International Silver Company
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International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Silver Company canonical | 20 |
| International Silver Company conglomerate | 2 |
| Standard Silver Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T346649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Silver Company Context triple: [Meriden, Connecticut, historicalCompany, International Silver Company]
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A.
Revere Copper Company
Revere Copper Company is an American industrial firm historically known as one of the earliest and most influential copper rolling and manufacturing companies in the United States.
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B.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
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C.
African Rainbow Minerals
African Rainbow Minerals is a South African diversified mining and minerals company with significant interests in platinum, iron ore, coal, copper, and other resources.
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D.
Blue Diamond
Blue Diamond is the nickname of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, a storied Marine Corps infantry division renowned for its combat history and distinctive diamond-shaped insignia.
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E.
Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for building rockets, spacecraft components, and other systems for U.S. military and civilian space programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Silver Company Target entity description: International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
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A.
Revere Copper Company
Revere Copper Company is an American industrial firm historically known as one of the earliest and most influential copper rolling and manufacturing companies in the United States.
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B.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
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C.
African Rainbow Minerals
African Rainbow Minerals is a South African diversified mining and minerals company with significant interests in platinum, iron ore, coal, copper, and other resources.
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D.
Blue Diamond
Blue Diamond is the nickname of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, a storied Marine Corps infantry division renowned for its combat history and distinctive diamond-shaped insignia.
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E.
Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for building rockets, spacecraft components, and other systems for U.S. military and civilian space programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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conglomerate ⓘ manufacturing company ⓘ |
| acquired | numerous regional silverware firms in New England ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Meriden, Connecticut, United States
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surface form:
Meriden, Connecticut
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exportedTo |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| founded | 1898 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Merger of multiple New England silver companies ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
1847 Rogers Bros.
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Barbour Silver Company ⓘ 1847 Rogers Bros. ⓘ
surface form:
C. Rogers & Bros.
Derby Silver Company ⓘ Holmes & Edwards Silver Company ⓘ Meriden Britannia Company ⓘ Quaker City Silver Company ⓘ Rogers & Hamilton Company ⓘ Rogers Cutlery Company ⓘ Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. ⓘ International Silver Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Silver Company
United States Silver Corporation ⓘ Watson Company ⓘ Wilcox Silver Plate Company ⓘ Rogers & Hamilton Company ⓘ
surface form:
William Rogers Manufacturing Company
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| headquartersLocation |
Meriden, Connecticut, United States
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surface form:
Meriden, Connecticut
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| historicalSignificance | helped consolidate the American silverware industry in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1898 ⓘ |
| industry |
metalworking
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silverware manufacturing ⓘ |
| location |
Meriden, Connecticut, United States
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surface form:
Meriden, Connecticut
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| market |
domestic household goods
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hotel and restaurant trade ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
nickel silver
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silver plate ⓘ sterling silver ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dominant role in American silverware industry
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mass production of silver-plated tableware ⓘ |
| operatedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| peakPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| product |
decorative metalware
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flatware ⓘ hollowware ⓘ silver wares ⓘ silver-plated wares ⓘ tableware ⓘ |
| style |
Art Deco
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surface form:
Art Deco design
Art Nouveau design ⓘ Victorian design ⓘ |
| usedMark | "International Silver Co." backstamp on wares ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Silver Company Description of subject: International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Meriden, Connecticut
International Silver Company
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hasSubsidiary
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International Silver Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Standard Silver Company
this entity surface form:
International Silver Company conglomerate
this entity surface form:
International Silver Company conglomerate