Kann Bros. Silver Co.
Baltimore, MD 1898-1913
Successors to the Kann & Sons Mfg. Co.
Alphabetical By Name
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Kann to Kuehne
Kann & Sons Mfg. Co.
Baltimore, MD c. 1874-1898
Succeeded by the Kann Bros. Silver Co. in 1898.
See flatware patterns.
Ernest Kaufmann
Philadelphia, PA c. 1855-1870
Keen Kutter
Originally a trademark of the Simmons Hardware Co. and subsequently owned by a series of different companies. The age of an item can roughly be determined by the name of the company written above the Keen Kutter logo.
Mark
E.C. Simmons
Shapleigh’s
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Blank (on pocket knives)
E.C. Simmons
Shapleigh’s
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Blank (on pocket knives)
Made
1866 – 1940
1940 – 1960
c. 1962 – 1990s
1990s
1866 – 1940
1940 – 1960
c. 1962 – 1990s
1990s
Mfg.
Simmons Hardware
Shapleigh Hardware
Val-Test Distributors
Frost Cutlery Co.
Simmons Hardware
Shapleigh Hardware
Val-Test Distributors
Frost Cutlery Co.
Kensington Silver Plate
A trademark of International Silver.
See flatware patterns.
Keystone Silver Co.
Listed under Silversmiths.
King Edward Silverplate
A trademark of the National Silver Co.
King’s Plate
A trademark brand of the McGlashan-Clarke Co., Ltd. of Niagara Falls, ON.
Kirk-Stieff Co.
Listed under Silversmiths.
See silverplate flatware patterns.
Klever Kraft
A trademark of the American Ring Co. of Waterbury, CT,
from 1914 to c. 1920.
Knickerbocker Silver Co.
Port Jervis, NY 1894-1962
Successor to J.A. Babcock & Co. as the Knickerbocker Manufacturing Co. Changed names to the Knickerbocker Silver Co. by 1897. Succeeded by the Crescent Silverware Manufacturing Co. in 1962.
Kottle Cutlery Co.
A trademark of the Continental Mfg. Co. for cutlery goods.
Kronheimer Oldenbusch Co.
New York, NY 1909-1942
Fred Kuehne
New York, NY 1879-1929