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Monticello & Poplar Forest
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The company, Bates & Klinke, was founded by Harold Bates & Oscar Klinke and
manufactured pewter products in the U.S. since 1919. Bates and Klinke, Inc.
produced a number of product lines in Attleboro, Massachusetts, at town which
was a major center for jewelry production in the early 20th century. The
company is noted for making souvenir silver charms from tourist travel
destinations, along with souvenir spoons, brass souvenir plates, medals, key
chains, & military insignia. Later, the company did business as B&J
Manufacturing Corporation. However, neither of the companies' website are
active and only their LinkedIn page works, so they may be out of business. Here’s
a bit of trivia I discovered: Did you know that in 1935, Bates and
Klinke, Inc. was sued for patent infringement in the U.S. Supreme Court? PetersPatent Corp. v. Bates & Klinke, Inc. They produced a number of souvenir
buildings and monuments and Building Collector reader, Gary, asked if I could
compile a list and photos and below is what I have so far. I noticed on both
the Monticello and Poplar Forest pewter souvenirs the shallow diamond logo
which leads me to believe they were also produced by Bates and Klinke even
though the name is missing. I wrote previously about other souvenir buildingsmade of pewter. Below are photos of buildings and monuments made by Bates &
Klinke. Do you know of others?
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540 Madison Ave. NY & Sears/Willis Tower
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The Siege Museum & Lincoln in chair
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Washington, D.C.
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