Reed & Barton

Founded in 1824, Reed & Barton enjoys a reputation as one of the country’s foremost marketers of fine tableware and giftware.  Recognized for design excellence and the highest quality workmanship, Reed & Barton offers an array of exceptional products that satisfy a broad range of tastes.  Today the Reed & Barton name graces fine flatware, dinnerware, crystal, giftware, and picture frames, as well as a wide variety of expertly-made handcrafted flatware and jewelry chests.  Reed & Barton is also the exclusive distributor of Belleek Fine Parian China in the United States. Reed & Barton products can be found in fine department stores, specialty gift shops and jewelers nationwide, as well as online through a variety of e-merchants.

For more than 183 years, our products have been the choice of those with discriminating taste.  Our unwavering commitment to quality and customer satisfaction can be found in every product that bears the Reed & Barton name.

Wedgwood

Wedgwood manufactures quality ceramics combining sophisticated classical contemporary design with highly skilled craftsmanship and the highest standards of quality. The company's main sales markets today include the UK, Japan and America.

Wedgwood is quintessentially English. It has a tradition of innovation, quality and craftsmanship and its designs are widely acknowledged as timeless, elegant, classic and understated. The Wedgwood design teams also work with external designers for cross-pollination of ideas and experience.

The company has established exciting design partnerships with fashion designers, Jasper Conran, Vera Wang and artist Robert Dawson to develop contemporary and stylish ranges that appeal to the younger consumer.

Today, Wedgwood is known throughout the world for the quality of its products and its rich heritage.

Wedgwood is a member of WWRD Holding Limited. The world’s leading luxury lifestyle group with three world class brands – Waterford Crystal, Wedgwood, and Royal Doulton.

Waterford Crystal

Waterford Crystal designs, manufactures and markets an extensive range of crystal stemware, barware and giftware for distribution throughout the world. In recent years, Waterford has built upon its reputation as a leading source of prestigious tabletop and gift products by expanding into several new businesses. Significant expansions into tabletop and gifts have occurred with the launch of the Marquis by Waterford, the addition of Waterford Fine China, Waterford Fine Flatware, and Waterford Holiday Heirlooms. Each of those initiatives reflects the company's commitment to creating prestigious products -- for gift giving, entertaining, and home decorating -- whose classic designs transcend time.

History

The company of Waterford was first established in 1783 on land adjacent to Merchants' Quay in the heart of the Irish harbor town of Waterford. Its founders were two brothers, William and George Penrose, who were important developers and principal exporters in the city. Their vision was to "create the finest quality crystal for drinking vessels and objects of beauty for the home." More than two hundred years later, the reputation they established for creating glass of unsurpassed beauty and quality has transcended the intervening centuries.

Skryos

Skryros produces all of our ceramics in the beautiful country of Portugal where some of the finest ceramics in the world are manufactured.  The skilled artisans take great pride in their work and go to great lengths to assure that we are offering our customers the highest quality available.  The warm, Friendly and gracious Portuguese are delighted to share their beautiful country and exquisite food.  Their rich heritage, culture and strong family values are reflected in their lifestyle and traditions.  Portugal family life centers around cooking, eating and sharing.  They always sit down with the family, gathered around a table laden with traditional Portuguese dishes.

Portmerion

Portmeirion was founded in 1960 by the legendary pottery designer Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis.

Susan sadly passed away in November 2007 but her philosophy of creating collections that are not only beautiful but also functional and affordable lives on at Portmeirion.

Always at the forefront of contemporary design, Susan Williams-Ellis was renowned for her originality in both design and manufacturing techniques. This has led to her enviable reputation for producing striking shape and pattern designs that were trend setting and had worldwide appeal – designs that are now seen as iconic.

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Salisbury Pewter

Salisbury, Inc. is a family owned company of proud and dedicated artisans who recognize the importance of preserving our heritage while creating new and exciting products that are sure to become tomorrow’s treasured heirlooms.

Salisbury Pewter and Salisbury Sterling is produced to the highest quality standards. Our various collections have been designed to capture the spirit of American life. We continually develop and refine new products in an effort to provide the most elegant and unique pieces possible.

Salisbury, Inc. has been producing fine, hand-crafted silver and pewter products since 1979. We are located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with manufacturing facilities in Salisbury and Easton.

Beatriz Ball

The roots of the Beatriz Ball Collection began in 1991, when she began working hand-in-hand with skilled metalware artisans in the outskirts of Mexico City, jointly creating updated, innovative designs in a special lustrous alloy of many metals.

Our pieces are made entirely by hand, one at a time, using the ancient art of sand casting: pouring a premium quality alloy of molten aluminum into sand molds, and then going through four levels of polishing.

More than twelve sets of hands are involved in the creation of each piece, and the result of this intensely handmade process is a piece with depth of character, warmth and personality that communicates in a way that only a handmade piece can.

Arthur Court

Arthur and Elena Court live what they describe as a "simple, quiet life" in the San Francisco Bay Area that would tax the energies of most people ­ running a successful company, designing its products, contributing their time and effort to a long list of conservation and wildlife causes, and traveling the world to attend work-related events as well as in pursuit of the minerals and artifacts they passionately collect.

Raised on a farm in Minnesota, Arthur spent eighteen years following his WWII Naval service working for design and decorating firms in San Francisco. He opened his own business in 1966 and enjoyed worldwide success with custom mountings of his own vast mineral collection. During succeeding decades he traveled the globe in search of exotic specimens created by both nature and man, taking a greater and greater hand in designing the products he presented to his customers. He is best known for the marvelous, intricate aluminum creations that form the large part of the Courts' business today.

