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George C. Lunt, an engraver of the A.F. Towle & Son company bought the business in 1902 and renamed it Rogers, Lunt and Bowlen Company.

In 1935 the name changed to Lunt Silversmiths. Lunt family descendants of the founder maintained ownership until 2010 when the company filed for bankruptcy protections and its assets in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where the Lunt Factory existed, were sold at auction.

In 2009, the Lunt name was sold to its silversmith competitor, Reed & Barton. Throughout its flourishing years, Lunt made elegant sterling silver tableware, bowls, and vessels of distinction. Lunt’s Embassy Scroll pattern was selected as the official tableware in all U.S. embassies and consulates around the world.

Through the 1970s, when stainless steel tableware became favored by the younger generation, Lunt Silversmiths produced replica Paul Revere Sterling silver Sons of Liberty bowls based on the original 1768 bowl in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The firm later produced a tea-set based on a Revere teapot in the Museum’s collection for exclusive sale through the Museum’s shop.

Because this was a multi-item teaset the use of sterling made it impossibly expensive. Instead, the Lunt set was made of a brass/copper alloy and electroplated with silver. For a time, this teaset sold phenomenally well. However, Lunt's sales success was insufficient to prevent the inevitable bankruptcy that came to many silver companies whose fame was based on the production of sterling silver.

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