Meriden Cutlery Company design catalogues and historical documentation
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Above, advertisement in Bloomingdales Bros. catalogue and diary 1910 New York City, (p. 185). For more information, see the entry below.
"MERIDEN CUTLERY COMPANY
Among the many manufacturers of cutlery in this country the Meriden Cutlery Company ranks with the largest, and from the great variety and superior quality of the goods made it has attained a national and almost a world-wide reputation... The company’s factories are in the pretty suburban village of South Meriden, just outside the city limits... In 1855 the Meriden Cutlery Company was formed by these gentlemen with $75,000 capital, and Julius Pratt was chosen President and D.N. Ropes secretary and treasurer... Their New York office is at 80 Chambers street. "
— Gillespie, Charles Bancroft (compiled by). (1895). Art souvenir edition of the Meriden Daily Journal illustrating the city of Meriden, Connecticut in the year 1895 pp. 42-3. (See entry below.)
Meriden Cutlery Company design catalogues and historical information (by year)
Meriden Cutlery Company; predecessors: Julius Pratt & Company (presumably); Hanover Company.
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| 1850s |
To see information about predecessor companies of Meriden Cutlery Company, see the Design Meriden - Julius Pratt & Company / Pratt, Read & Company resource page.
Various newspapers, magazines and other sources(c. 1855-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines. (Updated 26 April 2020. C01285-86).
1855 advertisementsSee the ads 1855 - advertisementWilson & Co’s, presumably Milwaukee, WI. (11 October 1855). Text-based advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... Manufactured by the Meriden Cutlery Company... " Milwaukee Daily News (Wisconsin), p. 2, col. 5. (Viewed 1 February 2021. C01411).
1855 - advertisementWilson & Co’s, presumably Milwaukee, WI. (2 November 1855). Text-based advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... Manufactured by the Meriden Cutlery Company... " Milwaukee Daily News (Wisconsin), p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 1 February 2021. C01412).
1856 - price listMeriden Cutlery Company. (1856). [Price list]. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 11 April 2017. A00995) 1856 - map(1856). Map of New Haven County, Connecticut [with marking for Meriden Cutlery Co.]. H & C. T. Smith: Philadelphia. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01632). 1858 - price listMeriden Cutlery Company. (1858). [Price list]. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 11 April 2017. A00995.) |
| 1860s | 1861 - three advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (12, 19 & 26 December 1861). Advertisements: "A new thing. Patent, Hard Rubble Handle, for Table Cutlery... Pearl, Ivory, Horn, Bone, Ebony and Cocoa Handles... " [with no illustrations]. The Independent (New York). (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00646-48).
1863-71 - unspecified financial recordMeriden Cutlery Co. (1863-71). Unspecified financial record, checks drawn on the Home National Bank, Meriden, Conn. (Viewed 21 June 2020. L01435). 1864 - historical informationBishop, J. Leander. (1864). On "Meriden Cutlery Company", (p. 756). In A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860. [Brief mention, see excerpt below.] Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. Viewed 1 June 2017. [A02568-70]
"Meriden Cutlery Company, [in 1860] employed 126 hands and manufactured to the amount of $167,000" (excerpt from above).
1865 - report mention - Meriden Cutlery in American Institute fair(1866). Annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York for the years 1865, ’66. Albany: C. Wendell, Printers. [Exhibitors include "Meriden Cutlery Company, No. 45 Beckman street, [award] for beautiful specimens of table cutlery. Silver medal", (p. 39).] (Updated 5 November 2018. A02596-97; D00520-21.)
1865-68 - merchant papersJohn Sise (merchant, Portsmouth, NH). (1865-68). Meriden Cutlery Co. name in Invoice Book, 1865-1868 (pp. 7, 18, 27, 31, 37, 43, 50, 60, 67, 77, 85, 94; folder 1 of 1). (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01698). 1865 advertisementsSee the ads 1865 - six advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Company, 45 Beckman St. New York. (October - December 1865). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company..." [with no illustrations]. The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC), presumably p. 6, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00473-78).
1865 - advertisementButcher, Shoe Knives & Co., New York. (presumably 21 October 1865). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company; Manufacturers of an extensive variety of superior table cutlery, Having also an exclusive right to use the Hard Rubber Handle ..." [with no product illustrations]. Charleston Daily News (South Carolina), presumably p. 6, col. 1. (Viewed 11 December 2021. C01417).
1865 - patent - improvement in machinery for grinding knivesWilliam Fosket, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (26 December 1865). Letters patent no. 51,779: Improvement in machinery for grinding knives. (Viewed 10 March 2018. AAA01076.)
1866 advertisementsSee the ads 1866 - eight advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Company, 45 Beckman St. New York. (January - April 1866). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company..." [with no illustrations]. The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC). (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00914-21).
1866 - advertisementButcher, Shoe Knives & Co., New York. (3 January 1866). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company; Manufacturers of an extensive variety of superior table cutlery, Having also an exclusive right to use the Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no product illustrations]. Charleston Daily News, p. 7, col. 4. (Viewed 11 December 2021. C01418).
1866 - advertisementButcher, Shoe Knives & Co., New York. (30 March 1866). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company; Manufacturers of an extensive variety of superior table cutlery, Having also an exclusive right to use the Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no product illustrations]. Charleston Daily News, p. 7, col. 5. (Viewed 11 December 2021. C01419).
1867 advertisementsSee the ads 1867 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (20 April 1867). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company... Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no illustrations]. New York Tribune, p. 8, col. 6. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00484). 1867 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (11 May 1867). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company... Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no illustrations]. The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, Tennessee), presumably p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00485). 1867 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company, New York. (21 May 1867). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Of Pearl, Ivory, Horn, Bone, Ebony and Cocoa Handles... Hard Rubber Handles... " [with no illustrations]. Long Island Farmer (Jamaica, Queens County, New York), presumably p. 7, col. 4. (Viewed 20 October 2018. B01137). 1867 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Company, New York. (December 1867). Advertisement: "... Manufactures of Superior Table Cutlery, Of Pearl, Ivory, Horn, Bone, Ebony and Cocoa Handles. Also, exclusive manufacturers of the patent Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no illustrations]. The Daily Journal (Ogdensburgh, NY). (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01066-67).
1867 - advertisement(26 December 1867). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Of Pearl, Ivory, Horn, Bone, Ebony and Cocoa Handles... Hard Rubber Handles... " [with no illustrations]. Sag Harbor Express (Sag Harbor, New York), presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 20 October 2018. B01138). 1868 advertisementsSee the ads 1868 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Company, New York. (3-4 January 1868). Advertisement: "... Manufactures of Superior Table Cutlery, Of Pearl, Ivory, Horn, Bone, Ebony and Cocoa Handles. Also, exclusive manufacturers of the patent Hard Rubber Handle..." [with no illustrations]. The Daily Journal (Ogdensburgh, NY). (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01064-65).
1868 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (8 January 1868). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Superior Table Cutlery... No. 45 Beckman-Street, New York." [with no illustrations]. Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati, Ohio), p. 14. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00649).
1868 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (12 September 1868). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Superior Table Cutlery... 45 Beekman-st... " [with no illustration]. New York Tribune, p. 8, col. 5. (Viewed 1 June 2020. H01897). 1868 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (2 December 1868). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Superior Table Cutlery... 45 Beekman-st... " [with no illustration]. New York Tribune, p. 8, col. 3. (Viewed 1 June 2020. H01898). 1868 - patent - improved apparatus for grinding cutleryWilliam Fosket, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (11 February 1868). Letters patent no. 74,214: Improved apparatus for grinding cutlery. (Viewed 11 March 2018. AAA001080.)
