Connecticut Explored reports closure of International’s plated hollowware division on March 20, 1981 and sale of the remaining silver business by 1983. Secondary account by Patricia F. Singer, Winter 2015/16, drawing on interviews; avoid equating this one division’s closure with every Meriden silver operation.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden Silver, SGC-MS-008, MS-016, “History: March 20, 1981; by 1983.” Source: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source. https://www.ctexplored.org/international-silver-company-shines-once-more/. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.