1905 J.E. Caldwell & Co. Sterling Silver Ladle. Monogrammed on top of handle. Marked and dated on bottom. 

Condition: Commensurate with age. 

Size: 10 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 in. 

Weight: 5.230 ozt. 

#7414 . 

J.E. Caldwell & Co. was founded at 163 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by watchmaker James Emmot Caldwell in 1839. It produced its own silverware until the early 1850s, but subsequently the word “manufacturer” disappeared from its advertising. In 1867 the company moved to a new location at 902 Chestnut Street, but the store was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Upon rebuilding the company acquired a national reputation through its silver services presented to battleships and cruisers of the US Navy. It exhibited at The Centennial Exposition in 1876, representing the American Jewelry Maker. By the late 19th century richly decorated table china by Spode and Mintons was being produced bearing underglaze backstamps indicating that they were made expressly for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia. After Caldwell's death in 1881 his son James Albert Caldwell became head of the company. In 1952 Austion Homer became president, but his overambitious store expansion program led to a decline in fortune, and Caldwell & Co. was purchased by Henry Birks & Sons of Montreal, Canada. In 1992 they were acquired by Carlyle & Co. of Greensboro, North Carolina, and its flagship Philadelphia store closed in 2003, followed by the remaining branches in 2009. As of 2019 a succeeding company had revived the J. E. Caldwell name with a single store on Jewelers’ Row in Philadelphia.

Commensurate with age.