Advertisment for the wholesale goldsmith and jeweller George Melville Horton, dated 1837.
Horton entered his first mark (GMH) at Goldsmiths Hall, London, as a goldworker, on the 24th December 1824, address, 52, High Holborn. His second mark (GMH) was entered on the 8th October 1828 from the same address. His third mark (GMH) was entered on the 31st May 1834, the address, 17, Thavies Inn, Holborn, and his fourth mark, (GMH incuse), on the 14th December 1836, address, 32, Hatton Garden. He was known to be still at 32, Hatton Garden in 1841, but by 1849 he is known to have moved again, this time to 100, Hatton Garden.
Horton also used the services of the Birmingham Assay Office. He entered his first mark there (G.M.H) on the 16th June 1830 and a second mark (GMH without pellets) on the 7th July 1830. For both these submissions, the address given was 126, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham.
A pair of silver bottle tickets, dated 1830, by George Melville Horton, form part of the collection in the Birmingham Assay Office.
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