1868 - historical informationBishop, J. Leander. (1868). "Manufactures in Meriden", mentions Meriden Cutlery Company, (pp. 424-26). In: A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 (3rd edition, revised and enlarged). Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 15 June 2016. A00816-18.)
1868? - historical informationConnecticut Supreme Court of Errors. (1868?). "Julius Pratt vs. the Meriden Cutlery Company". In "Connecticut Supreme court of errors, record of cases on appeal, 1868". (Viewed 21 May 2016. A00678.)
1869 advertisementsSee the ads 1869 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (26 March 1869). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company, Manufacturers of the finest American Table Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01090-91). 1869 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the finest American Table Cutlery, a new thing, patent solid-handle cast-steel knives; Heavily plated with silver. Superfine ivory and pearl-handle knives... No. 40 Beekman Street, New York City" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01091). 1869 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 & 21 October 1869). Advertisements: "... Hard Rubber Handle Table Knife... " [with no illustrations]. New York Evangelist. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00651-52).
1869 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (14 October 1869). Advertisement: "... The most durable knife known... 45 Beekman St., New York... " [with illustration of knife with elves]. The Advance (Chicago, IL), p. 3. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00650).
1869 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the finest American Table Cutlery, a new thing, patent solid-handle cast-steel knives; Heavily plated with silver. Superfine ivory and pearl-handle knives... No. 40 Beekman Street, New York City" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01103). |
| 1870s |
1870 - historical informationDavis, Charles Henry Stanley. (1870). "Meriden Cutlery Company", (pp. 487-89). In History of Wallingford, Conn. From its settlement in 1670 to the present time: Including Meriden, which was one of its parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was incorporated in 1780. (Also see "Manufactures section": pp. 472-495.) (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00793-94.) 1870 - annual report - Meriden Cutlery in American Institute Fair(1871). Thirty-first annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the year 1870-71, p. 27. (Viewed 4 June 2017. A02588-89; L00847.)
American Institute Fair exhibitors include: "Meriden Cutlery Company, 45 Beckman street, [award] for the best table cutlery. First premium". (Excerpt from annual report above.) 1870 - spotlighted news mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in American Institute Fair(19 October 1870). Fair of the American Institute (with mention: "The Meriden Cutlery Co. ... exhibit a handsome case of [knives, forks and spoons].") American Artisan, pp. 242 - presumably 243. (Viewed 13 November 2018. L00835).
1870 - spotlighted news mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in American Institute Fair(8 November 1870). Connecticut premiums at the American Institute Fair. Hartford Courant, p. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2018. C00327).
"... For the best Table Cutlery— Meriden Cutlery Company, first premium". (Excerpt from above.) 1870 - news mention(17 December 1870). City [section]; Grand Opening Tuesday, The 20th— For Christmas Goods consisting of... Meriden Cutlery... Van Tuyl & McCagg’s 46 & 48 Brady street, Davenport, Iowa." The Evening Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00483). 1870 - advertisementWangenheim, Sternheim & Co., presumably San Francisco, CA. (2 September 1870). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co.’s Patent Hard Rubber Handle Table Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Daily Alta (San Francisco, CA), unknown page number, col. 7. (Viewed 18 July 2019. C01035). 1871 - book mention - Meriden Cutlery in American Institute fair(1872). Thirty-second annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the year 1871-72. [Exhibitors (p. 28) include Meriden Cutlery Company, (7 September - 4 November 1871).] Albany: The Argus Company, Printers. (Updated 4 January 2019. A02586-87; L00845-46.)
1871 advertisementsSee the ads 1871 - advertisementShefferley’s China House, Detroit, Michigan. (21 September 1871). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co.’s celebrated Rubber Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Detroit Free Press, p. 3. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00653).
1871 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (16 December 1871). Advertisement: "... "Meriden Cutlery Company... Hard Rubber Handle..." [no illustrations]. New York Tribune, p. 12, col. 2. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00482). 1872 - spotlighted article mention - Meriden Cutlery Company in Meriden Town Hall exhibition(19 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair; A great variety; A fine exhibition [with mention of "... table cutlery, the Meriden Cutlery Company...]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01869). 1872 - spotlighted news mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in American Institute Fair, New York(22 November 1872). Meriden at the Institute Fair (American Institute Fair, New York, with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co. [awarded] "for the best table cutlery"). Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 29 October 2020. F01669). 1872 - article mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition(20 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co. ... "Meritorious Mention... table cutlery..."]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01835).
1872 advertisementsSee the ads 1872 - advertisementBeard, Savage & Beard, Chicago, IL. (22 April 1872). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Chicago Tribune, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00662-63). 1872 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (c. 28 September 1872). Advertisement: "Do you want Table Knives and Forks? If so, inquire for ’Meriden Cutlery Co.’s’ Stamp. They are GOOD" [with no illustration]. American Citizen (Canton, Mississippi), page number unknown, col. 5. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00660-61). 1873 - news mention(19 December 1873). Holiday gifts: Hints for purchasers [with section on Meriden Cutlery Co.]. New York Tribune, pp. 3-4. (Viewed 27 December 2018. D00524; E00461-62). "Meriden Cutlery Co.— Desirable articles for gifts, as well [as to] furnish the festal board, are those stamped with the mark of the Meriden Cutlery Co., whose salesroom is at No. 49 Chambers-st. Their fine carvers will deftly divide the joints and sinews of the Christmas fowl." (Excerpt from above.) 1873 advertisementsSee the ads 1873 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (12 & 19 February 1873). Advertisements: "Call For Table Knives, Stamped, Meriden Cutlery Co. They are Good" [with no illustration]. The Christian Union (New York) newspaper. (Viewed 29 May 2019. C00824-25; C00827).
1873 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (10 December 1873). Advertisement: "Useful Articles should be given for Presents. Call for Fine Table Knives, stamped ’Meriden Cutlery Co.’ ... Salesroom, 49 Chambers St. Sold everywhere" [with no illustrations]. New York Tribune, p. 8. (Viewed 16 June 2019. F00985).
