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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?

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.

An image of Edgar A. Wells-Castillo:



This image was published in 1959.

Trev.

Celsa Corporation of America - New York - 1959

Trev.