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GEORGE CORDING

232, Strand, Temple Bar, London


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HARRIS & Co.

37, Piccadilly, London


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HENRY MILLS

171 & 172, Oxford Street, London


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V. CUTHBERTSON Ltd.

6, Grenville Street, Hatton Garden, London


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V. Cuthbertson Ltd. - London - 1936

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JOHN NEAL & Co.

44-48, Edgware Road, later, 23-25, Hampton Gurney Street, Upper Berkeley Street, London


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Neal's Pyro Silver - London - 1871

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J. Neal - London - 1872

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Neal's Pyro Silver - London - 1873

Noted as an exhibitor at the Vienna Exhibition 1873, Philadelphia International Exhibition 1876 and Paris Universal International Exhibition 1878.


Regarding the Paris Exhibition:

Before proceeding to Elkington’s, pray stop with me a moment with Neal, “goldsmith and jeweller to the Queen,” of Edgware-road. Neal has helped to bring silver jewels into fashion. With a black, well-fitting dress and a silver chain and locket round her neck, a blonde girl looks elegant. If you are not rich, and are engaged to a dowerless young lady, the eldest of six sisters, who must all appear as bridesmaids at the wedding, go to Neal for silver lockets to present to them. They will just do as well as gold, and they can be bought at any price, from sixteen shillings to two guineas. Some may be of more intrinsic worth than the others, but all are equally pretty. Neal deserves a testimonial from thrifty Marthas for his very durable and ornamental plated wares, some of which are electroplated on nickel, and then oxydised. His artistic tankards have the raised figure-subjects in solid silver chased, thereby effecting a notable economy in price. The hooped tankard in unpolished ivory is in perfect taste. But where Neal, in the eyes of Exhibition jurors, is greatest, is in his pyro-silver knives, which have the hardness and sharpness of steel, and never wear out. Since this knife does not require the knifeboard, and has the beauty of silver, it can be washed in the hottest water, and it bears acids as a duck’s back bears water. M. Joubert, of the New South Wales Commission, has kept, since the end of May, a pyro-silver knife-blade in a lemon. No sign of discoloration has yet appeared. Neal furnishes Sawyer, late of the Crystal Palace, with his table cutlery in pyro-gold and silver. He exhibits a knife, one of a dozen, costing 120 fr., with the handle in the former metal and the blade in the latter, which was used by the Khedive, Czar, Shah, the late Sultan, and the King of Denmark, when dining at the great glass house at Sydenham.

Source: The Truth - 14th November 1878


Catalogue entry - The International Fisheries Exhibition - London - 1883:

NEAL, JOHN, 44-8 Edgware Eoad, W. (1) Neal's Patent Pyro Silver Cutlery in Fish Eaters, Fish Carvers, Lobster Cracks, Oyster Forks, and Combination Fish Meat, and Fruit Knives. Mounted in Rock Coralite and Pearl and Ivory Handles. (2) Articles of ornament and use in Coral, Pearl, and Tortoiseshell, &c. (3) Fish Sauce and Soy Frames. (4) Lobster Salad Bowls, &c. (5) Cameos in Shell.


John Neal entered his mark, 'JN', contained within an oblong punch, with the London Assay Office on the 27th May 1870.

John Neal died in 1898.

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JOHN FAIRFAX

411, Edgware Road, London


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DAVID MILLS

London


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DRM - London - 1998

Formerly in partnership with Michael Hersey as Mills & Hersey , see: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... ls#p114490

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NITSCHE & GUNTHER OPTICAL Co. Ltd.

66, Hatton Garden, and 62, Leather Lane, London


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Nitsche & Gunther - London - 1912

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Nitsche & Gunther - London - 1914

The business of Ernest Nitsche and August Günther.

Ernest Nitsche entered his mark, 'E.N', contained within an oblong punch, with the London Assay Office on the 7th March 1892.

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CHARLES E. BRAUN & Co.

34-36, Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London


Detail from the Milan Exhibition of 1906:

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443. CHARLES E. BRAUN & Co.

Postal Address
Indirizzo Postale: 34 & 36 Gray s Inn Road, Holborn, London, W.C.

