Augustus Rogers (d. 1871)

A contemporary report, published in 1856, states that Augustus Rogers (d. 1871) established himself in Boston in 1840, after working for some years in New York. It also reports that Rogers & Wendt were "said to be the largest exclusive manufacturers of hollow silver-ware in Boston, and probably in the Union." Although employed by Rogers, Wendt did not own an interest until about 1853. By 1856 the partnership of Rogers & Wendt engaged about forty employees, a substantial number for the time, and "manufactured every variety of hollow-ware, tea service, urns, pitchers, goblets, & c., from the plainest to the costliest and most highly ornamented." Around 1852 there also existed a partnership in the names of Rogers & Langdon (William G.); it became Rogers, Wendt & Langdon in 1856. Probably a separate enterprise devoted to the manufacture of watch cases, this firm was dissolved in 1857. Little is known of Langdon and Lemme or the roles they played in the businesses. In 1859 Wendt separated from Rogers and worked as an independent silversmith in Boston for a short while before relocating in New York City, where he had a special relationship with Ball, Black & Co. Rogers continued to work under his own name until his death in 1871.

Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 321. 

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