John Holden
Quincy, MA 1820-1833 and 1842-1858; Castleton, VT c. 1833;
and Springfield, VT c. 1835-1841
Alphabetical By Name
AB
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Babbit to Ball
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Ballou to Beauchamp
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Beaucraft to Bingham
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Birge to Borsum
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Bostwick to Brewer
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Brigden to Browne
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Bruff to Byrnes
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Haddock to Hanners
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Hansel to Hawley
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Hayden to Henry
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Hequembourg to Hoffman
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Holden to Howell
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Hoyt to Hyman
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Saart to Schroth
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Schultz to Shaw
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Sheffield to Simpson
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Sinclair to Spaulding
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Spear to Steele
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Steen to Story
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Stoutenberg to Syracuse
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Wagner to Watrous
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Watson to Welch
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Welles to White
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Whitehead to Willey
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Williams to Wolcott
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Wolf to Wynne
Holden to Howell
Littleton Holland
Baltimore, MD 1800-1846
Holland’s
San Angelo, TX 1918-Present
Founded by Chase Holland. Makers of sterling western accessories and jewelry.
Julius Hollister (1818-1905)
Hartford, CT 1841-1846; Oswego, NY 1846 and 1850-1905; and
Greenfield, MA 1849
Was in the partnership of Seymour & Hollister 1842-1846.
John M. Holloway (1824-1858)
Baltimore, MD 1850-1858
Henry Ralph Holman (b.c. 1832)
Cincinnati, OH c. 1855-1857; Kansas City, MO 1859-1871;
Denver, CO 1875-1883; and Sioux City, IA 1895-1912
The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co.
Bridgeport, CT 1882-1831 and Meriden, CT 1931-c. 1970
Founded in 1882 by George C. Edwards and Israel Holmes.
Best known as silverplate manufacturers, sterling flatware
production began in 1894 and was originally made for them
by the Campbell-Metcalf Silver Co. Became a part of International Silver in 1898 who continued to produce silver under the Holmes & Edwards name until about 1970.
Adrian Bancker Holmes (1846-1902)
Newark, NJ c. 1867-1889 and Orange, NJ 1888-1890 (overlap)
Partnered with his nephew James S. Holmes, Jr. in the firm of A.B. & J.S. Holmes 1886-1889.
Adrian Bancker Holmes (b.c. 1775-1853)
New York, NY 1801-1850
Emmanuel Holsey (1798-1840)
Williamsport, MD 1820-1821, Boonsboro, MD 1821-1823, and
Chambersburg, PA 1824-1839
Moses Kimball Holt (1808-1848)
Haverhill, MA 1840-1848
Harry Hibbard Holton (1828-1896)
Wells River, VT c. 1849-c. 1888
Went into partnership with his son Harry A. Holton as Harry Holton & Son 1880-c. 1888.
Geo. E. Homer
Boston, MA c. 1875-1990
Founded by brothers George E. Homer and Joseph J. Homer. Upon George E. Homer’s death in 1925, it was sold to Edward Levine and Harry Rosenfield who retained the Geo. E. Homer name. In 1928 it was renamed Homer’s, Inc. and remained in business to 1990. Primarily jewelers; makers of sterling and silverplated souvenir spoons.
William Homes, Sr. (Holmes) (1717-1783)
Boston, MA 1739-1783
Hood & Tobey
Albany, NY 1845-1854
A partnership between Benjamin Lochlin Hood and Edward M. Tobey.
Benjamin L. Hood (1811-1894)
Rochester, NY 1841; Buffalo, NY 1842-1844; Albany, NY 1845-1894
Silversmith and jeweler. Was in the partnerships of Hood & Tobey in Albany , NY 1845-1854 and Hood & Bro. with Henry O. Hood c. 1870-1871.
William Hookey (1733-1812)
Newport, RI c. 1764-c. 1799
Hovey, Parker & Co.
Manchester, NH 1850-1852
A partnership between Stanford Hovey and Amos Parker.
Hope Silver Co.
David Large Hope (1799-1869)
Knoxville, TN 1852-1869
Purchased Samuel Bell’s business in 1852.
Joseph W. Hopkins (1730-1801)
Waterbury, CT c. 1755-1780
Stephen Hopkins (b. 1721 d. 1796)
Waterbury, CT 1744-1780
Benjamin C. Hopper (1819-1890)
Philadelphia, PA 1844-1890
Samuel M. Hopper (1811-1859)
Philadelphia, PA 1834-1859
Horton & Rikeman
Savannah, GA 1851-1856
Humphrey P. Horton and Cornelius Rikeman. Silversmiths, watchmakers, and jewelers.
