Who has made these candle holders?

many45 · Post by **many45** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:52 pm

This pair of candle holders com from USA.
The mark says: Sterling Columbia Weighted.
I can't find Columbia as a makers mark. Can anyone help? How old can they be?

Regards,
many

kerangoumar · Post by **kerangoumar** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:06 pm

there was a columbia silver company which is found in internet searches but i have no other info for you

kerangoumar · Post by **kerangoumar** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:11 pm

let me add to that: there were two columbia silver companies - one made silverplate in the early part of the 20th c, the other sterling and it was located in Brooklyn in the late 1950s and early 1960s. "The Brooklyn firm, from the 1950s, might have left records--but in 90% of the cases businesses simply destroy their records when they close up." - the quote is from another silver site. as they correctly state, it is only recently that we have become obsessed with finding every least shred of information about everyone and everything. (i might add that that is something i resist, on a personal level, hypocritical and contradictory as it might be)

many45 · Post by **many45** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:32 pm

Thank you, so much, kerangoumar:)
Then I take it that my candle holders are from 1950-1960.

many