Telegraphic Address
Indirizzo Telegrafico: " Scythstone ", London

Branches
Succursali: Frankfurtt and Blackpool

Agents: Numerous Agents in England and on the Continent
Agenti: Agenti diversi in Inghilterra e sul Continente


General Notice.—Messrs. Charles E. Braun & Co. have been established since the early eighties as manufacturers and dealers in electro plated goods and fancy jewellery.

Informazioni Generali.—La Ditta Charles E. Braun & Co. é stata stabilita dai primi anni della diecina 1880-90 come fabbricante e mercante di oggetti in argenteria e gioielleria di fantasia.

Awards.—
1887 Industrial Exhibition of Glasgow Silver Medal
1888 Barcelona Exhibition Silver Medal
1891 German Exhibition in London Diploma of Honour and Gold Medal
1898 Industrial Exhibition, Newcastle, Gold Medal
1894 Sunderland Exhibition Diploma and Gold Medal

Onorificenze.—
Esposizione Industriale di Glasgow Medaglia d'Argento
Esposizione di Barcellona Medaglia d'Argento
Esposizione Tedesca in Londra Diploma d'Onore & Medaglia d'Oro
Eposizione Industriale, Newcastle Medaglia d'Oro
Esposizione di Sunderland Diploma & Medaglia d'Oro

Description of Exhibits.—Electro-plated goods. Gold filled jewellery. Pyrite stone jewellery. Articles for smokers. Leather goods of different makes. Electric engraving machine.

Descrizione della Mostra.—Oggetti in argenteria e nickelati. Oreficeria in oro riempito. Oreficeria con pietre piriti. Articoli decorativi per fumatori. Articoli in cuoio di varie marche. Macchina Elettrica per incisioni.


Source: Milan International Exhibition, 1906 : Catalogue of the British Section - 1906

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THE A.B.C. SILVER PLATE MANUFACTURING Co. Ltd.

15, Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, London


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The A.B.C. Silver Plate Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - London - 1921

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A.D. BORRELL

44, Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London


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A.D. Borrell - London - 1870

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ADRIAN LOWE

26, Colenso Road, Clapton Park, London


Adrian Lowe entered his mark, 'A.L', incuse, with the London Assay Office on the 20th September 1893.


He may be the same Adrian Lowe, the subject of the below newspaper report:

THE END OF A CHRISTMAS FEAST

Adrian Lowe, a young man, described as a silversmith, living at Tysoe-street, Clerkenwell, was indicted at the Middlesex Sessions, on the charge of having stabbed James Truran and Amie Truran, man and wife, under singular circumstances. Mr . Brindley prosecuted, and Mr. Keith-Frith defended. The defendant and his wife and the prosecutor and his wife were making merry during the Christmas season in the rooms of the latter. When the party separated for the night defendant missed his wife, and suspected that she was gone into the complainant's room again. She presently appeared from below stairs, and the defendant "knocked her down and jumped on her." Complainant and his wife interfering, he stabbed them furiously in various parts with a fork. The jury convicted him of unlawfully wounding, and he was sentenced to six months' hard labour.


Source: The Teesdale Mercury - 17th January 1877

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JOHN RICHARD ANDREWS

Tottenham Court Road, London


AN ALL-ROUND CRIMINAL

George Jones, 34, painter, was sentenced at the sessions at Clerkenwell, London, yesterday to 21 months' hard labour for burglary at the premises of John Richard Andrews, a silver-smith, at Tottenham Court-road, and the house of John James Capell, Howland-street. Having learned the situation of the places broken into and the habits of the occupiers by residing for a time at an adjacent house, the prisoner and two others proceeded to break into three sets of premises. Jones, captured red-handed, was known as an all-round criminal, having been imprisoned for pocket-picking, uttering counterfeit coin, and the possession of burglar's tools.


Source: Evening Express and Evening Mail - 6th May 1903

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MORRELL'S - THE CIVET CAT

60, 61, 42, Burlington Arcade, London


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Morrell's - London - 1883

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Morrell's - London - 1884

Noted as the business of George Morrell in 1843, Mrs. S.M. Morrell in 1880, and of Charles Morrell in 1907.

