Herman Wachhorst
Sacramento, CA 1850-1854 and 1861-1899;
San Francisco, CA 1859-1861
Founded by Hermann Wachhorst, jeweler. The business continued after after his death in 1899 to c. 1940.
Alphabetical By Name
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Wachhorst to Wendell
S. Wadsworth & Co.
Keene, NH 1873-1885
Brothers Samuel Wadsworth and Franklin Wadsworth, jewelers.
Edwin R. Wait
Ravenna, OH c. 1855-1891
Jeweler. Was in the partnerships of Baird & Wait 1857-1862; Wait, Dewey & Co. 1871-1882; and Wait Bros. 1882-1889.
Edward S. Waite
Portland, ME 1900-1931
Successor to Randolph H. Boynton. Watchmaker and jeweler.
Wakefield & Woodward
Great Falls, NH c. 1865-1867
Albert Wakefield and James J. Woodward.
Wall & Dougherty
Honolulu, HI 1912-c. 1926
Arthur Frederick Wall and J.D. Dougherty.
Samuel H. Wales / S.H. Wales & Co.
Providence, RI c. 1832-1875
Watchmaker and jeweler, operated as S.H. Wales & Co. 1872-1875.
Micah Walker
Port Huron, MI c. 1860-1877
Jeweler and bookseller.
Laird H. Wallace
Red Cloud, MN 1884-1890 and Ogden, UT 1890-1899
Arthur Wallenhorst
Baltimore, MD 1872-1905
Manufacturing jeweler.
Isaac P. Walton
Philadelphia, PA 1852-1859 and Tyrone, PA 1859-1904
Watchmaker and jeweler. Was in the partnership of Walton & Acklin from 1892 until his death in 1904. Walton & Acklin remained in business to c. 1914.
William D. Ward
Springfield, IL 1854-1903
Joseph M. Warden
Bradford, VT 1860-1896 and 1902-1911
Jeweler and merchant.
Warner & Parker
Bridgeport, CT c. 1874-1890
Succeeded by Parker & Davis.
David B. Warren
Pawtucket, RI c. 1819-1868
J.H. & D.E. Washburn
Boston, MA c. 1850-51 and Chickopee, MA c. 1852
Brothers Joseph H. and David E. Washburn. Jewelers and fancy good merchants.
Joseph H. Washburn
Boston, MA c. 1850-1851; Chicopee, MA 1852-1860;
Newton, MA c. 1864-1865; and Natick, MA 1868-1896
The business continued as the J.H. Washburn Co. after Washburn’s death in 1896 and remained in business to c. 1905.
Wellington W. Washburn
Galesburg, IL 1859-1875
Watchmaker and jeweler.
George Waterman
Albany, NY 1848-1871
Jeweler.
Wattles & Sheafer
Pittsburgh, PA 1867-1890
W. Warren Wattles and James Sheafer.
W.W. Wattles & Sons
Pittsburgh, PA 1892-1980s
William Wallace Wattles
Pittsburgh, PA c. 1860-1905
Was in the partnership of W.W. Wattles & Sons 1892-1905.
Webb & Lee
Janesville, WI 1856-1862
Jacob P. Weixler, Jr.
Worcester, MA 1865-1897
Jeweler.
Weld & Bro.
Lockport, NY 1862-1881
William H. Weld and Willard H. Weld, jewelers.
Weld & Sons
Minneapolis, MN 1886-1958
Jewelers, founded by William H. Weld, Thomas H. Weld, and William H. Weld, Jr.
Wells & Chamberlain
Minneapolis, MN 1864-1872
G.G. Wells and William H. Chamberlain
Wells & Day
Oswago, PA 1872-1880
Walter Wells and Charles Day.
Welsh & Payne
New York, NY 1849-1851
George William Welsh and John K. Payne.
Wendell & Feltman
Albany, NY 1860-1864
William Wendell and William Feltman, jewelers. Mark shown here on a piece made by John L. Westervelt.
Wendell & Hyman
Chicago, IL 1866-1875
Charles Wendell and Edward Sigmund Hyman.
Wendell & Roberts
Albany, NY 1864-1876
William Wendell and his brother-in-law Richard H. Roberts.