Schiffers & Co.
{{Short description|Polish silver manufacturer}}
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Schiffers & Co. was a silver manufacturer from Warsaw, Poland.
History
The company was founded in 1888{{cite web |last1=Nikogosyan |first1=David N. |title=Hollow Ware Marks of Warsaw Silver Plate Factories Operated in the Russian Empire |url=https://www.ascasonline.org/articoloDICEM165.html |website=www.ascasonline.org |publisher=ASSOCIATION OF SMALL COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE SILVER |access-date=30 April 2024}} by Andrzej Boleslaw Schiffers. At the beginning of the twentieth century, when the company joined John Salinger, the factory employed 100 workers, annual turnover was then 150,000 rubles. After World War I, employment decreased to about 50 employees. The company produced various crockery and silver goods of high quality.
Further reading
- Platery. Katalog zbioru platerów warszawskich im. Anieli i Tadeusza Wysiadeckich. ed. M. Ejchman. Warsaw 2005, pp. 92
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Category:Defunct manufacturing companies of Poland
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