c. 1873 - stationaryMeriden Cutlery Company. (c. 1873). [At top: "Office of Meriden Cutlery Co.; No. 49 Chambers St.; New York"]. [Receipt dated, handwritten, 3 July 1873]. (Viewed 8 October 2020. F01425). 1874 - spotlighted article mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition(25 September 1874). The Fair! Continued and unabated success... the close to-night [Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 15 November 2020. F01875). "... Report of the Committee on Manufactures... Here Meriden shows its strength and progress... The Meriden Cutlery Co., show a regular line of a high order. Here novelties are, etched bandles, and the celuloid or cotton handles, rivalling ivory in purity of color and surface, which leads us to rank this article as second in importance to rubber and gutta percha... " (Excerpt from above.) 1874 - news mention(19 December 1874) Saint Nick’s Directory [including small section on Meriden Cutlery Company]. New York Daily Tribune, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00479). "MERIDEN CUTLERY; For the carving of Christmas flesh and fowl and for the furnishing forth of holiday tables the manufactures of the Meriden Cutlery Company, at no. 43 Chambers-st., merit attention at this time. This Company claims to have been the first to use hard-rubber handles, and its cutlery is well known for honest worth." (Full excerpt from above.) 1874 advertisementsSee the ads 1874 - advertisement(1 October 1874). Advertisement: "Table knives and forks of all kinds... Meriden Cutlery Company..." [with illustration of knife]. Mineral Point Tribune (Mineral Point, Wisconsin), presumably p. 7, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00481). 1874 - advertisement(4 November 1874). Advertisement: "Table knives and forks of all kinds... Meriden Cutlery Company..." [with illustration of knife]. Watertown Republican (Watertown, Wisconsin), presumably p. 7, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00480). 1875 advertisementsSee the ads 1875 - advertisement(1875). Advertisement: Meriden Cutlery - "Table knives and forks of all kinds..." [with illustration of knife with cherubs]. Tribune Almanac, p. 145. The Tribune Association: New York. (Viewed 7 May 2018. AAA02986-87). 1875 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (29 January 1875). Advertisement: "Table knives and forks of all kinds..." [with illustration of knife with cherubs]. Michigan Argus, page number unknown. (Viewed 3 October 2020. E01643). 1875 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (c. 2 April 1875). Advertisement: "Table Knives and Forks of ALL KINDS... 49 Chambers Street, New York" [with illustration of knife with angels]. The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, Missouri), page number unknown, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00666-67). 1875 - advertisementBradford & Anthony, Boston, MA. (17 June 1875). Advertisement: "... Have the largest and most complete assortment of... Meriden Cutlery Co,.’s rubber handled and plated table cutlery... " [with no related product illustrations]. Boston Daily Globe, p. 15, col. 1. (Viewed 24 July 2021. C01476).
1876 - book mention - Meriden Cutlery in Philadelphia exhibition(1876). List of awards made by the United States Centennial Commission to the American Exhibitors, International Exhibition, 1876, at Philadelphia (exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876). [Listed: Meriden Cutlery Co., "Table Cutlery", (p. 54). The actual award received is not indicated in this text.] (Viewed 16 June 2016. A00841-42.) 1876 - book mention - Meriden Cutlery in Philadelphia exhibition(1877). Souvenir of the Centennial exhibition [1876]: Connecticut’s representation at Philadelphia (exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876). [Core section: pp. 99-111; also see exhibits list: pp. 124-27; exhibitors including Meriden Cutlery Company]. (Viewed 26 June 2016. A00965-75.) 1876 advertisementsSee the ads 1876 - advertisement(1876). Advertisement: Meriden Cutlery Company. ["49 Chambers Street, New York", with illustration of knife.] In Philadelphia and its environs (Centennial edition), p. 11 (advertiser section). J. B. Lippincott & Co.: Philadelphia. (Viewed 7 May 2018. AAA02984-85). 1876 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (4 November 1976). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Company; Received the highest Centennial prize... " [with illustration of knife]. The Perry Star (Perry, New York), presumably p. 4, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 17 January 2021. R0029).
1876 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (c. 27 December 1876). Advertisement: "... Received the HIGHEST CENTENNIAL PRIZE... 49 Chambers Street, New York" [with illustration of knife]. Mineral Point Tribune (Mineral Point, Wisconsin), page number unknown, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00664-65). 1876 - patent - improvement in carving-forksEdwin Cady, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (5 December 1876; filed 6 November 1876). Letters patent no. 185,074: Improvement in carving-forks. (9 March 2018. AAA01058.)
1877 advertisementsSee the ads 1877 - advertisementZimmerman, McNaught, & Co., Toronto. (29 September 1877). Advertisement: "... Agents for... Meriden Cutlery Company, West Meriden... " [with no illustrations]. The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), p. 4. (Viewed 19 May 2019. H00922).
1877 - advertisementZimmerman, McNaught, & Co., Toronto. (17 November 1877). Advertisement: "... Agents for... Meriden Cutlery Company, West Meriden... " [with no illustrations]. The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), p. 4. (Viewed 19 May 2019. H00923).
1878 - flyerMeriden Cutlery Co. (1878). Meriden Cutlery Co. 1878: The first manufacturers of table cutlery in the United States, and exclusive manufacturers of the patent celluloid handle, a perfect substitute for ivory.... 1 page. (Viewed 23 May 2020. H01650). 1878 advertisementsSee the ads 1878 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (November 1878). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Finest Table Cutlery in the World... 49 Chambers Street, New York... " [with illustration of knife]. Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine, p. a4. (Viewed 26 June 2019. F00986).
1878 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (December 1878). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Finest Table Cutlery in the World... 49 Chambers Street, New York... " [with illustration of knife]. The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, p. e3. (Viewed 16 June 2019. F00988).
1878 patentsSee the patents 1878 - patent - improvement in carving-forksEdwin Cady, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (7 May 1878; application filed 19 April 1878). Letters patent no. 203,415: improvement in carving-forks. (Viewed 13 March 2018. AAA01110.)
1878 - patent - improvement in carving-forksRobert W. Hallam, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (7 May 1878; filed 19 April 1878). Letters patent no. 203,445: Improvement in carving-forks. (Viewed 7 March 2018. AAA01013.)
1878 - patent - improvement in table-cutleryEdwin Cady, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (21 May 1878; filed 1 May 1878). Letters Patent No. 204,002: Improvement in table-cutlery. (Viewed 7 March 2018. AAA01012.)
1879 - illustration of buildingsBolles, Alfred S. (1879). Illustration of buildings, Meriden Cultery Company, in chapter III "Manufactures of gold, silver and other metals". Industrial history of the United States, (p. 334). The Henry Bill Publishing Company: Norwich, CT. (Viewed 2 December 2017. G01752-54.) 1879 advertisementsSee the ads 1879 - advertisementT. F. Rude, Cuba, NY. (14 February 1879). Advertisement: "Great closing out sale... my stock of silverware! ... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no related product illustrations]. Cuba Patriot (Cuba, New York), p. 2, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 27 December 2020. D01633).
1879 - advertisementChas. B. Stone & Co., Napa, CA. (14 October 1879). Advertisement: "... Agents for the Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Napa Daily Register, Napa, California, p. 3, col. . (Viewed 22 January 2021. C01421).
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| 1880s |
1881 - illustration of buildingsPorter, Wils (lithographer). (1881). Illustration of Meriden Cutlery Co. In Meriden, Conn. 1881 / From Summit Heights. [print (lithograph)]. B. S. Farrow (Publisher). (Object no. 1973.0498.004. Viewed 3 June 2017. A02584-85.) 1881 advertisementsSee the ads 1881 - advertisement and listingMeriden Cutlery Co. (1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York... Meriden" [with no illustrations], (p. 205). [Also listed in "Stock companies" section (p. 185) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01507; F01513). 1881 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 December 1881). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 8 August 2019. H01152). 1882 advertisementsSee the ads 1882 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (2 March 1882). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01158). 1882 - advertisementEd A. Freeman, Boston, MA. (7 October 1882). Advertisement: "I offer for sale to careful buyers!... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Hartford Daily Courant, p. 2. (Viewed 16 June 2019. F00987).
