Made in Mexico

[Bhood2000]

A company called Celsa Corp. of America, based at 1 East 57th St, New York City, produced some interesting modernist flatware in the mid-twentieth century. Three of these patterns were Avanti, Trenza and Brillante. According to a company brochure, they were "precision finished by Swiss engineers in Mexico." The wares are marked "STERLING / CELSA / MEXICO." The problem is: I cannot find any record of a company by this name in databases of American corporations. Does anyone know the history of this company?

[dognose]

The Celsa Corporation of America's factory was located in Mexico City and completed in 1958 at a cost of $5,000,000. The company's craftsmen and engineers were Swiss, and their designers Italian, French, and Spanish. Edgar A. Wells-Castillo was noted as executive vice-president in 1959.

I guess the East 57th Street, New York City premises were the company's showrooms.

Trev.

[dognose]

An image of Edgar A. Wells-Castillo:



This image was published in 1959.

Trev.

[dognose]

Celsa Corporation of America - New York - 1959

Trev.