Antique brass plate plaque Venus and Cherub 3026 North and Judd circa 1900

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Antique brass plate plaque Venus and Cherub 3026 North and Judd circa 1900:
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YOU ARE BEING OFFERED: an antique brassplate/plaque Venus and Cherub 3026 North and Judd circa 1900

This 10” x 7 ¼ inch plaque depicts Venus and a Cherub. It appears to be a brass casting with a polished bronze and silver plating.The plaque/plate is consistent with other work of North and Judd. I have seen a castiron copy of this piece credited to North and Judd. The number 3026 is consistent with the waypieces by North and Judd were numbered. However, there is no manufacture’s namelisted and I ask anyone interested in this to verify the original makerindependently.

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The following is a history of North and Judd: The oldestmanufacturer in New Britain, and one of the oldest in CT., North & Judd’sbusiness and identity evolved over decades before incorporating in 1863. In1812 a company was started by Alvin North, H.C. Whipple and Seth North to makeplated wire and articles from that wire such as hooks and eyes. The businesswas partially suspended during the cholera outbreak in 1832 and when it resumedthe company began to manufacture brass items and plated saddlery hardware. In1855 the firm became H.F North & Co., incorporating as North & Judd in1863 when Lorin F. Juddbought out the interests of one of the partners.

North & Juddbecame prominent in the manufacture of saddlery and harness hardware includingbits and spurs. This business led to a close and friendly relationship withWilliam F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody who would write letters to the companycommending the quality of their spurs, and who would visit the company wheneverhe was in the area. When Buffalo Bill visited North & Judd, workers couldbring their children into work to meet the famous westerner and have theirpicture taken with him.

As life inAmerica became more mechanized, and the need for saddlery and harness hardwaredecreased, North & Judd expanded production and development of other linesuntil they were manufacturing and selling over 46,000 items under the name“Anchor Brand” including: belt buckles, shoe trimmings, clothing accessories,upholstery nails and thumb tacks and many others. Web strap hardware was addedto the line in the l930s and, in addition to commercial applications, aconsiderable amount of this hardware was used by the military. The company wasone of the first to produce automobile seat belt buckles and, with the purchaseof the Wilcox-Crittenden Company of Middletown, they added a full line ofmarine and boat hardware. In the 1970s the company was merged into Gulf andWestern, and then passed through the ownership of a couple of other companiesuntil 1998 when it was acquired by Buckles Internationalwho continues to sell Anchor Brand Hardware from their home office inMeriden.

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