Retailer, Wholesaler, and Other Marks

Wachhorst to Wendell

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.

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  1872-1912
Watchmaker and 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

Cuyahoga Falls, OH c. 1859 and 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.

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