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Marks
S
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Illustrations
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Salter,
G & Co
George Salter, scale and balance makers of West Bromwich, near Birmingham,
19th/20th centuries. Now part of Avery Berkel Group.
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Marks
S
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Joseph
Sankey & Son (JS&S)
Bilston, Wolverhampton, in The Black Country, west of Birmingham, 1890-1914 for copper and
brassware, other sheet metalwork in GKN Group until the 1980s (Four marks
plus Neptune)
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Joseph Sankey & Son. (JS&S) |
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The
‘Neptune’ and JSS marks were apparently used concurrently.
The ‘Patent’ hidden in the pattern bottom right, refers to the
patterning process for the tray.
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Joseph Sankey & Son. (JS&S)
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| G.W.S & S mark
on a picnic kettles made for a retailer in Regent St., London. |
Marks
S
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Savage Bros Co., Chicago Illinois, mark on a copper
pan with rolled top. |
Marks
S
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| Saxton
Inc. West Los Angeles, c1950s, mark under a decorated bowl.
Information welcome. |
Marks
S
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W.
Shackleton of Kendal in The Lake District, Cumbria. Mark on a copper
kettle. Copper was mined and worked for centuries nearby. |
Marks
S
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Scovill
Manufacturing
Co, Waterbury, Conn. USA, |
Marks
S
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HS mark on a pen tray with No. 392927 Trade
Mark, registered on 2nd July 1919 to Arthur John Seward, 169,
Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. |
Marks
S
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D Sharples, maker's name found on a hot water bottle.
Further details welcome. |
Marks
S
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John
Shaw & Sons Ltd, Wolverhampton, used a JS&S mark on their
blowlamps, etc.,
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John Shaw & Sons Ltd.
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| Sherwoods, manufacturers of oil lamps and burners in Birmingham. By 1904 they were trading as Sherwood Isaac & Son Ltd., but by 1920 they had taken over Linley & Co. of 73-75 Great Lister Street, ‘American’ pattern lamps to become Sherwood-Linley. Nechells Park Works, Eliot Street, Nechells then moved to 44-50, Granville St. |
Lamp Makers S-Z
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Alfred
Shirley Ltd., 83, Clifford Street, Birmingham B19, hearth furniture,
Hecla™ hot water bottles. See Orme Evans. |
Marks O P |
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Jas Shoolbred was a family firm
in Tottenham Court Road making and supplying furniture and furnishings. It
was one of the first there in that speciality, others of course being Maples
and Heals. They gained a Royal Warrant in 1880 for the supply of furniture
to Queen Victoria. Much of their furniture was custom made and of excellent
quality. |
Marks
S
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| Edwin Showell & Sons,
Ltd., Stirchley Brass Foundry, Charlotte Road, Birmingham, founded c1830 and manufactured door springs and architectural brassware. They were taken over by Josiah Parkes & Sons in 1956. |
Marks
S
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Skultuna,
Cookware made since 1607 by Skultuna Messingsbruk AB, Sweden. Of
the six marks on their website, this one used 1892-1922.
The Swedish crown is above the maker’s name and foundation date.
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Swedish
Copperware |
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http://www.skultuna.com/
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Sigg, Switzerland, |
Marks
S
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Simplex Mfg
Co,
Alexandra Works, 28, Heneage St., Birmingham, stamping, piercing. |
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I
& D Smallwood Ltd.,
Leopold Street, Birmingham, B12, hand tools including spirit levels |
Marks
S
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Frederick J. Smith & Sons, Waterloo Works, 44, Princip
Street, Birmingham, plumbers brassware and candlestick makers |
Marks
S
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Frederick Smith & Co (successors to LEW (London
Electric Wire) & Smiths Ltd. of Trafford Park. |
Marks
S
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| Smith and Wright Ltd.,
180, Brearly Street, Birmingham, buttons. |
Button Makers |
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Soho
Brassfoundry, Ballarat, Australia.
Founded 1856 and hading good relations with the Soho Manufactory in
Birmingham. It was
re-established 1972 for manufacture of castings and spinnings. Foundry business closed 1980’s.
