- GB-2014-WSA-01567
- Corporate body
- 1912-1940
Silversmiths. Established in 1891 as Alexander Clark. Became The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co c.1898-1912. Became The Alexander Clark Co Ltd from 1912 until the 1940s.
Silversmiths. Established in 1891 as Alexander Clark. Became The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co c.1898-1912. Became The Alexander Clark Co Ltd from 1912 until the 1940s.
The Duchess of Sutherland Cripples' Guild of Handicraft
Silversmiths. Founded in 1898 as The Potteries and Newcastle Cripples Guild, by Millicent Sutherland, 4th Duchess of Sutherland. In 1907 renamed The Duchess of Sutherland Cripples' Guild of Handicraft (D.S.C.G.). They started producing art metalworks from 1902 under Francis Arthur Edwards employing twelve boys and later a number of adults. The Guild closed in 1922.
Silversmiths active 1831-1943. Thomas Bradbury had been a partner in Watson & Co, originally Fenton, Creswick & Co (est. c. 1789). When William Watson retired in 1831, the business was continued but Thomas Bradbury and his son under the name Thomas Bradbury & Son. In 1855, changed its name to Thomas Bradbury & Sons. Became Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd in 1905. Closed in 1943 and dies and tooling were bought by Atkin Brothers.
Silversmiths active in Birmingham between 1940-1963.
Silversmiths established by Willie and Emile Viener in Sheffield in 1908.
Silversmiths established in 1845 by George Walker. Operated under the name of Walker & Co 1845-1848, Walker Coulson & Hall 1848-1853, Walker & Hall 1853-1920, Walker & Hall Ltd 1920-present. Subsidiary of Mappin & Webb Ltd since 1971.
Silversmiths in partnership from 1797. In 1808 William Chawner entered the partnership, left the partnership in 1814. Eley and Fearn continued to practice, and William Eley's sons were all apprenticed to their father and became silversmiths too.
Silversmiths and goldsmiths established in 1880 by William Gibson (d. 1913) and John Lawrence Langman (1846-1928). Practiced as The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co 1880-1898 and The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd from 1898. Amalgamated with Garrard & Co in 1952.