Poole Silver Company was an American silver manufacturing company, active in
Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Bristol County. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount ...
from 1892-1971.
The Poole Silver Company was formed in 1892 by George Poole and Edward Roche in Taunton as Poole, Roche & Co., then established as a corporation on May 21, 1895, as an early manufacturer of silver products made with
electroplating
Electroplating, also known as electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition, is a process for producing a metal coating on a solid substrate through the reduction of cations of that metal by means of a direct electric current. The part to be ...
techniques. In 1900 it operated in a small two-room factory at 106 Whittenton Street, and later moved to 320 Whittenton Street. From 1946 the firm began to produce
sterling silver flatware,
holloware, and cutlery. In 1971 the company was bought by
Towle Silversmiths
Towle Silversmiths is an American silver manufacturer.
Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1857 as Towle & Jones by Anthony Francis Towle and William P. Jones, two apprentices to the Moulton family of silversmiths. In 1873 it became A.F. Towle & S ...
. The intellectual property currently belongs to Lifetime Brands.
References
"Poole Silver Company" Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks]
"Poole Silver Co" American Silver Plate Marks.
* ''Tercentenary of Taunton, Massachusetts, 1639
o1939, June 4–10'', Taunton Tercentenary Committee, 1939, page 53.
* ''Abstracts of the Certificates of Corporations Organized ...'', Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1895, page 192.
* ''The Taunton Directory'', Bordon and Tew, 1900, page 355.
* ''American Silver Manufacturers'', Dorothy T. Rainwater, Everybodys Press, 1966, page 134.
American silversmiths