By Reed & Barton
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage 2 Quart Reed & Barton / Sheffield Silver Co silver plate round reticulated footed and handled casserole / serving dish holder / stand with acorn finial lid and 024 G-22 Pyrex glass insert.
""Sheffield Silver Company - Brooklyn NY Incorporated in 1908. Trademark registered in 1919. Became a division of Reed & Barton Silversmiths in 1974.""
""The Reed & Barton story began in 1824, when Isaac Babbitt created a new metal alloy - ""Britannia metal"" - in his Taunton, Massachusetts pewter shop.
Babbitt joined forces with craftsmen Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton to produce this innovative, higher quality pewter ware. When Babbitt encountered financial difficulties, Reed & Barton offered to take control and began manufacturing products under their own names. The fledgling company's goods reflected uncompromising standards of excellence, starting with its initial silverplate products and extending to the exquisite sterling silver creations that resulted from the silver discoveries of the late 1800s.
The company has remained privately owned by the family of Henry Reed. Besides the flatware for which it is renowned, Reed & Barton operates other brands as well: Reed & Barton Handcrafted Chests, the world's largest manufacturer of handmade chests, cigar humidors, pen chests...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ohio - Sheffield and Silverplate