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William Dean Whiting (December 23, 1815 - November 26, 1891) was an American silversmith and jeweler. He was the founder of the Whiting Manufacturing Company, and "one of the most prominent jewelry manufacturers" in the United States according to the ''
Whiting died on November 26, 1891, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, at 76. His son Frank M. Whiting was also a silversmith. The Whiting Manufacturing Company merged with the
File:Silver Serving Fork Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Serving fork, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1875-1880,
File:Silver Creamer Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Creamer, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1890,
Boston Globe
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''.
Life
Whiting was born on December 23, 1815, inAttleboro, Massachusetts
Attleboro is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It was once known as "The Jewelry Capital of the World" for its many jewelry manufacturers. According to the 2020 census, Attleboro had a population of 46,461.
Attleboro is ...
. He was trained by Draper and Tifft, a jewelry company co-founded by his uncle John Tifft.
Whiting died on November 26, 1891, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, at 76. His son Frank M. Whiting was also a silversmith. The Whiting Manufacturing Company merged with the Gorham Manufacturing Company
The Gorham Manufacturing Company was one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture.
History
Gorham Silver was founded in 1831 in Providence, Rhode Island by Jabez Gorham, a master cr ...
in 1924.
Whiting Manufacturing Co.
In 1840, Whiting co-founded his own jewelry company ''Tifft and Whiting'' with his cousin Albert Crandall Tifft. After Tifft retirement in 1853, Whitening renamed the company as ''Whiting & Gooding (& Co)''. Next thirteen years, the company was rebaptized as ''Whiting Fessenden & Cowan'' (1858), ''Tifft Whiting & Co'' (1859), ''Whiting Cowan & Bowen'' (1864) until its forming as ''Whiting Manufacturing Co''. in 1866. The factory of ''Whiting Manufacturing Co.'' was located in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1875. After that, the company's manufacturing center was transferred to New York. The ruins of the factory were acquired by F. Jones. Even if Whiting had a small production output, his company was recognized as an exceptional hand-made producer. Charles Osborne was the most famous designer in the company, considered one of the most influential designers of the American aesthetic movement. By 1891, William Dean Whiting was described as "one of the most prominent jewelry manufacturers" in the United States by the ''Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...
''.
Silverware
Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Hummingbird Jelly Spoon Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Hummingbird scoop, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1875-1880, Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Silver Serving Spoon Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Japanese-style serving spoon, Whiting Manufacturing Co., , Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Ivory Silver Spoon Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Ivory silver spoon, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1890, Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Serving Fork MET 195369.jpg, Serving fork, Whiting Manufacturing Co., ca.1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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File:Serving Spoon MET 195370.jpg, Serving spoon, Whiting Manufacturing Co., , Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...
Tea Sets
Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Silver Teapot Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Teapot, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1890, Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Sugar Bowl Whiting Manufacturing Co.jpg, Sugar Bowl, Whiting Manufacturing Co., 1890, Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
File:Coffeepot, Whiting Manufacturing Company, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, c. 1883, silver, gilt silver, ivory - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04867.jpg, Coffeepot, Whiting Manufacturing Co., , Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the A ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whiting, William Dean 1815 births 1891 deaths People from Attleboro, Massachusetts American silversmiths 20th-century American jewellers