Vintage Barbour Silver Co. 4-Piece Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set 200701R

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Vintage Barbour Silver Co. 4-Piece Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set
Total Weight: 70 Troy Ounces
Excellent Condition. Pre-owned Estate Item. Monogrammed.
BARBOUR SILVER CO., Hartford and Meriden, Conn.
Organized in 1892 in Hartford, Connecticut... this company itself was the product of a consolidation of I. J. Steane & Co., Barbour Hobson Co., and Barbour Bros. Co... Barbour made sterling hollowware and fine quality silverplated hollowware, specializing in heavily chased and engraved pieces plated on a nickel silver base. Samuel and Charles Barbour partnered to form the company Barbour Brothers Co. in 1881 or 1882, when Samuel arrived in New Haven, Connecticut, from Chicago. The brothers began their career in the industry by selling the silver-plated products of I. J. Steane & Co. of Hartford, Connecticut. By 1889, however, they were manufacturing their own wares out of their shop at 64 Market Street in downtown Hartford.