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Valerio Albarello

VALERIO ALBARELLO - Meriden, CT
born in Venice (Italy) and trained in Italian art academies. Worked as silversmith in Paris and Westchester County NY. Maker of sterling holloware and trophies.

Ames Company

AMES MFG COMPANY - Chicopee, MA
founded in 1829 by brothers Nathan Peabody and James Tyler Ames. Ames was the firm that introduced electroplating process in the United States. Out of business in the 1920s but the manufacture of silverplate was suspended c. 1872.
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