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mhandler Posts: 4 |
posted 09-29-2004 04:13 PM
  
Hi, Just found this forum. I have a pitcher & six plates that I have now confirmed are E.G. Webster & Sons. But on-line I found two differing stories about the company. One says it was started by Elizur Webster in 1859 and the other says it was founded by George K. Webster in 1869 in North Attleboro, MA. The first says it was sold to International Silver, and the second says it was sold to Frank W. Smith Silver Co and today is part of Reed and Barton Silversmiths. Anyone know the true story?? Thanks, IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 09-29-2004 04:51 PM
Following on the heels of E. G. Webster & Brother (Elizur Goodwin and Adelbert Ashley Webster), 1875-1886 in New York City and Brooklyn, Frederick Hezekiah Webster joined his father as E. G. Webster & Son (singular). After Elizur's death in 1900, the company was continued under the same name by Frederick until 1928, when it was sold to International Silver. The factory was moved to Meriden CT and Frederick stayed on as managing partner until his retirement c 1938. There is no relationship, so far as I have found, between George K. Webster of North Attleboro and the New York Webster's. He did not enter into manufacturing sterling and silverplate goods until 1879, after a career with the Raritan & Delaware Railroad and several wholesale drug makers in Lawrence MA. At his death in 1894, the name was changed to the Webster Company. In 1950 it became a subsidiary of Reed & Barton. IP: Logged |
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mhandler Posts: 4 |
posted 09-29-2004 09:54 PM
On my E.G. Webster & Son silver (which is a heavily embossed pitcher and six plates) there are more markings that probably indicae the kind of silver/silver plate but I know nothing about them. Under the EGW&S is an EPNS and under that is Can you tell me what these markings mean? I really appreciate your quick response about the history of E.G. Webster & Son. Mort IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 09-29-2004 10:21 PM
EPNS = Extra Plate Nickle Silver. The rest indicates the design/pattern, but what that might be I can not say. IP: Logged |
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mhandler Posts: 4 |
posted 09-30-2004 09:42 AM
Someone said that they thought the E stood for "electro". Could that be possible? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 09-30-2004 10:08 AM
Either one; the process and results are the same. IP: Logged |
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