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These are 1953 & 1954 magazine advertisements for Reed & Barton Silver Tea Services made by Reed & Barton, Taunton, Massachusetts.
The first ad large picture is the "Winthorp" pattern and at the bottom is the "Regent", "Renaissance", "Town & Country", and "Hampton Court".
The second ad has the "Burgundy" pattern at top and at the bottom are the "Regent", "Victorian", "Town & Country", and "Hampton Court"
-- Reed & Barton is a prominent silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, since 1824. Its products include sterling silver and silverplate flatware. The company has produced many varieties of britannia and silver products since Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton took over the failing works of Isaac Babbitt in Taunton. Today, the company operates a factory store at the plant site, an outlet store at Wrentham Premium Outlets in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and an online store as well. The company has remained privately owned by the family of Henry Reed.
AdvertisingFrom colorful Victorian trade cards of the 1870s to the Super Bowl commerci…
Reed and Barton SilverThe Taunton, Massachusetts, firm of Reed & Barton began in 1824 as Babbitt …