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Marks
S
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http://www.sohofoundry.com.au/history.php
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| Soho
Manufactory, Birmingham - see Matthew Boulton |
Marks A-B |
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William
Soutter & Sons Co.,– (Soutterware) - 10, 11 and 12, New Market St, Birmingham, then Farm St..
Originally brass founders and plumbers brassware (1870s) , then
quality copper and brass art metal holloware. Ceased trading 1929.
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William
Soutter & Sons Co. (Soutterware)
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S
S & Co.
Found
on products made by Sternau & Co. in USA, also found on cookware in
UK. Possibly also used by Stamping & Spinning Co., of 81, Bishop St., Birmingham who specialised in
lamps, fenders, chandeliers and holloware in the late 19th century. Some
of their products such as kettles and jardinières were similar to those of Soutter.
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S Sternau & Co. |
| Sperryn & Co.,
Ltd., Moorson Street, Birmingham, makers of gas and similar fittings. |
Photo
to come |
| Spraygen
- see R Harris (Brassfounders) Ltd. |
Marks H-L |
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Spring,
Switzerland, more information welcome.
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Marks
S
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| Squire
-see Maurice Davis and Heaps |
Marks D |
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James Srawley,
later Srawley Browett Co, (1900)
ornamental coal vase hinges and handles. |
Marks
S
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P
H Stacye coppersmith,
location not known.
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Marks St-Sz |
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Stainton and
Hulme, Birmingham. Details wanted. |
Marks St-Sz |
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Stanley
London, California, name now used on many reproduction instruments
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Marks St-Sz |
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http://www.stanleylondon.com/
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W
F Stanley & Co., Instrument makers, Great Turnstile St, London,
then New Eltham.
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Marks St-Sz |
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SW -
Stanley Works, Connecticut |
Marks St-Sz |
| Sternau,
New York, spirit kettles, burners and other copperware, more information welcome. |
Marks St-Sz |
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Stickley,
Gustav Stickly Co founded in Syracuse, New York in 1898.
Motto:
'Als ik kan'. He published ‘The Craftsman’ journal.
Bankrupt 1915.
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Marks St-Sz |
| Stockli,
Switzerland, more information welcome. |
Marks St-Sz |
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James Henry Stone,
4 and 5 St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham, brassfounders, made candlesticks of
Benham type. |
Marks St-Sz |
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Andrew
Storrar, 109-111 Foregate St., Chester, brazier, made brass
candlesticks in 19th century.
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Marks St-Sz |
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J
N Summerfield, unknown
mark found on Victorian cast brass trivet
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Marks St-Sz |
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Sun
Engraving Co. White House, 111 New Street, process engravers in copper.
(1926 Kelly) |
Marks St-Sz |
| Super Materiam Ignis Triumphans |
Super Materiam Ignis Triumphans |
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DSCG Duchess of Sutherland Cripples Guild |
Marks St-Sz |
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G
T Sutterly, USA
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Marks St-Sz |
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Swan
Brand - see Bulpitt & Son., Birmingham |
Marks Br-Bz |
| Swedish Skultuna
Copperware, 400 Years, 1607-2007 |
Swedish Copperware |
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HT
& S
(Sons) – Made in England, mark on late 19th century
candlestick.
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Marks
T
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| Tagus (Portugal)
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Photo
to come. |
| Tamco
- Talboys Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tame Road Witton, Birmingham 6., sheet metal workers, 1950s., dissolved 1994 |
TAMCO |
| Taylor & Thomas,
Empire Works, Great Tindal Street, Birmingham, 'T & T' mark. |
Marks
T
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Taylorcraft
Boston, Mass.
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Marks
T
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Temple
& Crook, Ironmongers, Victoria St., London.
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Marks
T
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| W H Thomas,
74, Ford St., Hockley, Birmingham, bedstead ornaments, buttons and stampings. Trade mark was a cluttered diagonal cross. |
Photo to come
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E
Thomason, manufactory, Birmingham. Sir Edward Thomason was a
silversmith and plater in competition with Matthew Boulton at the end of
the 17th century.
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Marks
T
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Thompson
Ritchie & Co., Ltd., 48, James St., 34, Buckingham Gate, London SW ,
electrical contractors mark on a spirit kettle. |
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Tiffany,
jewellers of New York and London
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Tiffany & Co.
