Jean G. Theobald and Wilcox Silver Plate Company
Tea Set
1927
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Physical Qualities
Silver plate, Teapot: 7 1/2 × 3 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (19.1 × 9.2 × 16.8 cm.)
Cream pitcher: 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (10.8 × 10.8 × 8.9 cm.)
Covered sugar bowl: 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (10.8 × 10.8 × 8.9 cm.)
Tray: 13 3/8 × 4 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (34 × 12.1 × 3.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2016.98
Tea set including teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, tray
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; Michael and Anis Merson
Jewel Stern, "Modernism in American Silver: 20th-century Design". Dallas Museum of Art, 2005, fig 3.13, p. 69
Markings: Marked underneath teapot "WILCOX QUALITY / WILCOX S.P. CO. E P N S / INTERNATIONAL S. CO /W. M. MOUNTS / 1982 N/ PAT. APPLD FOR / 72" Marked underneatch pitcher "WILCOX QUALITY / WILCOX S.P. CO. E P N S / INTERNATIONAL S. CO / W. M. MOUNTS / 1982 N/ PAT. APPLD FOR / A 11" Marked underneath sugar bowl "WILCOX QUALITY / WILCOX S.P. CO. E P N S / INTERNATIONAL S. CO / W. M. MOUNTS / 1982 N/ PAT. APPLD FOR / A 25" Marked underneath tray "WILCOX QUALITY / WILCOX S.P. CO. E P N S / INTERNATIONAL S. CO / W. M. MOUNTS / 1982 N/ PAT. APPLIED FOR"
Manufacturer
Wilcox Silver Plate Company
1866–1980
Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
Meriden, Connecticut
Founded 1865/1867
Founders:
Jebediah Wilcox
Horace Wilcox
Aaron Collins
Charlie Parker
Hezekeah Miller
Made:
Hollowware
Purchased:
1869 purchased the Parker & Casper co.
1898 helped to found the International Silver Co.
Wilcox mark used after the foundation as a line in the ISC.
1941 Factory closed because of WWII
1961 became Webster-Wilcox
1981 Webster-Wilcox sold to Oneida Silversmiths
Marks:
Too many to list them all:
Wilcox S.P. Co.
Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
Superior Silver Co.
Made and Guaranteed by Wilcox Silver Co.
W S P Co.
Pewter by Wilcox
Superior S.P.Co.
Meet Wilcox Silver Plate Company
Meriden, Connecticut
Founded 1865/1867
Founders:
Jebediah Wilcox
Horace Wilcox
Aaron Collins
Charlie Parker
Hezekeah Miller
Made:
Hollowware
Purchased:
1869 purchased the Parker & Casper co.
1898 helped to found the International Silver Co.
Wilcox mark used after the foundation as a line in the ISC.
1941 Factory closed because of WWII
1961 became Webster-Wilcox
1981 Webster-Wilcox sold to Oneida Silversmiths
Marks:
Too many to list them all:
Wilcox S.P. Co.
Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
Superior Silver Co.
Made and Guaranteed by Wilcox Silver Co.
W S P Co.
Pewter by Wilcox
Superior S.P.Co.