After a brief time operating under the name Thomas Griswold & Co. during the Civil War, A. B. Griswold & Co. became the successor to Hyde & Goodrich in 1865, carrying on the business at the same location. The firm continued the practices of its predecessor: hiring local craftsmen to make custom goods while also contracting with major manufacturers to sell mass-produced silver flatware and hollowware. The company was one of the largest agents for the Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, and Wood & Hughes of New York and carried many of their patented silver patterns. 

A. B. Griswold & Co. advertisement

from Jewell’s Crescent City Illustrated

New Orleans, 1874

The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1951.41.23

 

Ice cream spoons, Louis XV pattern

between 1880 and 1899; sterling silver

by Wood & Hughes (New York)

A. B. Griswold & Co., retailer (New Orleans)

The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1978.175.87.1–.6

Forks, Angelo pattern

ca. 1880; sterling silver

by Wood & Hughes (New York)

A. B. Griswold & Co., retailer (New Orleans)

The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Mrs. James P. Ewin Jr., 1999.24.1–.5

 

Ring with box

ca. 1895; gold-plated metal

A. B. Griswold & Co., retailer (New Orleans)

The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Mary Alma Riess, 2010.0328.6

 

A. B. Griswold & Co. receipt

1893

The Historic New Orleans Collection, 78-100-L