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front of Gripper (a) back of Gripper (a) front of Gripper (b) back of Gripper (b)The Scovill Brass Company started in 1802 in Watertown, Connecticut. It acquired the Oakville Manufacturing Company of Oakville, Connecticut in December, 1923, making it a division of Scovill. The division was closed in 1973. The parent company is today called Morito Scovill Americas. The chronological order of the packets is not certain; they are shown in the order they were found.