There are a number of makers of silver (both sterling and silverplate) that use the Rogers name. This post is an attempt to create a list, history, and database that will make this situation a little less confusing. I do not imagine that I will be able to get everything down in one go. This means that this post will probably be edited several times. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment. If you are able to use any of this information please link to the page.
One of the first things to think about are the companies. Lots of companies used Rogers in their name. These companies formed, merged, separated, folded and absorbed by each other.
The second thing to think about are the backstamps or marks. Many companies used marks with the name Rogers in it. Many of these marks ended up being owned by two major companies International Silver Company and Oneida. Before that many of these marks were owned by a variety of companies and were bought and sold through a variety of business cycles.
List of Companies with Rogers in the name.
Joseph Rodgers and Sons
Place:
Sheffield England
Years:
1682 - Present
Asa Rogers Jr. & Co.
1832 - 1838
Renamed from Rogers & Cole
Rogers & Britten
Place:
West Stratford Connecticut
Years:
1880 - 1882
Mergers:
Taken over by Holmes and Edwards
Rogers & Brothers
Rogers Brothers
Place:
Waterbury Connecticut
Year:
1847 - 1855
Founders:
Asa Rogers
Simeon Rogers
Leroy S. White
David B. Hamilton
Mergers and Notes:
1855 Changed name to Rogers & Bros. Mfg. Co.
Joined International Silver Company in 1898
Marks used until 1976
Marks:
(Star) Rogers & Bro. A1
R. & B.
(Star) Rogers & Brothers, 12
(Star) R & B
Manor Plate
This marks is found on hollowware
Church and Rogers
Years:
1825 - 1841
Founders:
William Rogers and Joseph Church
Rogers Brothers Manufacturing Company
Rogers Bros. Mfg. Co.
Years:
1853 - 1861
Founders:
William Rogers
Asa Rogers Jr.
Simeon Rogers
Mergers:
Merged with Rogers, Smith & Co. in 1861
Part of International Silver company
C. Rogers & Brothers
Place:
Meriden Connecticut
Year:
1866 - 1903
Founders:
Cephas B. Rogers
Gilbert Rogers
Wilbur F. Rogers
Mergers:
Bought out by International Silver Co, in 1903
Trademarks retired by International Silver Company
Rogers & Cole
Place:
New Britain Connecticut
Year:
1830 - 1832
Founders:
Asa Rogers Jr.
John A. Cole
Coin Flatware
Rogers Cutlery Co.
Place:
Hartford Connecticut
Years:
1871 - 1879
Mergers:
Merged with Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. in 1879
Merged with International Silver Company in 1898
F. B. Rogers Silver Company
Place:
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Years:
1883 - 1886 to present
Mergers:
Absorbed West Silver Company.
Moved to:
Taunton, Massachusetts
1886 - Present
1955 Bought by National Silver Company
Bought by J.C. Boardman in 1985
Mark:
Frank W. Rogers
Hartford, Connecticut
1875 - ?
Frank W. Rogers
Rogers & Hamilton Company
Place:
Waterbury, Connecticut
Years:
1886 - 1898
Mergers:
Merged with International Silver Company 1898
Founders:
Charles Alfred Hamilton
William H. Rogers - Cigar dealer hired and made secretary so the Rogers name could be used.
Henry Rogers, Sons & Co.
Montreal Canada
1909 - 1915
H.O. Rogers Silver Co.
Place:
Taunton, Massachusetts
Years:
Dates unknown
J. Rogers Silver Co., Inc.
Little known
Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Co.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Mark:
Rogers & Mead
Place:
Hartford Connecticut
Years:
1845 - 1846
Founders:
William Rogers
Asa Rogers
J.O. Meade
Rogers Park Silverware Co.
Place:
Chicago Illinois
Place:
? - 1895
Rogers Silverplate Co.
Place:
Danbury, Connecticut
Years:
1869 - 1922 - Early 1950s
Founders:
Nathaniel Burton Rogers
Cephas B. Rogers
Gilbert H. Rogers
Mergers:
Relations to the C. Rogers & Brothers in Meriden Connecticut
Purchased by Cephas B. Rogers II manufactured under Rogers name until 1950s.
Mark:
Simeon L. & George H. Rogers Co.
S.L. & G. H. Rogers Co.
S.L. & G. H. R. Co.
Place:
Hartford, Connecticut
Years:
1900 - 1929
Mergers:
Absorbed by Wm. A. Rogers Ltd. in 1918
Absorbed by Oneida in 1929
Marks used by Oneida
Marks:
Rogers, Smith & Co. -There are Two of these! (but they are related and end up in the same place)
Rogers,Smith & Co.
Meriden Connecticut
Founded:
January 1, 1857
Manufactured:
Holloware
Flatware
Founders
William Rogers Sr.
George W. Smith
Mergers:
August 12 1862 with Rogers Bros. Mfg. Co.
August 12, 1862 their flatware division was sold to the Meriden Britannia Co.
The Rogers left to work with them.
Edward Mitchell of the Rogers, Smith and Co. bought the hollowware division.
Rogers, Smith & Co.
New Haven Connecticut
Founded:
November 6, 1862
Manufactured:
Holloware
Founder:
Edward Mitchell
Mergers:
January 13, 1863 bought by Meriden Britannia Co.
Continued in New haven using Rogers, Smith & Co. marks
June 1865 plating shop moved to Meriden Connecticut - Marks will read Meriden
Move completed by January 1, 1866
All facilities incorporated into Meriden Britannia Company by 1877
By 1898 when the International Silver Company was formed it was a trademark owned by the Meriden Britannia Company but had ceases to produce as a division.
Rogers & Spurr Mfg. Co.
Place:
Greenfield Massachusetts
Year:
1879 - ?
Founders:
David C. Rogers
George F. Rogers
George W. Spurr
L.C. Pratt
Product:
Made flatware
Mergers:
Took over George W. Spurr & Co. 1873 - 1879
Marks:
Mark reads: Rogers & Sons Greenfield, Mass
Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd.
This is a big one that will take some time as well.
Mark:
William Rogers & Co.
Years:
1841 - 1855
Made:
Coin silver
Mergers:
Became Rogers Bro. Mfg Co.
Mark:
(eagle) Wm. Rogers & Co. (Star)
Mark taken over by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
This is then taken over by the International Silver Company
William Rogers Jr.
Also a big name that will take some time.
William Rogers Mfg. Co.
Hartford Connecticut
1865 - 1898
William Rogers
William Rogers Jr.
Thomas Birch
1898 merged into International Silver Company
Marks continued use in International Silver Company
Became a division of International Silver Company
Marks:
Anchor Rogers
(Anchor) Rogers (Anchor)
1846 (Anchor) Rogers (Anchor) AA
1865 Wm Rogers Mfg. Co.
Wm Rogers & Son
R.C. Co.
Rogers Nickel Silver
(Anchor) W. R. & S.
Rogers Cutlery Co.
Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. Hartford Conn.
Rogers Brand Silver Plated Ware
Cunningham Silver Plate (for Ocean Spray cranberry sauce premium)
(anchor) Rogers (anchor) XII
Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
? - 1905
Bought by Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. in 1905 a division of International Silver Company
Wm. G. Rogers
1901 - 1915
Flatware
William H. Rogers
Place:
Hartford, Connecticut
Year:
1888 - 1915
Mark:
(Sword) Rogers A1
William H. Rogers Corporation
Place:
Plainfield New Jersey
Years:
1901 - 1904
Rogers, Wendt & Wilkinson
Place:
New York New York
Year:
January 1860 - August 1860
Founder:
John R. Wendt
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