1882 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (19 September 1882). Advertisement: "... The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 16 July 2021. F01765). 1882 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (22 September 1882). Advertisement: "... The FIRST manufacturers of table cutlery... Meriden... New York... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 5. (Viewed 3 November 2020. F01770). 1882 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 December 1882). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01161). 1883 - directory listing(12 September 1883). Comprehensive directory of the City of Meriden, Conn. [Listing: "Corporations. Manufacturing... Meriden Cutlery Company, South Meriden, manufacturers of table cutlery; capital, $400,000."] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 8. (Viewed 24 October 2020. F01608). 1883 advertisementsSee the ads 1883 - advertisementO. D. Hopkins, Perrysburg, Ohio. (23 March 1883). Advertisement: "... Fine Line of Cutlery, from the Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Perryburg Journal (Perryburg, Ohio), page number unknown, col. 5. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00668-69). 1883 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (12 September 1883). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 16 July 2021. F01641). 1883 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (13 November 1883). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00264). 1884 - map(1884). Meriden, Connecticut map, (p. 9 showing Meriden Cutlery Co. in South Meriden). 14 leaves. Sanborn Map & Publishing Co. (Viewed 21 November 2016. A01026; AAA00008.) 1884 advertisementsSee the ads 1884 - two advertisementsChas. Zietler Hardware Store, Sacramento, CA. (c. 4 & c. 5 January 1884). Advertisements: "... From the Meriden Cutlery Company A large assortment of Carving Knives and Forks... " [with no illustrations]. Sacramento Daily Record-Union (California). (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00682-85).
1884 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (2 February 1884). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 15 December 2021. F01611). 1884 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (2 April 1884). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01175). 1884 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 December 1884). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01167). 1885 advertisementsSee the ads 1885 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (8 April 1885). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01004). 1885 - advertisementFowler Bros., Lowville, NY. (11 June 1885). Advertisement: "Hardware... Superior American Table Cutlery manufactured by the Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. The Lowville Times and Lewis County Independent (Lowville, New York), page number unknown, col. 9. (Viewed 16 July 2019. C01006-08). 1885 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (16 September 1885). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican (Supplement), p. 5, col. 1. (Viewed 21 December 2021. F01762). 1885 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 December 1885). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01171). 1885 - advertisementBarr’s, presumably St. Louis, MO. (8 December 1885). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co.’s silver plated Knives and Forks... and made expressly for the Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), p. 7. (Viewed 16 June 2019. F00989).
1886 - news mention(May 1886). Obituary: Denis C. Wilcox, Secretary of the Meriden Britannia Company [with also mention of Meriden Cutlery Company]. The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, pp. 126-27. (Viewed 6 September 2018. C00272-73.) 1886 advertisementsSee the ads 1886 - advertisement and listingMeriden Cutlery Co. (1886). Advertisement: "... The First Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... Fine Carvers a Specialty ... New York ... Meriden... " [with no illustrations], (p. 295). [Also listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 267) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01496; F01499). 1886 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (4 February 1886). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00231). 1886 - advertisementI. Lewis Row, Wilmington, DE. (28 May 1886). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." Daily Republican (Wilmington, Delaware), presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 13 October 2018. B01037). 1886 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (8 December 1886). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... [New] York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01186). 1887 - design catalogueMeriden Cutlery Co. (1887). "Table cutlery". Number of pages unknown. (Updated 11 April 2017. A00679) 1887 - article mention - predecessor company(3 September 1887). Sinking Meriden money; many concerns that once prospered here and died [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.] Meriden Daily Journal, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 23 December 2020. F01985). "... The Hanover company was the name of a company that expired some years ago and was succeeded by the prosperous Meriden Cutlery company..." (Excerpt from above.) 1887 advertisementsSee the ads 1887 - advertisement and directory listingsMeriden Cutlery Co. (1887). Advertisement: "... The First Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... Salesroom, 97 Chambers Street, New York... " [with no illustration]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 320). [Also, listings on p. 224 (business directory listing, Cutlery Mfrs.); p. 278 (stock company listing).] Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 19 May 2020. H01590-91; H01593-94). 1887 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 April 1887). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01188). 1887 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 December 1887). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01080). 1888 advertisementsSee the ads 1888 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (4 January 1888). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01011). 1888 - advertisementJ. D. Rittenhouse Estate, presumably Florence, Arizona Territory. (3 March 1888). Advertisement: "... Genuine White handled Meriden Cutlery Co.’s Table Knives ... " [with no illustration]. Arizona Weekly Enterprise (Florence, Arizona Territory). page number unknown, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 7 June 2019. F00642-43). 1888 - advertisementI. Lewis Row, Wilmington, DE. (13 October 1888). Advertisement: "... carving knives and forks by Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " Daily Republican (Wilmington, Delaware), presumably p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 13 October 2018. B01038). c. 1888 - missing design catalogueOtto Young & Co., Chicago, IL. (c. 1888). Meriden Cutlery Co. carving sets, (presumably p. 257). In Illustrated price list; Otto Young & Co. ... wholesale only. Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. (Viewed 15 September 2020. E01392).
1889 - missing booklet accompanying exposition - Meriden Cutlery Co. at Meriden opera house(1889). Meriden Journal Souvenir [leather-bound booklet containing a list of the manufactories contributing to the exhibition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, 10 October 1889, and other companies in Meriden], 4 pp. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00763; L00765-68).
"Meriden Cutlery Co., table cutlery of all kinds." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are reported to be in the exhibition.) 1889 - spotlighted article - Meriden Cutlery Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition(10 October 1889). Americans in Meriden: Visit of the International American Congress [including section on Meriden Cutlery Co. exhibited wares]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00751-59). "The Meriden Cutlery company displayed a line of fine plated table and dessert knives and carvers, nut picks and crackers, fruit knives, etc., with pearl, ivory, celluloid, stag, solid steel and hollow handle steel in handsome plush cases, making them up in plain and combination sets. One set especially handsome consisted of a dozen pearl handled table knives and dessert knives, a set of carvers, a pair of games (29 pieces in all) in a plush case. In addition to this they exhibited specimens of their cheaper grades of goods with Cocobala, ebony, bone and rubber handles, butcher knives, etc. Visitors from the west coast saw, in the goods with cocobula handles, material from their own countries worked up into handsomely finished articles. With the limited space it was impossible to give more than a hint of their extensive line of cutlery." 1889 other articlesSee the articles 1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition(10 October 1889). Our guests: Honored visitors here to-day [including small section describing exhibited Meriden Cutlery Co. wares]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00769-83). "The exhibit of this company was a very fine one and showed the table cutlery of all kinds made by them. It occupied about the center of a long table adjoining the Meriden Britannia company’s exhibit." (Full excerpt from above.) 1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition(10 October 1889). Notes of the visit: Meriden’s enterprise on this occasion praised by all [including mention of Meriden Cutlery Company, with excerpts from New Haven Register and Hartford Post]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00781-83). 1889 - article - Meriden Cutlery Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition(11 October 1889). Compliments for Meriden: What outsiders say about her enterprise [with excerpts from Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, New York Herald, and New York Tribune. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1. [Article does not specifically mention Meriden Cutlery Co.] (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00747-50). 1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition(11 October 1889). The show photographed: Fine pictures of the Opera House exhibit made. ["The best of them will be forwarded to Frank Leslie’s paper— what the state and New York press has to say about Meriden", with excerpts from Hartford Courant, Hartford Times, New Haven Register, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Waterbury Republican, with no specific mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 14 September 2018. L00785-89). 1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition(November 1889). Trade gossip (including paragraph about exposition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, including mention of Meriden Cutlery Co., and attendance by the American International Congress). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 113. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00760-61.) 1889 advertisementsSee the ads 1889 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (29 June 1889). Advertisement: "... [T]he FIRST manufacturer of table cutlery ... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 9 July 2021. R01480). 1889 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (10 April 1889). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01021). 1889 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 December 1889). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01190). |
| 1890s |
1890 advertisementsSee the ads 1890 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (9 April 1890). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 14 August 2019. L01033). 1890 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (10 July 1890). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 49 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 21 December 2021. F01632). 1890 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (15 August 1890). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesrooms, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 14 January 2022. F01638). 1890 - two advertisementsAbrams & Stewart, Second Street, presumably Dalles, Oregon. (December 1890). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery... " The Dalles Weekly Chronicle (Dalles, Oregon). (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00512-13).
