Important Historical Dates
1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the third President of U.S.
1809 James Madison becomes the President of the U.S.
1810 Britannia was first made in America in about 1810
1812 War 1812-1814 between Britain and United States of America
1817 James Madison becomes President of the U.S.
1825 John Quincy Adams becomes President of the U.S.
1829 Andrew Jackson becomes President of the U.S.
1836 Patent numbering system began on July 13, 1836
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1836 Cairns & Brother first introduce the New Yorker
Firefighters Helmet
1837 Martin Van Buren becomes the President of the U.S.
1837 Hall, Elton & Co. organized
1840 Elkington & Co., Ltd. (Birmingham) began electroplating
1840 Reed & Barton founded
1841 William Henry Harrison becomes President of the U.S.
1841 John Tyler becomes President of the U.S.
1843 Crowles & Company began electroplating
1845 James Polk becomes President of the U.S.
1845 Florida and Texas join the Union
1846 Mead & Son began electroplating
1847 Roger Brothers began electroplating flatware
1848 Reed & Barton began electroplating
1848 Wisconsin joins the Union
1849 Zachary Taylor becomes President of the U.S.
1850 Millard Fillmore becomes President of the U.S.
1850 California joins the Union
1850s The British sterling standard was adopted by Gorham, Tiffany, and others
1850 - 1910 was the period of great silver presentation pieces
1852 Meriden Britannia Company formed
1853 Franklin Pierce becomes President of the U.S.
1853 Tiffany & Co., Inc. began electroplating
1855 Meriden Britannia Co. began electroplating Nickel Silver
1857 James Buchanan becomes President of the U.S.
1858 Molding of screw threads into glass
1858 Double value pouring lip appears on water pitchers
1859 Glass became an important component of many center pieces
1859 Minnesota joins the Union
1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the U.S.
1861 Civil War begins
1861 Kansas joins the Union
1862 1847 Rogers Bros." trademark introduced by Meriden
1863 Homan Manufacturing began electroplating
1863 West Virginia joins the Union
1864 "In God We Trust" 1st appears on our coins, the two
cent coin
1864 Nevada joins the Union
1865 Andrew Johnson becomes President of the U.S.
1865 Gorham began electroplating
1865 Civil War ends
Animal heads, legs, feet often used as supports 1865-1870
1866 Japan began trade with the west
1867 Nebraska joins the Union
1867 Wilcox Silver Plate Company began electroplating
1861 Gorham dropped coin standard, adopted sterling standard
1868 Admiral Perry arrives in Japan
1869 Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the U.S.
1869 Transcontinental railroad completed May 10
1869 The Inauguration of the Suez Canal November 17, 1869
1870 Watchmakers & Jewelers Guild 1870-1892
2 Doves on a hand or "US Guild"
1873 Derby Silver Company organized
1876 Colorado joins the Union
1877 Thomas Edison invention: the first phonograph
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the U.S.
1877 R. Wallace and Sons began electroplating
1878 The world's first successful oil tanker was the
Russian "Zoroaster"
1879 Figural napkin rings introduced, popularity peaked 1886
1880 Pairpoint Manufacturing Company (1880-1929)
1881 James Garfield becomes President of the U.S.
1881 Chester Arthur becomes President of the U.S.
1882 Holmes & Edwards Silver Company organized
1883 Mount Krakatoa erupts
1885 Grover Clevland becomes President of the U.S.
1885 Butler's finish first appeared.
1889 Birthdays: Charlie Chaplin April 16; Adolf Hitler April
20
1889 N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Montana, and Washington join
the Union
1889 Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the U.S.
1890 Idaho and Wyoming join the Union
1890s Souvenir spoon collecting became popular.
1891 US Import Law, County of origin now indicated
1892 Barbour Silver Company organized
1892 Jeweler's Crown Guild 1892-1900
Crowned superimposed with words "Crown" & "Guild"
1893 Grover Cleveland becomes President of the U.S.
1893 Poole Silver Company founded
1893 Edvard Munch paints “The Scream”
1894 Forbes Silver Company organized
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays
1896 Utah joins the Union
1896 Meriden Britannia ceased using term "quadruple/triple" plate.
1897 Joseph John Thompson announces discovery of the electron
1897 William McKinley becomes President of the U.S.
1898 Spanish-American War
1898 International Silver Co. incorporated 1898.
1898 Meriden Britannia Company became part of INSCO.
1899 Introduction of Liberty's Celtic revival
1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the U.S.
1902 First US Automat(waiter less restaurant)opens in
Philadelphia
1906 U.S. stamping act of 1906
1907 Oklahoma joins the Union
1908 Take Me Out To the Ball Game written by Jack Norworth
1909 Lincoln one-cent coin made its initial appearance
1909 William H. Taft becomes President of the U.S.
1909 Benny Goodman is born
1912 April 14, 11:40 p.m. R.M.S.TITANIC strikes an iceberg
off Newfoundland
1912 Discontinuance f "Quadruple Plate" references
1913 Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the U.S.
1912 New Mexico and Arizona join the Union
1913 Ford Motor introduces first moving assembly line for
the Model T
1913 Sixteenth Amendment ratified, Income Taxes
1914 World War I begins 1914-1919 (US enters war in 1917)
1919 World Series: Chicago White Soxs threw series, Reds Win
1921 Warren Harding becomes President of the U.S.
1921 Barbour Silver Co. half circle trademark 1st used.
1923 Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the U.S.
1926 Oneida Community Limited began producing silver plated holloware
1926 Quaker Silver Co., Inc. (1926-1959)
1927 Reed and Barton year marks available 1928-1957
1929 Martin Luther King,Jr.was born January 15, 1929
1929 Herbert Hoover becomes President of the U.S.
1929 First year for Oscars
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the U.S.
1939 Food stamps program introduced May 16
1939 World War II begins 1939-1945
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