Description: VINTAGE Sterling Silver 6.75" Gravy Ladleby Wilcox/International (Meriden, Connecticut)Pattern: La Rochelle (Silverplate, Hollowware) Weight: 3.1 ounce (Avoirdupois)Weight: 2.82552 ounce (Troy)Weight: 87.8835 grams Excellent to near mint VINTAGE item. Please see pictures for details. Ask questions in advance of bid/purchase. Thanks for shopping Blue Streak Collectibles! This is a heavy gravy ladle by Wilcox/International in the La Rochelle pattern. There are no monograms on this piece, and it measures 6 3/4 inches. In excellent condition. This piece has the Wilcox mark so was made before International took it over in 1898. This is sterling silver. 1909 pattern. The Wilcox Silver Plate Co. (1867-c. 1980) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut. From 1865 to 1867, it was known as the Wilcox Brittania Co. In 1898, the company was acquired by the International Silver Company, headquartered in Meriden. After the acquisition, the Wilcox Silver Plate Co. brand continued until at least c. 1980. Wilcox Silver Plate Co. designs are in several museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; British Museum in London; Brooklyn Museum; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Dallas Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Newark Museum, NJ; New Orleans Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art, St. Louis Art Museum; Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach; and Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT. Over the years, Wilcox Silver Plate Co. designs have been exhibited in several museum exhibitions in the United States and beyond since at least 1934. In 2005–07, designs were included in the touring exhibition Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, which also travelled to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. One of the most exhibited Wilcox Silver Plate Co. / International Silver Company designs is the space-age looking urn designed by Eliel Saarinen (1934).[4] The urn was exhibited in St. Louis Modern (2015–16) and Cranbrook Goes to the Movies: Films and Their Objects, 1925–1975 (2014–15). On June 11, 2014, a Paul Lobel-design tea set for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. sold for US$377,000 at auction at Sotheby's in New York. Wilcox Silver Plate Co. Founded:1865; 159 years agoHeadquarters:Meriden, Connecticut, United StatesArea served:Nationally and to some extent internationallyKey people:Jedediah Wilcox, founderProducts:silver products, hollowware and flatware The firm was organized in 1865 as Wilcox Britannia Co by Jedediah and Horace Wilcox, Charles Parker, Aaron Collins and Hezekiah Miller and others.The firm was active in Meriden, CT with salesrooms at 6 Maiden Lane, New York.The name was changed to Wilcox Silver Plate Co in 1867.In 1869 was acquired Parker & Casper Co, a specialist in silverplate holloware.Wilcox Silver Plate Co was one of the original companies that became part of International Silver Company in 1898.Immediately afterwards (1899) Middletown Silver Plate was closed and the production transferred to Wilcox factory. Superior Silver Co was a Middleton trademark manufactured by Wilcox.The "half circle" mark was introduced in 1921 and registered in 1923.The factory was closed in 1941 because of metal shortage in WWII. After the war Wilcox designs were made in other International Silver Company factories.The trademark was changed to Webster Wilcox in 1961 when the Wilcox Silver Plate Co., E.G. Webster & Son and several other divisions of International Silver were consolidated. Webster-Wilcox was acquired by Oneida in 1981. Please note that Blue Streak Collectibles does not offer combined handling/shipping discounts for multiple items purchased. We offer a flat rate standard handling/shipping per item and typically utilize USPS First Class with delivery Confirmation/Tracking (tracking numbers provided to all customers with winning bids). We may determine it is best to combine shipments based on the logistical ability to deliver quickly from time to time but do not offer discounts for doing this. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope you will find we offer the lowest overall prices and best value available on eBay for each and every item offered for sale/auction. Thanks for shopping B.S.C.!
Price: 82.48 USD
Location: Hudson, Ohio
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Brand: Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
Pattern: La Rochelle
Composition: Silverplate
Style: La Rochelle
Age: Unknown
