Some Inkstand Manufactures
Acronym
Name, Location, and Active Period
Marked Inkstand Products?
BP&C Bakewell, Pears, and Company - Pittsburgh, PA - 1808 to 1882 Derived from patents
BSGC Bay State Glass Company - Cambridge, MA - 1849 to 1873 Derived from patents
B&S Boston and Sandwich Glass Company - Sandwich, MA - 1826 to 1888 No marked inkstand examples known
B&H Bradley and Hubbard - Meriden, CT - 1854 to 1940. Sometimes: B&H, or Name or Triangle with Name
BB Brower Brothers - New York, NY - 1870s to 1900+? Sometimes with BB
DSC Derby Silver Company - Derby, CT - 1873 to 1898. Merged with International Silver Company Usually marked with name
GGC Gillinder & Sons - Philadelphia, PA - 1867 to 1891. No marked Inkstands known
HB&M Hart, Bliven, and Mead - Berlin, CT - 1842 to 1880. Absorbed by PS&W by 1881. Only via patent dates
HLJUDD H.L.Judd Manufacturing Company - Wallingford, CT - 1860s to 1960s?. Only via patent dates
JB Jennings Brothers - Bridgeport, CT - 1890s? to 1930s? J.B. or JB, and item number
LF&C Landers, Frary, and Clark - New Britain, CT - 1862 to 1920s Only via patent dates
MBC Meriden Britannia Company - Meriden, CT - 1852 to 1900? Became the International Silver Company. Usually marked with name
MFG Meriden Flint Glass Company - Meriden, CT - 1874 to 1888 Derived from patents
MMI Meriden Malleable Iron Company - Meriden, CT - 1864 to 1880? Absorbed by PS&W by 1881? Derived from patents
MSP Meriden Silver Plate Company - Meriden, CT - 1869 to 1898. Merged with International Silver Company Usually marked with name
NEGC New England Glass Company - Cambridge, MA - 1818 to 1888 No marked inkstand examples known
NMS Nicholas Muller's Sons - New York, NY - 1870s to 1900+? Usually N.M.S.
PS&W Peck, Stow, and Wilcox - Southington, CT -1870 to 1950's. Occasionally a PS&W on bottle
SH&M Simpson, Hall, and Miller - Wallingford, CT -1862 to 1898. Merged with International Silver Company Usually marked with name
TM Tatum Manufacturing - Cincinnati, OH - 1880s? to 1900s? Absorbed by PS&W by 1900s?. Often used name on products
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