The Newburyport Silver Company was an American
silversmithing
A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary grea ...
company, active from 1904 to 1914 in
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene is a city in, and the seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 census.
Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. I ...
. It was founded in 1902 by 7 men in
Newburyport, Massachusetts. In 1904 production moved to Keene and by 1908 the firm employed about 40 craftsmen and a dozen salesman. It produced
sterling silver
Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.
'' Fine silver'', which is 99.9% pure silver, i ...
products, such as
flatware and candlesticks, for New England and national markets, but ceased operation in 1915.
References
"Newburyport Silver Company" Historical Society of Cheshire County.
* ''Keene: Drawn from the Collections of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, New Hampshire'', Alan F. Rumrill, Arcadia Publishing, 1995, page 37.
* ''Public Documents of Massachusetts: Being the Annual Reports of Various Public Officers and Institutions ...'', Volume 2, State Printers, 1904, page 181.
Certificate Collector.
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ttp://www.silvercollection.it/AMERICANSILVERMARKSMNDUE.html "Newburyport Silver Company" American Sterling Silver Marks.
American silversmiths