Concord Silver Co. Commemorative Sterling Silver Bowl - 18.380 ozt. Simple design, decorated with a hunting dog gripping a duck in his mouth in center, surrounded by writing which reads "American Chesapeake Club Special" above and "Best of Breed Morris and Essex Kennel Club 1933" below. Sterling mark of the Concord company on the underside. Further marked "Shreve, Crump & Low Co.," indicating it was produced for sale through the Massachusetts-based company. 

Size: 11 x 11 x 2 in. 

Weight: 18.380 ozt. 

The Concord Silver Company was established in 1925 in Concord, New Hampshire, specializing in the production of sterling silver flatware and hollowware. After facing financial difficulties, the enterprise went into bankruptcy and was successfully reorganized as Concord Silversmiths Ltd. in 1939. The company’s active manufacturing era was cut short due to metal restrictions during World War II, leading to a halt in silver production by 1942. Following these closures, the Ellmore Silver Company took over operations during the 1940s, and its historical production dies were eventually acquired by the Crown Silver Company. 

Shreve, Crump & Low is a Massachusetts-based company that now makes diamonds, gemstones, watches, crystal, and jewelry, as well as their own giftware and home goods collection. The original founder of the business was John McFarlane, who set up a watchmaker’s shop in Salem in 1796 that was bought out by Jabez Baldwin in the early 1800s and moved to Boston, renamed Baldwin & Jones. Two apprentices named John J. Low and Edward Putnam took over in 1822 and renamed the business after themselves, with Low and his descendants eventually joining with Benjamin Shreve in 1852 and Charles H. Crump in 1869 to form a new company, formally incorporated into its modern name in 1888. Although they were never silversmiths, they were one of the primary purveyors of silver goods in the area, eventually opening a branch in Greenwich, Connecticut and remaining family-owned to this day. 

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