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J. PARKER

30, Upper King Street, Holborn, London


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J. Parker - London - 1860

Established in 1836.

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BENHAM & FROUD - HERBERT BENHAM & Co.

4, Ramillies Place, Great Marlborough Street, London


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Herbert Benham & Co. - London - 1918

Benham & Froud entered their mark, 'B&F.Lt.' contained within an oblong punch, with the London Assay Office on the 19th Sptember 1899.

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SUSANNAH BRASTED (BELL & BRASTED)

37, President Street, London


An example of the work and mark of Susannah Brasted:

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SB - London - 1889

Susannah was the widow of Frederick Brasted, who had formerly been in partnership with John Bell.

Susannah Brasted entered her mark, 'SB' contained within an oblong punch with clipped corners, with the London Assay Office on the 20th June 1888.

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ARTHUR C. HILDYARD

Muswell Hill, London


DARING ROBBERY

Jeweller's Shop Ransacked


Gold rings, brooches, and bracelets, which, it is estimated, were worth nearly £1,000, have been stolen by burglars from the shop in Muswell Hill, London, of Mr. Arthur C. Hildyard, a jeweller and silversmith.

The robbery was a particularly daring one, as though the shop stands in a central position, where the thieves might have been surprised at any moment, they effected an entrance by forcing the locks of both outer and inner doors.

When Mr. Hildyard went to business on Saturday morning he found that the place had been ransacked from top to bottom. Violent but unsuccessful attempts had been made to open the safe.

The thieves afterwards left by the front door, which they carefully closed behind them. As yet no arrest has been made.


Source: Evening Express - 16th January 1905

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ERNEST QUICK

London


POLICEMAN'S "GROSS STUPIDITY "

"The police have been guilty of gross stupidity, and there ought to be an inquiry by the police authorities into their conduct," was the comment of the North London magistrate on Saturday after hearing evidence in support of a theft charge preferred against Stephen Colson, 32, labourer, and Ernest Quick, 28, silversmith.

The prisoners stole a music cabinet from outside a Highbury upholsterer's premises, but were pursued by an assistant named Hencoq. A struggle ensued, in which Hencoq was very roughly used, and finally a policeman in plain clothes and another in uniform laid hold of all three men and took them to the police-station on a charge of fighting in the street.

Mr. Mead sent the prisoners to gaol for three months, and said he could well imagine Mr. Hencoq's indignation at being marched off to the police-station as a drunken man.


Source: Evening Express - 19th September 1904

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LEON LEAPMAN

172 and 204, Regent Street, London


BURGLARY AT JEWELLER'S HOUSE

Exciting Chase in North London

At North London Police-court on Saturday Thomas Baxter, 44, was charged (before Mr. Mead, with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Leon Leapman at 295, Green-lanes, Stoke Newington, and stealing therefrom 313 electro-plated spoons. forks, and fish knives, value £16. Mr. Leapman is a jeweller and silversmith, carrying on business in Regent-street. He has a stock-room filled with valuable property at his private house.

The Prosecutor said that at nine o'clock on Friday night he was in his stable at the side of the house talking it to his coachman, when he heard the nurse call out. He armed himself with a heavy brass stair-road and ran upstairs, the coachman following. In consequence of what the nurse said, he opened the window of the children's night nursery and saw the prisoner on the portico over the front door in a stooping position. The coachman got out after him, and he (the witness) was about to follow when the prisoner either fell or jumped to the ground below, a distance of 20ft. Witness ran down the stairs and met the prisoner by the shrubbery. The prisoner tried to get away, and to prevent that he gave him two heavy blows with the stair-road. The prisoner turned and faced him, and he (witness), holding up the rod, said, "Don't move or I will kill you!" By that time the coachman had come down, and the prisoner was secured. Meanwhile the alarm had been given, and within five minutes the police were on the scene. When he saw the prisoner on the ground he said, You have made a mistake. It is not me at all."

Inspector Martin said that a number of other mysterious burglaries had been committed, and in one instance a rope ladder had been left behind. They might be able to connect the prisoner with these cases. Mr. Mead granted a remand.


Source: Evening Express - 24th November 1902

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