3pc Silver Plated Tea Set by (Bird) order Wm Rogers (Star) 800, with a Small Oval Tray by Art Silver Company

3pc Silver Plated Tea Set by (Bird) Wm Rogers (Star) 800, with a Small Oval Tray by Art Silver Company

A pretty silver plated tea set.

The tray was by Art Silver Company. The Art Silver Company of Wallingford, Connecticut had as its genesis the Preisner Silver Company which was founded in 1935 by Preisner and Bukowski. It appears that the Preisner silver company primarily manufactured Sterling silver items. The owners of that firm later established the Art Silver Company in the late 1930's to manufacture silver plated articles. Both the Art Silver Company and the Preisner Silver Company were managed by the same group of people.

Rogers is a recurrent name in American makers of coin, sterling and silverplate ware.
There is a great confusion about the firms bearing this name.
The number of companies using the Rogers name is countless. The men managing the various “Rogers” companies sometimes were linked by family relationships but often this was not the case.
The best known trademark is “ 1847 Rogers Bros “, used from 1862 order, but lots of companies with this name were created, merged, separated in an endless succession of intertwined relationships.
an 1898 advertisement of Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co
An 1898 advertisement claiming the superiority of Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. silverplate “MADE ONLY BY US”

The companies in which one or more of the original Rogers brothers (William, Asa and Simeon) were actively interested, in existence in the 1930s (or at least the brands carrying their name), and the dates they were organized are as follows: Rogers Brothers, Hartford, in 1847; Rogers, Smith & Co., Hartford, in 1856; Rogers & Brother, Waterbury, in 1858; William Rogers Mfg. Co. (Wm. Rogers & Son), Hartford, in 1865; Rogers Cutlery Co., Hartford, in 1871.

This item was previously owned. It will have some minor scuffs and scratches. It will have some tarnish and will need you to give it a good buffing, cleaning, or polishing.

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