites may have varied.) > Barbour Silver Company / possibly International Silver Co. (c. 1890-1900). Cocktail shaker #9901. Silver plate. (Private lender.)
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2000s | 2005-07 - Dallas Museum of Art travelling exhibition5 venues: 2005 - 2007. Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design. (Viewed 21 March 2016. A00140.) > 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.
See our Design Meriden compilation listing over 1000 exhibitions since 1851, featuring historical design associated with the Meriden area. |
Footnote:
[1] Barbour Silver Company, Hartford, was founded in 1892 and was acquired by the International Silver Company in 1898. [See (a) Stern, Jewel. (2005). Modernism in American silver, page 353. Dallas Museum of Art and Yale University Press; and (b) "A Guide to the International Silver Company Records, 1853-1921". University of Connecticut university libraries website.] Viewed 15 May 2016. [A00660 and A00662]
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