![]() ![]() In Chinese culture, Pixiu (aka Piyao) is an auspicious creature known for its ability to bring in money and abundant energy. This helps you manifest a life of abundance that you've always dreamed of. As a feng shui ring, it brings money energy into your life. PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO ADD TO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.The Pixiu ring is a Chinese good luck symbol designed to attract wealth. YOU CAN HELP ME DEFRAY THE COST OF PRODUCING THIS SITE WITH A SMALL CONTRIBUTION. THEY ALL ADDED TO THE VALUE AND QUALITY OF THE SILVER AND PEWTER. EITHER AS CLERKS, SILVERSMITHS, DESIGNERS OR WAREHOUSE PEOPLE. ![]() THIS SITE HONORS THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORKED AT STIEFF. YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY OTHER SITE OUT THERE LIKE THIS ONE. I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT YET PUBLISHED THAT I CAN GO TO FIND THE ANSWERS ABOUT READERS SILVER OR PEWTER. ABOUT A DOZEN EMAILS A WEEK COME IN ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING A PARTICULAR PATTERN OR IN AREAS WHERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED. MONEY, TO HOST THE SITE AND TO BUY THE CATALOGS, PAMPHLETS, PRICE LISTS AND MORE THAT ARE REPRODUCED HERE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL. I will be always grateful for himĮntrusting me with his Baltimore Silver library. Those papers and internal documents have helped me assist dozens of others in their research projects of family silver, as well as those looking to sell silver on sites like eBay. Some of the materials are old KIRK documents used by Stieff to make the Kirk silver after 1979. Rich provided me with wonderful in-house work materials, blueprints, photos, the pattern book, catalogs and memories of working at Stieff. It was during those years Stieff expanded the pewter operations and bought Schofield and S. In 2014, I met with Richard Cain, former Head Silversmith, Pewterer, Production Supervisor and in his words. There is a section on appraisers on this site, please read that section for how to find an appraiser. I am not an appraiser of silver and can not make suggestions of appraisers in your area. Your questions and comments are welcome know. Revenue from the google ads helps defray the cost of producing it.Įnjoy the site, and let me know your thoughts! Maintaining THESTIEFFCOMPANY.COM is not free, and the The ads on the right hand side of this page are selected by google and are not chosen and are I am not related to the Stieff’s, nor was I ever a part of the company. The Stieff family has been very generous in suppling information, personal family photos, documents and time. I live a day and a half drive away from Baltimore, so it is a major undertaking to visit Baltimore for research. Additional hours in libraries, museums, dusty and dirty warehouses looking at Stieff materials. I have spent literally thousands of hours doing on-line research of Stieff Silver. Now THESTIEFFCOMPANY.COM is the number one resource for information on Stieff, Kirk and Schofield. there was very little out there, so I expanded my researched into both companies. So in 2009 I started THESTIEFFCOMPANY.COMĪs my research progressed I learned about Schofield silver and about Kirk Silver. Very little was on-line, and I found that much of what I read was conflicting information. ![]() When I started this site, the only real information about Stieff silver was in books. Where did all of this information come from? ![]()
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