1890 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (8 December 1890). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 11 August 2019. C01083). 1890? - design catalogueMeriden Cutlery Co. (1890?). [Catalogue of] Table cutlery. 37 pp. (Viewed 21 May 2016. [C00014-05)
1891 advertisementsSee the ads 1891 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (2 January 1891). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturer of Table Cutlery..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, column 2. (Viewed 8 September 2017. G00220). 1891 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (2 September 1891). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01042). 1891 - listingMeriden Cutlery Co. (14 October 1891). Listing: "Cutlery Manufacturers... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... all kinds table cutlery, butcher knives and fine carvers... " Meriden Daily Journal, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 22 April 2020. D01260-61). 1892 - news mention(29 December 1892). News of the hotels [with quote from C. M. Dillon of the Meriden Cutlery Company regarding increased usage of inexpensive cutlery]. Grand Rapids Herald (Michigan), presumably p. 4, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00515-16). 1892 advertisementsSee the ads 1892 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (30 November 1892). Advertisement: "The FIRST Manufacturer of Table Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01070). 1892 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (14 December 1892). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., The FIRST Manufacturers of Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01052). 1893 - directory listing(1893). "Meriden Cutlery Co." listings. In The New England business directory and gazetteer, [p. 1415 (Cutlery Manufacturers); p. 1810 (Manufacturing Companies)] . (Sampson & Murdock Company: Boston, MA). (Viewed 5 May 2020. H01350-52; H01363).
1893 advertisementsSee the ads 1893 - eight advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Company. (January-February 1893). Advertisements: "Send for catalogue no. 6. Just issued..." (with illustration of knife). The Iron Age. (Viewed 8 May 2018. G02091-98; G02516-17; G02521-26).
1893 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 April 1893). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01057). 1893 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 December 1893). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 80 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01060). c. 1893 - design catalogue (missing)Meriden Cutlery Company. (c. 1893). [Catalogue no. 6]. (Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. Viewed 8 May 2018. G02091-92). 1894 advertisementsSee the ads 1894 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 March 1894). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York salesrooms, 80 Chambers S[t.]" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01072). 1894 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (12 December 1894). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York salesrooms, 80 Chambers S[t.]" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01069). 1894 - patent - cap for knives or forksHomer A. Curtiss, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (12 June 1894; filed 9 March 1894). Design no. 23,345: Cap for knives or forks. (Viewed 7 March 2018. AAA01011.)
1895 - design catalogueMeriden Cutlery Co. (1895). Illustrated catalogue no. 8, of table cutlery in pearl, stag, etc. 39 plates. (Updated 11 April 2017. A00994) 1895 - historical informationGillespie, Charles Bancroft (compiled by). (1895). Art souvenir edition of the Meriden Daily Journal illustrating the city of Meriden, Connecticut in the year 1895, pp. 42-3 [including illustration of factory]. The Journal Publishing Company: Meriden, CT. (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00787-88.) 1895 - news mention(12 August 1895). Meriden’s factories [including mention of Meriden Cutlery Company as the 18th largest factory in Meriden]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00517-18). 1895 advertisementsSee the ads 1895 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 March 1895). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, column 1. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00235). 1895 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (12 December 1895). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 30 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01073). 1896 advertisementsSee the ads 1896 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (4 March 1896). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 30 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01078). 1896 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 September 1896). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery... New York Salesroom, 30 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. L01499). 1896 - two advertisementsRexford’s, Scranton, PA. (4, 5 November 1896). Advertisements: "Cutlery ... The cutlery we talk about today is made by the oldest cutlery house in America. The Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. The Scranton Tribune (Pennsylvania). (Viewed 14 July 2019. H01057-60).
1896 - two advertisementsRexfords, Scranton, PA. (20 & 21 November 1896). Advertisements: "Good news for tuneful folks... Turkey time... Meriden Cutlery Co.’s hand forged steel carving sets..." [with no illustrations]. The Scranton Tribune (Pennsylvania). (Viewed 13 April 2020. D01091-95).
1896 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (3 December 1896). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co. Table Cutlery... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 5. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01003). 1897 advertisementsSee the ads 1897 - advertisementRexford’s, 303 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania. (4 February 1897). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." The Scranton Tribune (Pennsylvania), p. 3, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00519). 1897 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (3 March 1897). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn. " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01080). 1897 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (3 March 1897). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 8, col. 5. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01079). 1897 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery. (6 April 1897). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., Table Cutlery..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 7. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00247.) 1897 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 September 1897). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01228). 1897 - advertisementCurran’s, presumably Waterbury, CT. (30 September 1897). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co, High Grade Wares... " Waterbury Democrat (Connecticut), presumably p. 4, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00520-21). 1897 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 December 1897). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01081). c. 1897 - historical informationDavis, William T. (c. 1897). On "Meriden Cutlery Company", (p. 929). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02626; A02631.) 1898 advertisementsSee the ads 1898 - advertisementEmmons S. Smith, Washington, DC. (25 January 1898). Advertisement: "... Cutlery Specials ... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 7, col. 3. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00522-23). 1898 - advertisementAbraham and Straus, Brooklyn. (30 January 1898). Advertisement: "... A very important sale of china, glass and silverware... Meriden Cutlery Co., sterling silver mounted stag handle Carving Sets... " [with no illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 10, col. 2. (Viewed 26 June 2019. E00876-77). 1898 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (3 March 1898). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. The Morning Record, (Meriden, CT), p. 2, column 6. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00269.) 1898 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (9 March 1898). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01082). 1898 - advertisementFrederick Loeser & Co., Brooklyn, NY. (20 March 1898). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Stag Handle Carvers... " [with no illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 10, col 2. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00853-54). 1898 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 September 1898). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01240). 1898 - advertisementJoseph H. Bauland Co., Brooklyn, NY. (16 October 1898). Advertisement: "... Fine Meriden Cutlery... " [with no relevant illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 8, col. 5-7. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00855-56). 1898 - advertisementS. Kann, Sons & Co., Washington, DC. (1 November 1898). Advertisement: "... Carving Sets, Kitchen and Table Cutlery... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." [with no related illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 9, col. 1. ( F00670-72). 1898 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (30 November 1898). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01085). 1898 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 December 1898). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn. [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01083). 1898 - advertisementMilton Rogers & Sons, Omaha, NE. (11 December 1898). Advertisement: "... A beautiful line of all the latest patterns of... Meriden Cutlery Co... " [with no illustrations]. Omaha Daily Bee (Nebraska), p. 4, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 1 June 2020. H01918-19). 1899 advertisementsSee the ads 1899 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 April 1899). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01084). 1899 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 September 1899). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01236). 1899 - advertisementMillar & Peck, presumably Scranton, PA. (7 September 1899). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." [with no illustrations]. The Scranton Tribune (Pennsylvania), p. 6, col. 6-7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00524-25). 1899 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 December 1899). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01480). 1899 - advertisementCurran’s, presumably Waterbury, CT. (18 December 1899). Advertisement: "... Carving Knives and Forks... Meriden Cutlery Co. ...." [with no illustrations]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), presumably p. 4, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00522-23). |
| 1900s |
1900 advertisementsSee the ads 1900 - advertisementSaks and Company, Washington, DC. (2 February 1900). Advertisement: "... Very Special Offering Table Cutlery... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no relevant illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 2, col. 4-5. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00535-36). 1900 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 April 1900). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. . (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01481). 1900 - advertisementMeyer’s, presumably Richmond, VA. (5 August 1900). Advertisement: "... End-of-Season House Goods Sale... Meriden Cutlery Company... " [with no relevant illustrations]. The Times (Richmond, Virginia), presumably p. 9, col. 3. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00533-34). 1900 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (13 September 1900). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01238). 1900 - advertisementWalbridge’s, Buffalo, NY. (21 October 1900). Advertisement: "... Carving sets... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... knives and forks... " [with abstract illustration]. The Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, NY), p. 17, cols. 2 & 6. (Viewed 19 July 2021. R00069).
