A colleague and I are starting a new project to attempt to catalog the
history of Benedict metalware.  Benedict was founded in East Syracuse,
New York, near the turn of the century (prior to being called Benedict, the
company was known as the Onondaga Metal Shop) and was disolved in the 
40's or 50's.  They were active in the Arts and Crafts Movement, 
with many designs for copper objects.  It is also believed that they 
produced copper and other metal objects for other manufacturers of Arts 
and Crafts items (though no proof has yet been found to substantiate that).

I have no financial interest in this endeavor, in that I am not trying to
buy items on the cheap, nor necessarily create a market for such items.
I am interested in this for pure scholarship reasons.  Though, I potentially
might ask to buy an item, it would be for collecting reasons, and not for
resale.  The results of this project hopefully will be a monograph,
and/or article on the company, possibly a talk at the Arts and
Crafts Conference, and possibly a gallery or museum exhibition.
I should clarify that I am not a museum curator, nor an art history scholar.
I have been studying and collecting in the field for over 20 years,
to keep my sanity.  My colleague is an Arts and Crafts dealer, who has
handled a great deal of Benedict, but is interested
in learning much more about the history of the company.

The following information would be of a great deal of help in this effort.
If you possess or are aware of the existence of any of the following items,
I would appreciate it if you would let me know of their existence.  I may
ask to borrow the items, or photograph them (or have them photographed),
or request reproductions of some of the reproducible items, or I may
personally visit to view them.  As in any case like this, attribution, or
witheld attribution will be strictly observed.  Any borrowed items will
be protected, insured, and treated as a museum would treat borrowed items.
On the other hand, this is a low budget project (translate that to, it's
all coming out of my own pocket, and I have no external support for this).

1.  Any documentation related to the company (such as, advertising
brochures, catalogs, etc).
2. Pieces of their metal or other objects, I should clarify that we are
concentrating on items made in their earlier years, and objects that have
cameos applied are probably later production.  Besides copper, we know they
made silver plate, and they possibly made wrought iron pieces.
3. Any other information that you may think important, such as, records of
the company, or knowledge of relatives you may have or had that
worked for Benedict.

To help you identify items that are Benedict, they used a consistent mark
(as far as I know).  The mark is an impressed bumblebee with its wings open,
with a B on each wing.  Pior to being named Benedict, they were known as
Onondaga Metal Shops, and the mark was a conjoined OMS.

Thank you for your help.

Mike