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Kirk Stieff Company, acquired
by Lenox in 1990, is the business descendant of two famous 19th century
companies, Samuel Kirk & Son and The Stieff Company. Samuel Kirk & Son,
founded in 1815, is America’s oldest silversmith. The Stieff Company,
founded in 1892, is known for its exacting reproductions of historical
patterns, many of which can be found in the Smithsonian, and its expertise
with the repoussé method of working silver. Repoussé means that the design
is pushed out of the silver rather than engraved into it
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