Wilcox Silver Plate Company
E235914
Wilcox Silver Plate Company was a prominent American manufacturer of silver-plated wares, later incorporated into the larger International Silver Company conglomerate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilcox Silver Plate Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2121635 — 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: Wilcox Silver Plate Company Context triple: [International Silver Company, hasSubsidiary, Wilcox Silver Plate Company]
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A.
International Silver Company
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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B.
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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C.
The Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint is a private mint and collectibles company best known for producing limited-edition coins, medals, die-cast models, and other commemorative items for collectors.
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D.
Pewterschmidt Industries
Pewterschmidt Industries is the wealthy, family-owned business empire controlled by Carter Pewterschmidt in the animated series "Family Guy."
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E.
J.W. Foster and Sons
J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
- 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: Wilcox Silver Plate Company Target entity description: Wilcox Silver Plate Company was a prominent American manufacturer of silver-plated wares, later incorporated into the larger International Silver Company conglomerate.
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A.
International Silver Company
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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B.
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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C.
The Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint is a private mint and collectibles company best known for producing limited-edition coins, medals, die-cast models, and other commemorative items for collectors.
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D.
Pewterschmidt Industries
Pewterschmidt Industries is the wealthy, family-owned business empire controlled by Carter Pewterschmidt in the animated series "Family Guy."
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E.
J.W. Foster and Sons
J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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silverware manufacturer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American silver industry
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International Silver Company conglomerate ⓘ
linked to:
International Silver Company
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| businessType |
manufacturer
ⓘ
wholesaler ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| hasCategory |
defunct manufacturing company of the United States
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historic American brand ⓘ silver manufacturing company ⓘ tableware brand ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
base metal
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silver plate ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | International Silver Company ⓘ |
| industry |
silver-plated wares
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silverware ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| market |
domestic U.S. market
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export market ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-quality electroplated silver products
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production of silver-plated wares ⓘ |
| partOf | International Silver Company ⓘ |
| product |
silver-plated decorative items
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silver-plated hollowware ⓘ silver-plated tableware ⓘ |
| usedProcess | electroplating ⓘ |
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: Wilcox Silver Plate Company Description of subject: Wilcox Silver Plate Company was a prominent American manufacturer of silver-plated wares, later incorporated into the larger International Silver Company conglomerate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.