Manning, Bowman & Co.

Manning, Bowman & Co.

Founded	1849 (1849)
Defunct	1945 (1945)
Headquarters	Meriden, Connecticut , United States
Area served	Predominately the United States
Key people	E.B. Manning, Robert Bowman, Horace C. Wilcox[1]
Products	granite iron and pearl agate ware, electro-silver and nickel-plated ware, britannia and planished goods

Cocktail shaker design by Jay Ackerman for Manning Bowman & Co., Meriden CT, (1941) at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany.

The Manning, Bowman & Co. (1849-1945) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced granite iron and pearl agate ware, electro-silver and nickel-plated ware, britannia and planished goods.^[2][3]

The company location was at Pratt and Miller Streets in Meriden, occupying a unique triangular-shaped building that has since been demolished.^[4] Across the street across from the Meriden Public Library original, brick back buildings of the original Manning, Bowman & Co. can be seen.

As of 2016, over 70 Manning, Bowman & Co. designs are in American museums and collections, most notably at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History as well as the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Yale University Art Gallery.^[5]

Manning, Bowman & Co. exhibited products in the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris and the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880).^[5]

References

1. Hall, Henry. (1895). "Horace C. Wilcox" (1824-90), director of The Manning Bowman Co. (pp. 872-3). In "America's successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography" (vol. II). The New York Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2016
2. (Undated). In the collection: Cocktail set (cup). Manufactured by Manning Bowman Company, active 1849–1945. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
3. D.H. Hurd & Co. (1893). "Manning Bowman", p. 211. In "Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations". Boston, MA. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
4. (1918). Illustration of Manning, Bowman & Co. In Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut. Hughes & Bailey: Boston.
5. (March 19, 2016). "Manning Bowman designs in collections, at auction, and in exhibitions". artdesigncafe.com. Retrieved August 15, 2016.