Humphrey P. Horton (1823-1865)
New London, CT c. 1849-1850 and Savannah, GA 1850-1863
Was in the partnership of Horton & Rikeman 1851-1856.
Charles D. Hostetter (1802-1872)
New Lisbon, OH 1831-1840; Genoa Bluffs, IA 1851; Marengo, IA c. 1865-1872
Silversmith and jeweler.
Hotchkiss & Norton
Palmyra, NY 1841-1842
David Hotchkiss and Benjamin R. Norton.
Hotchkiss & Schreuder
Syracuse, NY 1857-1895
David Hotchkiss and Andrew B. Schreuder. Hotchkiss left the company in 1871 and Schreuder continued to use the H&S mark. Made mostly sterling flatware, some holloware. Purchased by the Syracuse Silver Mfg. Co. The marks above utilizing the H&S in circles was used 1857-1864. The H&S shown in the bottom position was used after 1864.
David Hotchkiss (1796-1874)
Palmyra, NY 1825-1845 and Syracuse, NY 1849-1871
Was in the firms of Hotchkiss & Lakey with Ira Lakey in 1836 and Hotchkiss & Norton with Benjamin R. Norton in Palmyra 1841-1842. Was one of the founders of Hotchkiss & Schreuder in 1857 and remained in the firm until 1871.
Hottenroth & Cachot
Bardstown, KY 1813-1817
Ignatus Hottenroth and Felix Ferjeaux Cachot.
Houlton, Otto & Folk
Philadelphia, PA c. 1797
John Houlton, John L. Otto, and John Folk.
John Houlton
Philadelphia, PA c. 1794-1798 and Baltimore, MD 1799-1801
Was in the partnerships of Houlton, Otto & Folk c. 1797 and Brown & Brown with Liberty Brown in 1799.
John K. Housel (1800-1881)
Lewisburg, PA 1823-1845 and Freeport, IL 1848-1858 and 1859-1862
Silversmith, watch, and clockmaker.
Stanford Hovey (1823-1887)
Manchester, NH 1850-1869
In the partnerships of Hovey, Parker & Co. with Amos Parker
1850-1852 and Stanford Hovey & Co. 1854-1869.
Howard & Co.
New York, NY 1866-1937
Branch stores were located in Newport, RI (1880 to 1937) and Paris, France
Howard & Cockshaw / Herbert Cockshaw
New York, NY 1885-1915
Howard & Cockshaw was in business 1885-1912. Succeeded by Herbert Cockshaw in 1912; he retired in 1915.
Howard Sterling Co.
Providence, RI 1891-1901
Successor to Howard & Son and The Sterling Co. Makers of sterling flatware, holloware and souvenir spoons. Many of their pattern dies were acquired by the Roger Williams Silver Co.
See flatware patterns.
N. Howard & Son
Springfield, MA 1870-1885
Nathaniel Howard and Nathaniel W. Howard; manufacturing silversmiths and jewelers.
Howe & Guion
New York, NY 1838-1840
George C. Howe and John Guion.
George C. Howe / George C. Howe & Co.
New York, NY 1827-1841
Was in the partnership of Stebbins & Howe with Edwin Stebbins 1827-1831 and the firm of Howe & Guion 1838-1840. Worked under the name of George C. Howe & Co. 1837-1838 and again 1841-1842.
Benoni H. Howell (1779-1852)
Newburgh, NY 1835-1839 and 1850-1852; Buffalo, NY 1839-1849
James Howell / J. Howell & Co.
Philadelphia, PA 1800-1813
In the partnership of J. Richardson & Co. with Joseph Richardson 1801-1813. Operated under the business name of J. Howell & Co. c. 1800. Master to Samuel Kirk c. 1810.
Paul Howell
New York, NY 1805-1812
Silversmith and watchmaker. Was in the partnership of Eoff & Howell with Garrett Eoff 1805-1807.
Silas White Howell (1770-1818)
Morristown, NJ 1793-1797 and Albany, NY 1797-1801
In the firm of Howell & Arnold 1797-1798 then later in partnership with Joseph Hall in the firm of Howell & Hall in 1801.
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