1900 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (22 November 1900). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col . (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01482). 1901 advertisementsSee the ads 1901 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (7 March 1901). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn. ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 6. (Viewed 31 June 2020. F01260). 1901 - two advertisementsJ. H. Leyson, presumably Butte, Montana. (7 & 10 June 1901). Advertisement: "Leyson will inaugurate ... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Butte Inter Mountain (Butte, Montana). (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00537-38).
1901 - advertisementJ. H. Leyson, presumably Butte, Montana. (11 June 1901). Advertisement: "Special Cut Price Sale... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Butte Inter Mountain (Butte, Montana), p. 5, cols. 4-6. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00542-43). 1901 - advertisementJ. H. Leyson, presumably Butte, Montana. (14 June 1901). Advertisement: "Your last opportunity... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no illustrations]. Butte Inter Mountain (Butte, Montana), p. 5, cols. 4-6. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00540-41). 1901 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (25 July 1901). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 4. (Viewed 14 January 2022. F01892). 1901 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (15 & 22 August 1901). Advertisements: "... Table cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn. Meriden Weekly Republican. (Viewed 27 October 2020. F01651; F01653).
1901 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 September 1901). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn. ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 31 June 2020. L01867). 1901 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (12 December 1901). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01488). 1902 advertisementsSee the ads 1902 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 March 1902). Advertisement: "The Meriden Cutlery Co., Table Cutlery..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 6. (G00239). 1902 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (4 September 1902). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 12 August 2002. L02002). 1902 - advertisementGoodfellow’s, presumably Minneapolis. (21 November 1902). Advertisement: "... Carving Knife and Fork... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... Carving Sets ..." [with presumably no relevant illustrations]. The Minneapolis Journal, p. 2, col. 5. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00531-32). 1902 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (11 December 1902). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01486). 1903 advertisementsSee the ads 1903 - two text-based advertisementsLeiter & Bruce, presumably Kalispell, Montana. (2 & 6 January 1903). Advertisements: "Leiter & Bruce have just received a line of the Meriden Cutlery company’s carvers, all fully warranted... " [with no illustrations]. The Kalispell Bee (Kalispell, Montana). (Viewed 13 June 2019. F00896-99).
1903 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (5 March 1903). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 12 August 2002. L02003). 1903 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (8 September 1903). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 23 September 2020. E01460). 1903 - advertisementSiegel Cooper Co., New York. (2 November 1903). Advertisement: "... Cutlery. Meriden Cutlery’s Co. ... " The Evening World (New York), p. 9, cols. 4-6. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00526-27). 1903 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (10 December 1903). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01487). 1904 advertisementsSee the ads 1904 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (15 September 1904). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 3 October 2020. E01644). 1904 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (13 October 1904). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican. p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 8 October 2020. F01426). 1904 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (8 December 1904). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 16 October 2020. F01519). 1905 advertisementsSee the ads 1905 - advertisementTufts-Lyon Arms Company, presumably Los Angeles. (29 November 1905). Advertisement: "Carving sets ... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." Los Angeles Herald, p. 2, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00530). 1905 - advertisementWalbridge & Co., Buffalo, NY. (10 December 1905). Advertisement: "... The whole store is a glow with bright, new goods... carving sets; We have such well known makes as the Meriden Cutlery Company... " [with no product illustrations]. Illustrated Buffalo Express (Buffalo, New York), p. 48, col. 2. (Viewed 8 September 2020. E01307-08).
1906 - historical informationGillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). "Meriden Cutlery Co.", including photo of building, (pp. 23-25). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part III). (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.) "When the company was first started, the production was limited to ivory-handled knives and forks, but the line has gradually increased until it has embraced everything that would naturally come under the head of table cutlery. These include table knives and forks, carving sets, butcher, bread, cook’s, kitchen and shoe knives, putty knives, spatulas, cork screws, pie knives, orange knives, berry spoons, orange spoons, cream ladles, sugar shells, oyster forks, pickle forks, cheese scoops, etc., their specialty being the famous Anvil brand carvers." (Excerpt from above.) 1906 - historical informationGillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). Biographies of Meriden Cutlery Co. management: Abiram Chamberlain (director) (pp. 442-44 including portrait); Aaron L. Collins (President) (pp. 274-76 including portrait); Edward J. Collins (President) (pp. 276-78 including portrait); William W. Lyman (President) (pp. 296-98) including portrait; Charles Lee Rockwell (director) (pp. 537-39 including portrait). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part II). (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.) 1906 - spotlighted news mention - in Hanover Park exhibition(14 June 1906). Fourth day of the Centennial; Big attendance at pure food exhibition [/ Manufacturers’ and Varied Art Exposition with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.] Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 1, cols. 2-3 & p. 8. (Viewed 21 October 2018. B01179-81). "... the beautiful display of the goods manufactured by the Meriden Cutlery Co. The company has a large and very handsome booth in which and on the walls of which are displayed samples of the table knives, carvers, fruit knives... " 1906 - other articlesSee the articles 1906 - news mention - in Hanover Park exhibition(14 June 1906). Varied arts exhibit draws good crowds [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Company in Manufacturers’ and Varied Art Exposition]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 5, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 22 October 2018. B01186-87). 1906 - news mention - in Manufacturers’ and Varied Art Exposition(14 June 1906). Fourth day of the Centennial; Big attendance at pure food exhibition [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Company in Manufacturers’ and Varied Art Exposition, Hanover Park, Meriden]. Meriden Morning Record, p. cols. 2-3 & p. 7. col. 3. (appears to be an article reprint of the Meriden Weekly Republican article, or vice-versa.) (Viewed 23 October 2018. B01188-92). 1906 advertisementsSee the ads 1906 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1906) Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co., Manufacturers of Fine Table Cutlery...", (p. 46). In The Connecticut business directory and gazetteer for 1906. Union Publishing Company: Methuen, MA. (Viewed 17 September 2017. G00442.) 1906 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 March 1906). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 16 October 2020. F01520). 1906 - advertisementGerson’s, presumably Pensacola, Florida. (25 November 1906). Advertisement: "... Our Carving Sets are of the Best Steel only. Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no relevant illustrations]. The Pensacola Journal (Florida), second section, presumably p. 15, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00529). 1907 advertisementsSee the ads 1907 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (3 April 1907). Advertisement: "... Table Cutlery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 1. (Viewed 8 October 2020. F01247). 