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TheStieffCompany.com
Scott Perkins is an enthusiastic evangelist for The Stieff Company, a significant Baltimore silversmith and maker of pewter items. His site is loaded with Stieff catalogs, price lists, factory photos, advertising ephemera, and magazine and newspaper articles about the company. Close-up photographs throughout show the intricate detail of common Stieff flatware patterns as well as rare Stieff serving utensils. Excerpts from communications between Perkins and Charles Clinton Stieff III and James Stieff, the great-grandsons of the firm’s founder, are also featured.
