| Wilton Armetale Serveware began in 1893 in | | | | novelties were most popular. Wilton Brass |
| Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Created by the Wilton | | | | Company eventually changed its name to Wilton |
| family, it started as Susquehanna Castings, a | | | | Armetale after 1989. |
| foundry located on the Susquehanna River. The | | | | Wilton Armetale serveware items are traditionally |
| Wilton family lime kiln business, Stacy Wilton Lime | | | | made using old fashioned methods of foundry |
| Company operated just across the street. Iron | | | | sand molding. While the times have certainly |
| ore deposits found in the river were used by the | | | | changed since the late 1800s, the company |
| foundry to create new products that were | | | | combines traditional methods with modern |
| available to the entire region. | | | | manufacturing and quality control measures. The |
| Working in conjunction with Wilton Products, | | | | process of sand molding is intricate and requires |
| Susquehanna Castings produced novelty iron | | | | sand molds to be filled with Armetale metal, left |
| products that were painted and decorated for the | | | | to cool and then hand-finished by the foundry |
| industry and consumers. The company gained | | | | men and women at work in Lancaster County, |
| popularity during the 1940s and 1950s with items | | | | Pennsylvania. With this type of method in place |
| like bottle openers, candle holders, trivets and | | | | the result is that each Wilton Armetale product is |
| mechanical banks. In the mid-1960s, Susquehanna | | | | truly one of a kind. |
| Castings merged to become the Wilton Brass | | | | All of the metal used by Wilton Armetale is |
| Company. | | | | specially made from a non-toxic aluminum based |
| In 1963 the company began working with a new | | | | alloy. Products are hand crafted and all metals |
| metal developed from an aluminum based alloy | | | | conform to the strict guidelines for safe handling |
| which they named 'Armetale'. After a few years | | | | of food and beverages as outlined by the U.S. |
| the 'Armetale' brand showed itself as much more | | | | Food and Drug Administration. Armetale products |
| popular amongst consumers than brass. Wall | | | | are made from solid metal with no extra coatings. |
| decorations, garden plaques and other household | | | | |