1907 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (6 June 1907). Advertisement: "... Table Cultery, Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01876). 1907 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Company. (10 December 1907). Advertisement: "... Factories: Meriden, Conn. ... Offices— New York ... Boston ... Philadelphia ... Chicago ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 2. (Viewed 9 July 2021. R01482). 1907 - advertisementG. W. Ellis Jewelry Co., Butler, Missouri. (12 December 1907). Advertisement: "’Anvil Brand’ carvers are made only by Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." [with illustration showing two knives and fork]. The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, Missouri), presumably p. 7, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00528). 1908 - spotlighted article - list of Meriden Cutlery Co. sales regions(January 1908). Meriden Cutlery Co., list of sales regions (Boston; New England and New York State; Pennsylvania; Ohio, Indiana, Michigan; Chicago and North-West; Mississippi River to Colorado; Pacific Coast; Southern States). In "What was that salesman’s name?", House Furnishing Review, January 1908, p. 49. Viewed 29 April 2017. [A02315-16] 1908 - spotlighted article mention(4 July 1908). The fame of Meriden is world wide; articles manufactured here are to be seen in almost every country [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01621). "... The table knives made by the Meriden Cutlery Co. have gone in all parts of the earth... " (Excerpt from above.) 1908 advertisementsSee the ads 1908 - advertisementDulin & Martin Co., Washington, DC. (16 November 1908). Advertisement: "Headquarters for Reliable Cutlery... Meriden Cutlery Company... " [with no illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 5, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 28 June 2019. E00926). 1908 - advertisementSiegel Cooper Co., presumably New York. (20 November 1908). Advertisement: "... Carving Sets— with stag handles, made by the Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with no related llustrations]. The Evening World (New York), p. 11, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 20 April 2020. D01222-23). 1909 advertisementsSee the ads 1909 - advertisementGoldenberg’s, Washington, DC. (26 February 1909). Advertisement: "... Sale of Inauguration Supplies... Meriden Cutlery Co.’s Warranted Steel Table Knives, with rosewood handles, double capped and bolstered... " [with no illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 8, col. 4. (Viewed 30 April 2020. H01277-78). 1909 - advertisementGoldenberg’s, Washington, DC. (1 March 1909). Advertisement: "... Steel Table Knives... Meriden Cutlery Co.’s Warranted Steel Table Knives, with rosewood handles, double capped and bolstered..." [with no illustrations]. Washington Times (Washington, DC), p. 5, col. 7. (Viewed 24 April 2020. C01234-35). 1909 - advertisementB. B. Fowler Co., Glen Falls, NY. (presumably 9 December 1909). Advertisement: "... Christmas shopping... Extensive showing of the Silver products of The Meriden Cutlery Company... " [with no illustrations]. The Warrensburgh News (Warrensburgh, NY), presumably p. 7. (Viewed 28 June 2021. R01370).
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| 1910s |
1910 articlesSee the articles 1910 - news mention(4 October 1910). Effects of drouth [drought] at Meriden [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Company]. Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), presumably p. 12, col. 2. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00492). "The drouth [drought] has been so persistent that about half the operatives in the Meriden Cutlery company’s plant in South Meriden are out of work and unless rain arrives soon the entire plant may shut down. The water in Hanover pond is very low and only one wheel is running at the shop, in place of the usual two wheels." (Full excerpt from above.) 1910 - news mention(17 October 1910). Brief state news - Meriden [with mention of the Meriden Cutlery Company]. Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), p. 6, col. 5. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00493). "With an abundance of orders and plenty of men ready to work, the Meriden Cutlery company can operate only about half of its plant in S[o]uth Meriden on account of the drouth [drought]." (Full excerpt from above.) 1910 advertisementsSee the ads 1910 - advertisementBloomingdales (New York, Paris, London, Berlin). (1910). Advert: "Meriden Cutlery Co.; Manufacturers of Fine Table Cutlery; Anne Brand Carvers; For Sale by Bloomingdale Brothers" (p. 185). In Bloomingdales Bros. catalogue and diary 1910 New York City. (Viewed 22 July 2016. [A01094-95.) 1910 - three advertisementsKeckonen Hardware, Calumet, Michigan. (November 1910). Advertisement: "... a set of Meriden Cutlery Company’s carvers... " [with no relevant illustrations]. The Calumet News (Calumet, Michigan). (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00486-88).
1911 articlesSee the articles 1911 - article mention(2 February 1911). Canadian goods are welcome here; local manufacturers not afraid of new tariff understanding with Canada if English and German goods are not imported over the border [with mention of Homer A. Curtiss, president of the Meriden Cutlery Co.] Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 30 October 2020. F01710). 1911 - news mention(16 May 1911). Ex-Governor Chamberlain; former executive dies after a long illness with mention: "... He was identified with... the Meriden Cutlery company..." Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00508-09). 1911 - news mention(16 May 1911). Death takes ex-governor [with mention of the Meriden Cutlery Company]. The Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Connecticut), p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00510-11). 1911 advertisementsSee the ads 1911 - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (16 February 1911). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co., Factories, Meriden, Conn..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 1 and p. 7, column 1. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00248; G00251.)
1911 - advertisementNathan-Dohrmann Co., Geary and Stockton Sts, Union Square, San Francisco. (25 November 1911). Advertisement: "Carving sets for Thanksgiving... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." The San Francisco Call, presumably p. 26, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00490). 1912 advertisementsSee the ads 1912 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (9 April 1912). Advertisement: "... Factories, Meriden, Conn. Offices— New York, 21 Murray St.; Boston, 373 Washington St.; Philadelphia, 900 Chestnut Street; Chicago, 702 Heyworth Building" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 8, col. 1. (Viewed 11 July 2020. L01501). 1912 - advertisementSchell-Demple Furniture Company, Keokuk, Iowa. (24 November 1912). Advertisement: "... Call for the ’Anvil Brand’ made by Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with photo of cutlery in case]. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), p. 15. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00685-87). 1913 advertisementsSee the ads 1913 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (23 January 1913). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co., Factories, Meriden, Conn..." [with no illustration]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8, column 1. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00254.) 1913 - advertisementSchell-Demple Furniture Co., Koekuk, Iowa. (16 November 1913). Advertisement: "... Call for the ’Anvil Brand’ made by Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with photo of knives in case]. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), p. 5, cols. 4-7. (Viewed 7 June 2019. F00644-45). 1914 advertisementsSee the ads 1914 - advertisementSchell-Demple Furn. Co., 613-615 Main Street, Keokuk, Iowa. (22 November 1914). Advertisement: "... Call for the ’Anvil Brand’ made by Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." [with illustration of cutlery in a case]. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), p. 2, cols 6-7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00494-95). 1914 - four advertisementsA. Munson & Son, presumably Medina, Ohio. (December 1914). Advertisement: "... An Immense Line of Holiday Goods ... Carving Sets, In the famous Meriden Cutlery..." The Medina Sentinel (Medina, Ohio). (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00496-500).
1915 - spotlighted news mention - Meriden Cutlery Co. in the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco(1 August 1915). Hardware exhibits [in the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco; including "Meriden Cutlery Co., Meriden, Conn.; table cutlery"]. Hardware Dealer’s Magazine, p. 363. (Viewed 9 November 2018. D00448).
