Bridgeport, CONNECTCUT – Whiting Manufacturing Co.

Bridgeport, CONNECTCUT – Whiting Manufacturing Co.: The 1870s and 1880s were some of the most innovative and exciting decades in the history of the American silver industry. Postwar prosperity, the discovery of silver in the American West, and innovations in manufacturing created an ideal environment for the design and fashioning of original objects. Among the most prolific and successful silver companies in the period was the Whiting Manufacturing Company, best known today for the beautifully designed and executed Japanese-inspired silver it made between 1874 and 1890. While Tiffany and Company and the Gorham Manufacturing Company were larger, more established manufacturers, Whiting’s designers were particularly original in appropriating Japanese and naturalistic motifs drawn from Japanese prints, pottery, metalwork, and textiles-as well as from European print sources. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition. Pub. W. I. Allen. Bridgeport, Conn. No. 221494.