Schiffers & Co. was a silver manufacturer from Warsaw, Poland.

Art nouveau mirror by Schiffers & Co., 1905

History edit

The company was founded in 1888[1] 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 edit

  • Platery. Katalog zbioru platerów warszawskich im. Anieli i Tadeusza Wysiadeckich. ed. M. Ejchman. Warsaw 2005, pp. 92

References edit

  1. ^ Nikogosyan, David N. "Hollow Ware Marks of Warsaw Silver Plate Factories Operated in the Russian Empire". www.ascasonline.org. ASSOCIATION OF SMALL COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE SILVER. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

External links edit

  Media related to Schiffers & Co. at Wikimedia Commons