In 1979, The Stieff Company bought cross town rival, S. Kirk & Son. As a part of the purchase agreement, the Stieff's agreed that the Kirk name would go first on the newly created company, creating Kirk-Stieff. The Kirk factory in Baltimore and a pewter factory in Salisbury, MD were closed and operations consolidated into the Stieff factory at 800 Wyman Parkway in Baltimore. The Stieff family would continue to own Kirk-Stieff for 10 more years. The patterns of each company continued to be branded with the original companies' marks, so patterns like Corsage, Stieff Rose, Lady Claire and the like still had the Sterling - Stieff mark. The patterns of Kirk like King, Repoussé and all of the rest were marked S. Kirk & Son. New patterns introduced by Kirk-Stieff like Dancing Surf would receive the Kirk-Stieff marks. The Kirk Building on Kirk Ave. in Baltimore has since been torn down.