June 1904 brought the buyout of the partners and a final name change to the Stieff Company.

Charles C. Stieff became Vice President of Sales, while the youngest brother Gideon expanded the company's retail operations into the suburbs of Baltimore, post-WW II.

Gideon Stieff kept the factory staffed despite the economic downturn, knowing that one day when business improved, those employees would be needed again.

Silversmiths swept floors, painted walls, and whatever else could be done to keep them occupied, and quickly dispatching any orders that came in.

Post-World War II, with the boom in suburban shopping centers and upwardly mobile clients, catalogs were made in the form of dealer/showroom binder books that could be shown to clients at the hundreds of retail stores that carried Stieff silver and pewter.

The Stieff Company was known for the quality and value of its silver products, beautiful hand chasing and Repoussé work.

in 1899) Other famous patterns include Chrysanthemum, Lady Claire, Princess, Puritan, Clinton, Forget Me Not, Homewood, Betsy Patterson and Corsage.

Post-World War II came Diamond Star, Personna, Rose Motif, Silver Surf, Carrollton, and Royal Dynasty.

The Stieff crafters created Sterling holloware, flatware and novelty items including trophies and awards.

In 1967, Stieff bought another Baltimore silversmith, the Schofield Company, makers of sterling silver flatware and the Woodlawn Vase replica, which is the trophy given at the Preakness each year.

The factory was again expanded; doubled in size in 1971 to allow for the booming pewter manufacturing business.

The Stieff family sold Kirk-Stieff in 1990 to Lenox, makers of tabletop items like flatware, china, and crystal.

Eventually silverware production was moved to Providence, Rhode Island, while sterling silver, holloware, and pewter would remain at the Stieff factory.

Manufacturing ceased in 1999 in Baltimore, as operations were consolidated at a Lenox plant in Smithfield, Rhode Island and later to New Jersey.

It was converted by Baltimore developer Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse into an office building, but the exterior has remained unchanged.

Samuel Kirk & Son was known for its repoussé silverware, where the design was created by pushing the silver alloy from the inside.

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