International Silver absorbed dozens of independent firms, so a mark often belongs to a constituent company that kept its own stamp for years afterwards.
The Silver Marks library records 50 marks under this name and its related firms.
Sterling or plate
Check the standard mark before anything else. STERLING or 925 means solid; EPNS, EP, A1 or a plate grade means it is not, whatever the name says.
Recorded marks under this name
| Maker | Town | Active |
|---|---|---|
| BARBOUR SILVER Co. [International Silver after 1898] | Hartford | ca 1892–1920 |
| BARBOUR SILVER Co. [International Silver after 1898] | Hartford | ca 1892–1898 |
| BARBOUR SILVER Co. [International Silver after 1898] | Hartford | ca 1920–1950 |
| BARBOUR SILVER Co. [PURITAN PEWTER Series] [International Silver after 1898] | Hartford | ca 1910–1930 |
| DERBY SILVER Co. [ALDEN Series] [later International Silver] | Derby | ca 1870–1933 |
| DERBY SILVER Co. [later International Silver] | Derby | ca 1873–1933 |
| DERBY SILVER Co. [later International Silver] | Derby | ca 1921–1933 |
| DERBY SILVER Co. [some variations] [later International Silver] | Derby | ca 1873–1933 |
| GEM-WILCOX SILVER Co. [later INTERNATIONAL SILVER] | Connecticut | ca 1865–1901 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [INLAID Series] [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1890–1960 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1882–1920 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1905–1940 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1882–1950 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1882–1930 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [LASHAR Series] [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1898] | Bridgeport | ca 1890–1940 |
| HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER Co [ROMANCE Series] [INTERNATIONAL SILVER after 1892] | Bridgeport | ca 1898–1940 |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | Conn. | ca 1940–1980 |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | Conn. | ca 1898–2024 |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | Conn. | ca 1890–1900 |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | ca 1920–1940 | |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | ca 1990–2000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. | Conn. | ca 1906 |
| INTERNATIONAL SILVER Co. [CENTURY STERLING, Tradename on Flatware sold through SEARS] | Conn. | ca 1920–1940 |
| LA PIERRE MFG Co. [later International Silver] | Newark | ca 1888–1929 |
| MANHATTAN SILVER PLATE Co. [LYONS, Trademark] [later International Silver Co.] | Lyons | ca 1890–1900 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [BREWSTER Series] [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1880–1940 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1850–1930 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1870–1930 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1880–1917 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1890–1930 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1860–1917 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1880–1930 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1855–1898 |
| MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. [SILLIMANS SILVER RING - HARD METAL Line] [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1855–1898 |
| MERIDEN SILVER PLATE Co. [EUREKA, Trademark] [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1869–1930 |
| MERIDEN SILVER PLATE Co. [International Silver Co. after 1898] | Meriden | ca 1869–1930 |
| MIDDLETOWN PLATE Co. [CORNWALL Series] [later Div. of International Silver Co.] | Middletown | ca 1880–1930 |
| MIDDLETOWN PLATE Co. [later Div. of International Silver Co.] | Middletown | ca 1860–1899 |
| PARKER & CASPER Co. [later International Silver and Wilcox] | Meriden | ca 1860–1870 |
| ROGERS & BRO [later Div. of International Silver Co.] | Waterbury | ca 1858–1898 |
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