William B. Durgin Company

Durgin was born in Campton, New Hampshire, and from 1849-1853 apprenticed to Boston silversmith Newell Harding.

[1] In the 1840s Durgin moved back to Concord, where he opened a small shop making spoons opposite the Free Bridge Road.

He incorporated as William B. Durgin Company in 1853, in 1854 added the manufacture of silverware, and in 1866 established a large brick factory on School Street.

The company made the Davis Cup, the silver service for the battleship USS New Hampshire, and medals for St. Paul's School.

Other of the company's patterns included Bead, Chatham, Chrysanthemum, Cromwell, Dauphin, English Rose, Essex, Fairfax, Hunt Club, Iris, Lenox, Louis XV, Madame Royale, Marechal Niel, New Vintage, Orange Blossom, Sheaf of Wheat, Victorian/Sheraton, and Watteau.