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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 11353, member: 111&quot;]The term &#039;Art Deco&#039; didn&#039;t really come into common use until the mid 20th century, usually applied to the more geometric 1920s-30s modernist designs, but this set does most likely date to the late 1920s, looks like one of the Art Moderne designs that American silver manufacturers started producing after the 1925 Paris exposition.&nbsp; Some companies did it right, like Gorham, who pulled in designer Erik Magnussen from Denmark, some other firms more conservatively just simplified or streamlined traditional designs, as on this set, often giving a somewhat incongruous effect...</p><p><br /></p><p>Hartford Sterling was out of business in 1930, though it was reformed for a few months, lasting until the new owner had the factory burned down in 1931.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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