Richard Briggs Platters

Picked up 2 platters. I assume Richard Briggs was an importer? Seeing different things on Ebay. Can anyone date the mark?

 

Hi Kath!

Pieces that I remember having said the name of the manufacturer of the item with......."for Richard Briggs" Boston, Ma.

I always thought they were a department store.

See what others say.

 

Yup. Retailer in Boston. We had an inquiry about a Charles Lynde whose name showed up on a Copeland Spode set and found that Lynde had started his own business after spending 25 years with Richard Briggs.

 

Thanks Judy and Bakersgma.

 

Here are a couple of small ads from Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs. The first is from the 1927-28 season, the one that starts "Orrefors" is from 1936-37:

The company obviously moved from 32 Newbury St to 115 Newbury Street sometime between those years, and perhaps changed the company name(?)

Briggs is an old name in New England. (I don't know if they were Mayflower or just after, but they were in MA early on.) Note that the first store ad shown says established 1798. (I'm sure more info is out there, both genealogical & historical, with some digging into Boston history.)

Briggs was also mentioned (I don't know if it was "paid advertising") in the Boston Blue Book. This is the copy from the 1929 edition:

SINCE 1798 Boston has
associated the name
Richard Briggs with the
finest of China and Glass.

For the convenience of
our down town customers
we have opened a branch
store at 68 School Street
(Parker House)

A beautiful collection of
Service Plates
Table Decorations in Glass
Electric Lamps

RICHARD BRIGGS, Inc.
32 Newbury St., Boston

Again, I imagine some digging would turn up tons more info.

ads/info shown from:
http://worldcat.org/digitalarchive/...SVolume4/Pub411_1927-1928_BSO_FriSat_Wk09.pdf
https://archive.org/stream/bostonbluebookco1929bost/bostonbluebookco1929bost_djvu.txt

 

Thanks SBSVC

 

I have a Royal Crown Derby item from 1879 with the same buckle mark. I've seen that mark on items mostly from the 1870's and 1880's.

 

To add a little history on the name Briggs, There were two Briggs that arrived in Boston about 1630, both from England. They may have been related but much further back in England than I’ve found. From these two men came all other Briggs in the US it is told. One founded Portsmouth RI with 27 other Bostonians who left mostly due to religious reasons, My ancestor, John Briggs. Ancestors are found in Little Compton, Westport and Dartmouth. This line is also associated with Lizzy Borden and the Cornell’s. Anyway, I am researching to see if there is a relation to this Richard Briggs, Glass and Pottery Merchant in Boston in 1890’s. It’s a common name in both families unfortunately. The other Briggs left Boston for Plymouth and Cape Cod. The other Briggs are generally from this family line.
Any info you have about Richard would be welcomed. Birth and death, residence etc.
Richard Briggs Company was also on Washington St. Boston in the late 1800’s.