Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.

Wallingford works in 1879
Founded	1866; 159 years ago (1866)[1]
Fate	In 1898 became part of the International Silver Company; continued operating with the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. brand[1]
Headquarters	Wallingford, Connecticut , United States
Area served	Predominately the United States but also internationally
Key people	Samuel Simpson
Products	cutlery, hollowware

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was a cutlery and silver hollowware manufacturer in Wallingford, Connecticut, founded in 1866.[1] By c. 1895, the company operated large factories in Wallingford and Montreal, Canada.[2]

In 1898, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. became part of the International Silver Company headquartered in neighboring Meriden.[3] A notable shareholder was Senator Charles Dwight Yale, nephew of merchant William Yale.

Many designs have been collected by many American museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.[4] In 2005-07, Modernist silver designs by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. were featured in a traveling museum exhibition (Dallas, Washington, Miami Beach, Reno and Memphis).[1]

The designs have been exhibited since the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.[4] In 1880-81, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was awarded the First Prize Medal competing with 44 other silver manufacturers from the United States and Europe at the Melbourne International Exhibition in Australia.[5]

References

1. Stern, Jewel. (2005). Modernism in American silver, p. 355. Dallas Museum of Art and Yale University Press.
2. Hall, Henry. (1895). "Samuel Simpson". In America's successful men of affairs (vol. II), pp. 710-11. The New York Tribune. Retrieved October 22, 2016
3. (Undated). "A Guide to the International Silver Company Records, 1853-1921". UCONN university libraries, special collections. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
4. (March 16, 2016). "Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. designs in collections, at auction, and in exhibitions". artdesigncafe.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
5. Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. (1881). Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., manufacturers of the finest quality electro silver plated hollowware: in great variety (trade catalogue), p. 4. Retrieved October 22, 2016.