George H. Ford Company

producer/manufacturer

George H. Ford Company
98 Chapel Street, New Haven. Connecticut. United States.
Juwelier und Silberschmied / Jeweller & Silversmith
Known dates: 1875 - 1988?
Purchased steins from: Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach.
Reference: G. H. Ford

Yale University. Class of '97. Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1163.

Advertisement dated 1899.

French Bronze, Yale University Inter Club Shoot Award Stein,

"The Ford Company French Bronze" basemark on above stein. French Bronze is a form of bronze typically consisting of 91% copper, 2% tin, 6% zinc, and 1% lead.

Yale University. Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1526 Note relief detail on the front.Dedicated March 1901.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1526 as the basemark for the Yale stein, above.

Ink stamp on Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1526, dated 1892.