Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.

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Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
Founded1866 (1866)[1]
FateIn 1898 became part of the International Silver Company; continued operating with the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. brand[1]
Headquarters
Wallingford, Connecticut
,
United States
Area served
Predominately the United States but also internationally
Key people
Samuel Simpson
Productscutlery, hollowware

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was a cutlery and silver hollowware manufacturer in Wallingford, Connecticut, founded in 1866.[1] By c. 1895, the company operated large factories in Wallingford and Montreal, Canada.[2]

In 1898, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. became part of the International Silver Company headquartered in neighboring Meriden.[3]

Many designs have been collected by many American museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.[4] In 2005-07, Modernist silver designs by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. were featured in a traveling museum exhibition (Dallas, Washington, Miami Beach, Reno and Memphis).[1]

The designs have been exhibited since the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.[4] In 1880-81, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was awarded the First Prize Medal competing with 44 other silver manufacturers from the United States and Europe at the Melbourne International Exhibition in Australia.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Stern, Jewel. (2005). Modernism in American silver, p. 355. Dallas Museum of Art and Yale University Press.
  2. ^ Hall, Henry. (1895). "Samuel Simpson". In America's successful men of affairs (vol. II), pp. 710-11. The New York Tribune. Retrieved October 22, 2016
  3. ^ (Undated). "A Guide to the International Silver Company Records, 1853-1921". UCONN university libraries, special collections. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b (March 16, 2016). "Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. designs in collections, at auction, and in exhibitions". artdesigncafe.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. (1881). Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., manufacturers of the finest quality electro silver plated hollowware: in great variety (trade catalogue), p. 4. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
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