In 2018, Kevin and Vincent Potter travelled to Providence, RI in search of antique jewelry dies, and found the Cranston Fancy Wire Company. The company was with its second owner, who had to close the ...
If the history of American jewelry making rests upon anyone’s shoulders, it is Peter DiCristofaro’s.
As curator and caretaker of the Providence Jewelry Museum in Rhode Island, the first museum in the...
Only a spare few metalworking companies survived the epic decline of the industry between the late 20th century to early 21st century.
The epitome of historic American toolmaking giants, ...