1915 advertisementsSee the ads 1915 - listingMeriden Cutlery Co. (4 January 1915). Classified Business Directory... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " Meriden Daily Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 11, col. 3. (Viewed 15 November 2021. R00272). 1915 - listingMeriden Cutlery Co. (1 February 1915). Classified Business Directory... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " Meriden Daily Journal, p. 11, col. 4. (Viewed 15 November 2021. R00273). 1916 articlesSee the articles 1916 - news mention(22 January 1916). Action brought against Meriden Cutlery Company; Wyoming Cutlery Co. of Wilkesbarre claims Meriden concern cause their manager to bread his contract. Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00505). 1916 - news mention(18 February 1916). [News mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.] Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), presumably p. 9, col 7. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00506). "Meriden — Homer A. Curtiss, former president of the Meriden Cutlery company, has gone to the Landers, Frary & Clark company of New Britain." (Full excerpt from above.) 1916 advertisementsSee the ads 1916 - advertisementThe Stone-Fisher Co., Tacoma and Everett, Washington. (8 May 1916). Advertisement: "... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." The Tacoma Times (Washington), p. 8. cols. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00501-02). 1916 - advertisementMeriden Cutlery Co. (17 May 1916). Advertisement: "Meriden Cutlery Co., Factories, Meriden, Conn. ..." Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, column 2. (Viewed 15 September 2017. G00410.) 1916 - patent - design for a handle for knives, forks, or similar articlesFrederick M. Spencer, assignor to Meriden Cutlery Company. (18 January 1916; filed 8 May 1915). Design no. 48,476; serial no. 26,917: Design for a handle for knives, forks, or similar articles. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01657.)
1917 advertisementsSee the ads 1917 - advertisementWalbridge & Co., Buffalo, NY. (18 November 1917). Advertisement: "... Let us assist you prepare the nation’s greatest dinner successfully... Carving Sets for Thanksgiving... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with abstract illustration of carving set]. The Illustrated Buffalo Express (New York), presumably p. 6, col. 3. (Viewed 17 January 2021. R00030).
1917 - advertisementDulin & Martin Co., Washington, DC. (7 November 1917). Advertisement: "We recommend... Meriden Cutlery [Co.] ... " Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 13, col. 2-3. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00491). 1917 - secondary source(1917). Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, vol 1. [On Abiram Chamberlain: director, Meriden Cutlery Company; director, Edward Miller & Co. (pp. 269-71 and portrait).] (Viewed 27 November 2016. AAA00519-21.) 1918 - spotlighted article - Meriden Cutlery Co. sold to Landers, Frary & Clark(15 July 1918). Meriden factory sold to Landers’; controlling stock in cutlery plant obtained by New Britain corporation— will improve and enlarge business and do government work. The Meriden Daily Journal , p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 30 December 2020. R00103). 1918 - news brief(11 September 1918). Brief state news [regarding Landers, Frary & Clark acquiring Meriden Cutlery]. Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), p. 6, col. 7. (Viewed 24 April 2020. C01232). "... New Britain— Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, who purchased the business of the Electric Utilities corporation in Danbury recently, have acquired the extensive plant of the Meriden Cutlery company in Meriden and is to move its bayonet department there, if the equipment can be adapted to that work." (Full excerpt from above.) 1918 - advertisementH. C. Claster, Harrisburg, PA. (17 September 1918). Advertisement: "... Unusual values in cut glass and silverware ... Ice Cream Forks, Meriden Cutlery Co. ... " [with two abstract silverware illustration]. Harrisburg Telegraph (Pennsylvania), p. 4, cols. 6-8. (Viewed 7 May 2020. H01428-29). 1918 - map(1918). Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut. [Including illustration of Meriden Cutlery Co., South Meriden.] Hughes & Bailey: Boston. (Viewed 21 July 2016. A01020-21).
1919 - design catalogueMeriden Cutlery Co. (1919). Anvil brand table cutlery [catalogue 19]. 48 pp. (Viewed 21 May 2016. C00014-70.)
1919 - advertisementThe Palais Royal, Washington, DC. (23 November 1919). Advertisement: [below "Special Sale of Sterling Silver Flat Ware"] "... Meriden Cutlery ..." Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 21, col. 3. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00503-04). |
| 1920s | 1920 - advertisementPalais Royal, Washington, DC. (30 March 1920). Advertisement: "... Table Silverware... Meriden Cutlery Co. ..." [with illustrations not clearly identified as designs by the company]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p, 10, col 1. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00507). |
| 1930s | 1933 - spotlighted news brief(26 September 1933). Start razing South Meriden Cutlery plant; assessment value of $12,980 placed on old buildings. The Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 9 July 2021. R01479). 1936 - article mention(17 April 1936). Changes in fifty years; in business concerns (with mention: "concerns listed [in 1886] that have gone out of existence ... Meriden Cutlery Co. ... sold to a competitor... discontinued... last year the old factory... was torn down..."). The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 26 November 2020. F01913). 1936 - article mentions(17 April 1936). Meriden’s history day by day for 50 years [with mentions: "1918; July 15— Landers, Frary & Clark purchase South Meriden Cutlery Co." and "1933; Sept. 26— South Meriden Cutlery shop being razed"]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01936). |
| 1970s | 1974 - article mentionHogan, E. P. (April 1974). The inventive W. W. Lyman of Meriden, Conn. [with mention of Meriden Cutlery Co.]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 14-7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. R01505).
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| n. d. | n. d. - map(Undated). Meriden Cutlery - fire insurance map. (Viewed 15 May 2017. A02437.)
n. d. - two advertisementsMeriden Cutlery Co. (undated). Two graphics / probably advertisements (for knives with rubber handles). (Printed source unknown.) (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02634. DM.)
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| 1940s |
1947 - secondary sourceMay, Earl Chapin. (1947). "Meriden Cutlery Company"" mention (p. 79, see below). In Century of silver, 1847-1947; Connecticut Yankees and a noble metal. New York: E.M. McBride & Company. (Updated 19 April 2017. DM.)
"By 1860, the Meriden Cutlery Company, with 167 hands, was turning out $167,000 worth of goods a year." (Excerpt from above.) |
| 1960s | 1962 - article mentionMcClellan, Claire T. (December 1962). Pearl-handled elegance [with section on Meriden Cutlery Co.]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 14-15, 31. (Viewed 22 July 2021. ).
1966 - encyclopedia entryRainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "Meriden Cutlery Co." [with marks], Julius Pratt & Co., (p. 114). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 5 August 2020. L01882-83; L01892; L01907).
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| 1980s |
1980 - book mentionHogan, Edmund P. (1980). On "W. W. Lyman" (apprentice to Ashbil Griswold, husband of Ashbil Griswold’s adopted daughter; partner of Curtis and Lyman; director of Meriden Britannia; president of Meriden Cutlery Company; president of Meriden Flint Glass Company) (reproduced illustrations of W. W. Lyman and his wife; Meriden Britannia building and "board"; Lyman fruit jars; patent), (pp. 154-59). In The elegance of old silver plate and some personalities. Schiffer Publishing Limited: Exton, PA. (Updated 19 April 2017. DM.)
1988 - secondary sourceVumbaco, Brenda J. (1988). On Meriden Cutlery Company, (p. 37). In Meriden – Connecticut crossroads: An illustrated history. Windsor Publications: Northridge, CA. (Updated 19 April 2017. A00804. DM.)
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| 2000s | 2004 - encyclopedia entryRainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "Meriden Cutlery Co." [with marks], Julius Pratt & Co., (p. 158). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 15 August 2017. A02933a,b.)
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| 2000s | 2020 - article mentionFendelman, Helaine and Rosson, Joe / Tribune News Service. (9 June 2020). Parian porcelain jug is almost 170 years old [with mention of Meriden Cutlery]. Star-Tribune (Minneapolis). (Viewed 13 June 2020. D01410). Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical manufacturers of cutlery and silver from the Meriden area. Go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "International Silver Company, predecessors & divisions" and E: "Other featured companies". |
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