Impressive silver plated Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co tilting ice water pitcher made in USA circa 1955-1965. Elegantly decorated with detailed pattern of flowers and leaves on the pitcher and stand.
Measurement: 50 cm high, 28 cm long and 20 cm large.
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was a cutlery and silver hollowware manufacturer in Wallingford, Connecticut, founded in 1866. By 1895, the company operated large factories in Wallingford and Montreal, Canada
In 1898, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. became part of the International Silver Company headquartered in neighboring Meriden.
Many designs have been collected by many American museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery. In 2005-07, Modernist silver designs by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. were featured in a traveling museum exhibition (Dallas, Washington, Miami Beach, Reno and Memphis). The designs have been exhibited since the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. In 1880 Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was awarded the First Prize Medal competing with 44 other silver manufacturers from the United States and Europe at the Melbourne International Exhibition in Australia.
