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Fontaine service, wrought from solid silver, International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1920-1925

Location Note

Product catalogues: Household: Silver and silverware

GUSN

GUSN-267794

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Description

The quality and beauty of the Fontaine silverware design is described with images of a tea set in the Fontaine style. A price list is included on the last page.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
silverware
tableware
brochures
price lists

Physical Description

1 brochure : illustrations ; 8 x 6 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1925-11-18

Reference Code

EP001.12.012.006.008

Image Dimensions

8 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, 18 November 1925.

Places

Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

International Silver Company (Publisher)

Material Type

brochures
price lists

Other People

Fontaine, Pierre Francois, 1762-1853

Descriptive Terms

International Silver Company

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Household: Silver and silverware

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