Taber & Tibbits silver - historical information

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artdesigncafé - design | Design Meriden | 24 September 2020 | Updated 6 October 2020

Taber & Tibbits was active c 1919-41, and succeeded by Silvercraft Co.

A. Taber & Tibbits designs in collections

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B. Taber & Tibbits - historical information (by year)

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1890s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1890s-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines.

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

1920s

1922 - directory listings

(1922). Listing: "Silversmiths ... Taber & Tibbits Inc 57 S Cherry". (Search directory for other possible listings.) In Wallingford directory, p. 223. Price & Lee Co. (Viewed 6 October 2020. E01691-94).

Online - Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

1960s

1966 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "Taber & Tibbits" [with mark], (p. 179). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 8 August 2020. E01533).

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

2000s

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "Taber & Tibbits, Inc." [with two marks], (p. 245). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 26 September 2020. A02886; A02931; A02931b.)

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

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