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‘T
& Co’ mark used by Townshend Art Metal Co. of Birmingham.
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Townshend
& Co. Ltd.
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| Tilley International
plc., 30-32 High Street, Frimley, GU16 5JD |
Lamp Makers S-Z |
| S Timmins &
Co, 55 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham. Their trade mark was a shield round 'ST' monogram |
ST
monogram |
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J. W. Tiptaft,
(James Walter Tiptaft & Son Ltd.) Northampton Street, Birmingham, registered
silversmiths who also made brass buttons from c1882 to 1930s. |
Marks
T
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Enoch Tonks & Sons Ltd., Temple Works, Temple Bar,
Willenhall, Black Country, West Midlands. They made locks under the
'ETAS' Trade Mark especially coin operated locks for public conveniences.
They were taken over by Yale and Towne in 1963. |
Marks
T
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| Tonks,
William & Sons, (WT&S),
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William
Tonks & Sons (WT&S)
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| Townshend
Ltd (T & Co),
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Townshend & Co. Ltd.
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| Townson & Coxson,
Alliance Works, Essington Street, Birmingham, gas fittings, Burmos stoves
and blowlamps. |
Burmos |
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Tudor Art Metal Co. Ltd., 115, Deritend, Birmingham,
manufacturers of silver, copper and brass novelties. |
Marks
T
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| John Turner & Co.,
Birmingham. J.T. & Co. initials used until 1820 when the company name
changed (ack. Julia Morgan). This sharply defined mark is raised
on the underside of a late Georgian candlestick. |
Marks
T
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C Twigg of
Birmingham 'BuFlame' ™
blow torch
manufacturers. |
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Marks U-V
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Illustrations |
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Utah
Copper mark
on copperware made in the State that is also the home of Bingham Canyon
Copper Mine, 'World's Biggest Hole in the Ground'
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Marks
U-V
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UWW Universal Wood Working
Co., of Newhall Hill, (not far from
Elkingtons) wood and fancy wares.
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Marks
U-V
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| Valor Co.,
Ltd., 67,69-72 Church Street- stampers and pieces. (1901), later the 'The Valor Co.', Aston Brass Co., Wood Lane, Bromford, Birmingham, makers of oil lamps and stoves. |
Lamp Makers S-Z |
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Van
Erp,
Dirk Van Erp, Copper Shop, San Francisco, 1908-1977.
Several
other marks to be seen in the literature.
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Marks
U-V
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| Varley,
Coalpit Lane, Nottingham. Maker of copper tankards, frequently copper
plated. |
Nottingham Copper Tankards |
| Vaughtons Bros.
135 Constitution Hill, Birmingham, maker of badges and medals |
Button Makers, Medallists and Mints |
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Verification and capacity marks only appear on
measures of capacity. |
Marks
U-V
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| Veritas Efsca Works, 84&5 Edward Street Parade, Birmingham (Falk Stedelmann Proprietors) |
Lamp Makers S-Z |
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Vermont
hand hammered copper
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Marks
U-V
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Vetcraft Shops, Toronto, one of several shops set up
to employ ex-servicemen after the 1914-18 war. |
Marks
U-V
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Viking
Copper, Canada
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Marks
U-V
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Garanti
Villedieu,
found on useful and decorative copperware from Villedieu-the-Stoves in
Normandy, France. The designs of jugs known as from Guernsey and
Jersey come originally from Normandy.
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Marks
U-V
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Virginia
Metalcrafters, Originally founded 1890, the brass business dates from
1938. Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. They
cast much of the brass stock for Colonial Williamsburg.
One stamp has the anchor mark used for nautical souvenirs, in this
case a gimbal candlestick.
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Virginia Metalcrafters
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Vivian
& Son Ingot mark of
the copper works in Swansea set up by the early copper entrepreneur, John
Vivian.
H H Vivian & Co., 46 George Street, St. Pauls, Birmingham, made semi-fabricated copper and brass in the early 19th century at Icknield Port Road Works. see 'Vivian and Sons, 1809-1924: a study of the firm in the copper and related industries', Robert R. Toomey. Garland, 1985.
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Marks
U-V
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Wafax
(Wades of Halifax), marks on hot water bottles.