Elena Orsini-Court is a native San Franciscan. She studied Oriental art history and modern art and has contributed to the public awareness of art, as a corporate art consultant and a curator for public art exhibitions. Currently, Elena serves as director of the product development and president of Arthur Court Designs ®.

India Handicrafts

India Handicrafts Inc was established in 1985, an have become the the largest Aluminum home accessories distributor in the US. Starting with a 2,500 square foot ware house, we have expanded into a 250,000 square foot warehouse located in Roseville, MN. This warehouse, houses a product line of over 3,000 different styles for you to choose from.

We’ve explored the world and gathered creative ideas that you can use in your store and share with your customers. The mix of beauty, function, practicality and possibility will make your store shine.

We work to create the best collections in the home accessories industry, carefully choosing each piece with and eye toward trends and utility. Value is also important to us-our product line is one of very few priced to allow you to make higher margins while still delivering a quality product.

Casafina

Casafina is a collection of stoneware dinnerware and tableware made from the finest ironstone resources from Portugal. 

Casafina stoneware is dense stoneware fired at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. 

The quality of Casafina stoneware is some of the best on the market.  It is heavy for its weight and has fewer internal air bubbles in its structure that those found at 'big box stores', thus making it more chip resistant. 

For elegant or casual dinning, Casafina stoneware adds style and color to any table. 

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Spode

Josiah Spode I (1733-1797) founded the Stoke-on-Trent based pottery company, Spode, in 1770. His inherent skills and sheer dedication to his business lead to two major achievements that would redefine the pottery industry:

• The development of a winning formula for fine bone china.
• The perfection of blue under-glaze printing

Born on 23rd March 1733, Josiah I began a career in the pottery industry at the age of 16. He later married a haberdasher, Ellen Findley, in 1754 and had eight children, Josiah II, Samuel, Mary, Ellen, Sarah, William, Anne and Elizabeth.

After successes working for many of the best potters in the Stoke-on-Trent area, including Thomas Whieldon, Josiah I set up his own small pottery factory in 1760 and in 1770 established the Spode pottery company. He bought up land that adjoined the factory enabling him to make use of the intricate canal system that served the potteries in Stoke-on-Trent, allowing raw materials to be brought in and finished ware out.

In 1778 Josiah I sent his son, Josiah II, to London to open a showroom and shop. This shrewd decision meant that Spode had direct information from their valued and wealthy customer base in London. Spode was able to design and manufacture ware that customers actually wanted leading the company to great success.

Royal Doulton

Royal Doulton is a classic English brand name in tableware and ceramics with a pedigree dating back to 1815, when John Doulton used his life's savings to launch a partnership with Martha Jones and John Watts at a stoneware factory in Lambeth, London. Today, Royal Doulton is a world-class brand in quintessential British tableware, collectable figurines, crystal, glass and giftware.
 

Yet it had truly down to earth origins. Thanks to stoneware, the business that subsequently focused on the Doulton family name took full advantage of the revolution in sanitation during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). It established the world's first stoneware pipe factory and went on to become Britain's top Victorian manufacturer of sanitary ware.

John worked with his son Henry to grow the business, and their portfolio soon extended to artistic pottery, ultimately embracing ornamental, commemorative, and tableware products. Indeed, Doulton set the pace in new art schools and reaped the rewards at exhibitions. By 1871, Henry had launched the Lambeth Studio with local designers and artists who experimented with a variety of materials and glazes in an industrial setting. Their names included the Barlow family, Frank Butler, Mark Marshall, Eliza Simmance, and George Tinworth. Today their pioneering work commands increasingly high prices.

The Reason Behind the "Royal"
As evidenced by the name, Royal Doulton enjoys the distinction of a "Royal Warrant" -- a mark of distinction bestowed upon people or companies who have regularly supplied members of the Royal Family with goods or services. Royal Warrants, regarded as a mark of supreme excellence and quality, cannot be bought or sold. King Edward awarded the first Royal Warrant to Royal Doulton in 1901. The Doulton Company then became The Royal Doulton Company. Presently, the Royal Doulton brand holds two Royal Warrants, the Royal Albert brand holds two Royal Warrants and the Minton brand holds one.

Zodax

Zodax was founded in 1990 and has grown tremendously in size and scope over the past 19 years. Today, the company is a recognized leader in the development, design and distribution of home decorative accessories.

The versatility and depth of the Zodax line has enabled us to gain distribution with a wide and varied range of customers. Our roster includes better gift shops, furniture stores, restaurants, event planners, spas, décor and accessory stores, to name a few. Because of our resources and product development capabilities, we have also evolved into a major private label supplier to department stores, chain stores, and other national accounts.

We maintain permanent showrooms in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. In addition to the leadership position Zodax enjoys in the American market, it also has a major presence internationally, with broad placement in Europe, Japan, Canada, The Caribbean and Latin America. In 2004 we built a fully automated, state of the art candle production facility in Southern California which secured our position as trend setter in the rapidly growing home fragrance arena.

H&K

Our wine caddys and desk accessories are welded from recycled steel and copper. Our sports, professions, lifestyles and other renderings will be prominently displayed by the select few who receive them.

Our collections are designed by American artists in collaboration with European artisans which result in a truly unique piece of art.

Modern Jewelers is your source for H&K sculptures.

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