Derby Silver Company
Founded1872 (1872)
Defunct1933 (1933)
Headquarters
Derby, Connecticut; Shelton, Connecticut
,
United States
Area served
Internationally
Productssilver products, hollowware and flatware
DivisionsVictor Silver Company [1][2]

In 1872, the Derby Silver Company began production in Derby, CT. Over the years, the company made bathroom-related items, clocks, tableware and flatware, tea sets, candlesticks, fruit baskets, dishes, and more object types made of silver and silver plate.[2] The Derby Silver Company operated showrooms in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.[1] As of 1893, the President and Manager of the company was Watson J. Miller. Wesley L. Clark was the Secretary and Treasurer.[3]

In 1898, the company became a division of the International Silver Company headquartered in Meriden, CT, but continued making silver with its brand name until 1933, when the plant was closed.[4][1][5]

Derby Silver Company designs are in a variety of museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum; Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach; and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT.[6]

Over the years, Derby Silver Company designs have been in exhibitions including the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia; In pursuit of beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1986-87); Silver in America, 1840-1940: A century of splendor at the Dallas Museum of Art (1994-95); and Shaken, stirred, styled: The art of the cocktail also at the Dallas Museum (2016-17).[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 (undated). "The Derby Silver Company". Connecticuthistory.org. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hogan, Edmund P. (1980). The elegance of old silver plate and some personalities. Schiffer Publishing Ltd: Exton, PA. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ D. Hurd & Co. (1893). "Derby Silver Co." (page 211). In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Boston, MA. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ (undated). "A Guide to the International Silver Company Records, 1853-1921". UCONN University Libraries, Storrs, CT. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ May, Earl Chapin. (1947). A century of silver 1847-1947, (p. 118). New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  6. 1 2 (May 30, 2016). "Derby Silver Co. designs in collections, at auction, and in exhibitions". artdesigncafe.com. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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