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The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. Factory
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"HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER CO.
The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. was founded in Bridgeport, Conn. in 1882 by C. E. L. Holmes and George C. Edwards who assumed a business run under the name, Rogers & [Brittin].

In the beginning, their business consisted largely of moderately priced flatware... The Company became part of [the International Silver Company in 1898] and continued to operate in Bridgeport until moving to Meriden in 1931." Edmund P. Hogan in An American heritage: A book about the International Silver Company (1977), p. 160.



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