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Wafax |
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Waldow,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Marks
W-Z
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Walker, London, makers of bell gauges for
measuring knitting needles. |
Marks
W-Z
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| Joseph Walker &
Co., Regent Parade, Birmingham, castings, syringes, stampings, lock furniture,
JW/B trademark |
Marks
W-Z
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Hugh
Wallis, coppersmith mostly making trays with distinctive pewter inlays and
rims, Altringham, Cheshire
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Hugh Wallis |
| Fred Walton & Co.,
Wolverhampton, mainly concerned with japanned wares until 1883 when
they were taken over by John Marston. This mark is under a brass jug
of a circular shape that was also marketed by Orme Evans after they had taken
over John Marston. |
Marks
W-Z
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T
B, (Water) Bridgewater, brassfoundry for skillets, etc, 18th century,
may be being reproduced.
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Marks
W-Z
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Clive Waters, brassfounder in Birmingham until c1910.
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Marks
W-Z
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J. Y. Watkins & Son, 16, Catharine Street, New York.
Copper cooking pan. |
Marks
W-Z
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Weba,
Webaware, Gomm Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 56 Hockley Hill, Birmingham B
18. Mid 20th century production. The Trade Mark
lapsed in 1950.
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Marks
W-Z
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Weeda,
Tasmania, Australia.
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Marks
W-Z
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Welco - oil lamp burners - information needed. |
Lamp Makers S-Z
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Wellens
Ware mid 20th century hand wrought trays.
More information welcome.
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Marks
W-Z
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Weidlich Brothers Mfg. Company, Bridgeport,
Connecticut. |
Marks
W-Z
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Wilkes, Edward Villiers,
(EVW) |
E V Wilkes |
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C. E. Wilkins,
Bartholomew Row, Birmingham. |
Marks
W-Z
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| Williams Bros & Co. of River
St., Deritend, Birmingham, brassfoundry and fittings. Williams Brothers and Piggott Ltd. |
Marks
W-Z
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Colonial
Williamsburg, Virginia, High quality reproductions made from 1936, see
Virginia Metalcrafters after 1951.
http://www.history.org/ |
Marks
W-Z
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Willis & Bates, Halifax, Vapalux Brand |
Lamp Makers S-Z
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Wilton Metal Works Company, this
mark found under a pair of die cast candlesticks. |
Marks
W-Z
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R W Winfields
Winfields Rolling Mills Ltd, Birmingham,
manufacturer of rolled metal, wire, gas fittings, brass
foundry, lighting. |
Marks
W-Z
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Charles Winn and Company Limited, Saint Thomas Works, Granville
Street, Birmingham, engineers and brassfounders. They
specialised in valves and fire-fighting equipment. |
Marks
W-Z
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Winward,
Birmingham, recent production (post war). |
Marks
W-Z
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| J.
Wippell & Co. Ltd of Exeter & London, a mark found under a
pair of very elegant tall cast brass vases. |
Marks
W-Z
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The Witter Family |
Marks
W-Z
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WMF
(Würtemburgische Machin Fabrik), founded c1850 and famous for art
metalware, still making cookware. A
variety of marks have been used during their 150 years of production
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WMF
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| Wolverine
Brass Works at Grand Rapids, home of many copper craftsmen. |
Marks
W-Z
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Woodmet, England, paper label under a heavy cast dish.
More information welcome. |
Marks
W-Z
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| Wright & Butler, 390, New John St. W. Birmingham, oil lamps, 'The Union Burner'. By 1913 they had been taken over by Falk Veritas of London but use of the Trade name continued. |
Lamp Makers S-Z
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WS
unknown mark on base of hand made jug.
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Marks
W-Z
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WT & S William Tonks
& Sons |
William Tonks & Sons |
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Wümak - Wűrtembergische
Metallmanufaktur Adolf Knecht G.m.b.H, established 1899. Cannstadt,
Stuttgart, |
German
Copper |
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Yaad,
mark on a hand crafted dish from Israel.
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Marks XYZ
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| Young’s Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil
Co., New Spring Street, Birmingham. Lamps and lamp burners. |
Lamp Makers S-Z
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Ystad,
candlesticks of Eames period, Sweden.
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Marks XYZ
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