Glass paperweight. French translation on info needed.

Found this paperweight in the thrift store for a dollar. The only thing I could find online about the company was in French. My French is rusty but I think this says the name of the company started in 1870?
Can anyone help? Any other interesting tidbits in the French entry?

How would you label this type of paperweight? Engraved?

Thanks!


En 1873, Peck, Benny & Company sont de grands manufacturiers de clous de toutes sortes, allant des clous de bardeaux jusqu’aux crampons de rails. Les fondateurs de la firme, Thomas Peck et James Benny, assurent toujours la direction de la compagnie, mais, cette même année, ils viennent d’admettre Thomas Peck fils et Walter Benny Peck comme associés. L’entreprise dispose de bureaux et d’un point de vente sur la rue Saint-Paul, presque en face de la place Royale, tandis que son usine se trouve sur le bord du canal de Lachine. En effet, sa clouterie – comprenant quatre grandes fournaises et de nombreuses machines, actionnées par l’énergie hydraulique du canal, qui préparent et coupent le fer – contribue au développement du lieu comme berceau de la révolution industrielle au Canada.

Thomas Peck et James Benny s’associèrent en 1849 sous la raison sociale de Thomas Peck & Company. À cette époque, ils étaient surtout des grossistes de quincaillerie ayant pignon sur la rue Saint-Paul mais, dès les années 1850, ils établirent leur clouterie sur un site longeant le canal de Lachine. En 1864, lorsque la compagnie ferroviaire Grand Tronc chercha à célébrer les réussites industrielles et commerciales de Montréal en faisant paraître un ouvrage de publicité, Montreal Business Sketches, l’établissement de Thomas Peck & Company y figura en tête de file des entreprises. En 1870, la firme changea son nom pour devenir Peck, Benny & Company.

L’organisation de la firme subira d’importants changements après le décès de Thomas Peck senior en 1874 et celui de James Benny neuf ans plus tard. À compter de ce moment, Thomas Peck fils et James Henry Peck, son neveu, prendront la direction de l’entreprise. Les bureaux de la firme demeureront sur la rue Saint-Paul jusqu’en 1893 alors qu’ils seront déplacés dans l’édifice du Board of Trade, rue du Saint-Sacrement. Réorganisée en compagnie à responsabilité limitée avec des lettres patentes émises par le gouvernement fédéral, la firme deviendra la Peck Rolling Mills Limited en 1902. Cette dernière existera jusqu’aux années 1940.

 

In 1873, Peck, Benny & Company were big nail manufacturers of all kinds, ranging from shingle nails to rail crampons. The founders of the firm, Thomas Peck and James Benny, were still in charge of the company, but that same year they had just admitted Thomas Peck Jr. and Walter Benny Peck as partners. The company has offices and a point of sale on Saint-Paul Street, almost opposite Place Royale, while its factory is on the edge of the Lachine Canal. In fact, its nailing industry - including four large furnaces and numerous machines, powered by the hydraulic power of the canal, which prepare and cut the iron - contributes to the development of the place as the cradle of the industrial revolution in Canada.

Thomas Peck and James Benny joined in 1849 as Thomas Peck & Company. At that time, they were mostly wholesalers of hardware with a storefront on St. Paul Street but, as early as the 1850s, they established their nail shop on a site along the Lachine Canal. In 1864, when the Grand Tronc Railway company sought to celebrate Montréal's industrial and commercial successes by publishing an advertising book, Montreal Business Sketches, Thomas Peck & Company's establishment was at the top of the list of companies. In 1870, the firm changed its name to Peck, Benny & Company.

The organization of the firm will undergo significant changes after the death of Thomas Peck senior in 1874 and that of James Benny nine years later. From that moment, Thomas Peck Jr. and James Henry Peck, his nephew, will take over the management of the company. The firm's offices will remain on Saint-Paul Street until 1893 when they will be moved to the Board of Trade building on rue du Saint-Sacrement. Reorganized into a limited liability company with letters patent issued by the federal government, the firm will become Peck Rolling Mills Limited in 1902. The latter will exist until the 1940s.

 

PS: looks acid etched to me.

 

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