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ISAAC PRYOR

15, New Street, Barnsley



Isaac Pryor - Barnsley - 1900


Isaac Pryor - Barnsley - 1914

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SAMUELL TINKER

Bond Street, Leeds



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Samuell (Samuel) Tinker entered his marks with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 10th and 26th August 1824.

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J.A. VASSALI

Nicholas Street, Scarborough


MEETINGS OF CREDITORS

Re J. A. Vassali, Jeweller, Nicholas Street, Scarboro'.—In pursuance, of a circular issued by Mr. Tasker Hart, solicitor, Scarboro', a meeting of the creditors of the above was held at the "Inns of Court," London, on the 9th ult., when the statement of affairs submitted showed liabilities £2,437 8s. 11d., and the nett assets devisable amongst the unsecured creditors £626 14s. 2d. It appears that in 1888 an arrangement had been made, whereby the then creditors received 10s. in the pound, and since that time the debtor appears to have been more or less unsuccessful, and, in consequence of the holder of a bill of sale which had been given to provide the funds for the payment of the dividend under his former failure having taken possession, it was deemed necessary to convene a meeting in order that some arrangement might be made with the trade creditors. No offer of composition was, however, made to the meeting, but it was ultimately decided that the meeting should be adjourned for ten days in order to give the debtor an opportunity to make an offer of composition, and with this object Mr. G. G. Poppleton, C.A., general manager of the Wholesale Traders' Association, along with Mr. Tasker Hart, solicitor, Scarborough, were appointed to endeavour to effect some arrangement whereby the trade creditors might receive a cash composition, and to report at the adjourned meeting.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st May 1890

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OWEN & ROBINSON Ltd.

4, Lower Briggate, and 2 & 3, later, 23, Boar Lane, and 31, Upper Head Row, and 6 & 8, Duncan Street, Leeds, and Hull, later, Bond Street and 22-23, Commercial Street, Leeds.



Owen & Robinson, Limited - Leeds and Hull - 1905


Owen & Robinson, Limited - Leeds - 1907


Owen & Robinson - Leeds - 1962



Managing Director: William Owen

Established in 1839

Owen & Robinson took over the business of Thomas Kirk & Sons (Established in 1801) of Leeds and Hull in 1898.

Owen & Robinson Ltd. entered their marks, 'O&R' with the London Assay Office on the 28th February 1913.

Owen & Robinson Ltd. entered their mark, 'O&R Ltd' with the Chester Assay Office on the 6th February 1922.

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ALFRED LEA

72, Albion Street, Leeds



Alfred Lea - Leeds - 1882

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EDWIN EARNSHAW

Bradford


TRAGEDY AT BRADFORD

The Bradford coroner held an adjourned inquest on Monday on the body of Edwin Earnshaw, Jeweller, who was found on the 17th Sept. in a dying condition behind some warehouses in Broad-street. The evidence showed that deceased had been attacked, robbed, injured on the head, and thrown into a crane pit of the warehouse. The deceased, it was stated, came to Bradford for a spree and got into the company of loose women and their associates.

Source: South Wales Daily News - 8th October 1899

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Henry Lee, H. Lee & Sons

69 & 70 Charles Street, Hull

From 1892 Hull Trades and Professions by Street and by Surname.

Referenced as "Lee Henry", watchmaker at 69 & 70 Charles Street
and "Lee Henry", watchmaker & jeweller, 69 & 70 Charles Street

The photos are of retailer's marks on silver plated items. The composite image shows marks on sugar tongs and a spoon and the second photo is the base of an ern/vase.





The ern base finds "H Lee & Sons" describing themselves as "silversmiths" but the Fleur de Lis/Prince of Wales feathers, in a hand, pictorial mark is regularly found on silver plate items made by Atkin Brothers. Likewise the spoon stem carrying the "diamond" mark could well have been made by "Daniel & Arter". Note the example of the "D&A" mark with the the written diamond trademark.



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J. BANCROFT

Scarborough


DEATHS

On Friday week, at Scarborough, aged 30, Mr. J. Bancroft, watchmaker and silversmith. His mother, Mrs. Franks, died three or four weeks ago of typhus fever.

Source: The York Herald - 27th February 1830

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PEARCE & SONS - PEARCE & SONS Ltd.

13, Commercial Street, later, Bond Stret, Leeds


An example of the work and mark of Pearce & Sons:








Pe&/SONS - Sheffield - 1914


Pearce & Sons entered the above mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 24th September 1897, and as Pearce & Sons Ltd. on the 17th November 1906.

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EDWARD MACKRILL

85, Prospect Street, Hull



Edward Mackrill - Hull - 1901

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S. LEAROYD

Huddersfield


THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION

One of the most interesting stands is that of Mr. S. Learoyd, of Huddersfield (No. 221). It is situated on the right going towards the organ from the central dome, and contains specimens of almost every description of precious stone, cut and in the rough ; also a series of 24 models of the large historical and other diamonds, among which are the Stewart (288 carats), the Great Nizam (440 carats), the Star of the South (254 carats) and many others.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - 1st June 1887

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STORY & NEPHEW

5, Woolshops, later,38, Northgate, Halifax, and Dewsbury and Barrow



Story & Nephew - Halifax - 1904

An undated image of the premises of Story & Nephew:



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JOSIAH DAVID CLARK

Huddersfield


At Huddersfield, Josiah David Clark (46), a jeweller, poisoned himself with potassium cyanide because he could get no work.

Source: The Chemist and Druggist - 28th October 1905

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EDWARD SWEENEY

19, Westgate, Bradford



Edward Sweeney - Bradford - 1912

Established in 1889.

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JAMES CAPE HESELTON

Market Place, Beverley


The Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887

Heselton, James Cape, The Market Place, Beverley, watchmaker, jeweller and silversmith. Trustee. Robert Hodgson, Parliament Street, Hull, C.A. Unsecured Liabilities, £2075 0s. 5d. Estimated Net Assets, £450. Creditors fully secured, £1780. Deed of Composition dated May 31, 1889 ; filed June 4, 1889.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st July 1889

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WILLIAM LOCKWOOD

37, New Street, Huddersfield



William Lockwood - Huddersfield - 1909

The business of William Arthur Lockwood.

Established in 1846.

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=52971&p=169757&hilit=lockwood#p169757

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JEFFERSON BROS.

68, Low Street, Keighley


Bankruptcy Record

Jefferson, John Edwin, and William Jefferson (trading as Jefferson Bros.), 68, Low-street, Keighley; watchmakers and jewelers. Receiving Order: June 4.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st July 1891

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ARENSBERGS'

32, Ivegate, Bradford



Arensbergs' - Bradford - 1957

Established in 1860.

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W.H. COPP

6, Old Market, Northgate, Halifax


Mr. W.H. Copp, one of Halifax's old-established and well-known jewellers and watchmakers, is the new president of the Halifax Chamber of Trade, which he joined 25 years ago, and of which he has been, since 1958, an executive member.

Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1962

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MURGATROYD & HORSFALL

57, Commercial Street, later, 4, Corn Market, Halifax



Murgatroyd & Horsfall - Halifax - 1916


Murgatroyd & Horsfall - Halifax - 1936


HALIFAX - The Tramways Committee has accepted the tender of Messrs. Murgatroyd & Horsfall, jewellers, to supply and fix in Commercial Street an electric master clock, at £4 10s.; and to supply and fix at Union Street, Cow Green, and Waterhouse Street, receiver clocks at £3 3s. each.

Source: The Electrical Review - 8th September 1911


Notice is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, Frederick William Murgatroyd and Ernest Horsfall, carrying on business as Jewellers and Silversmiths, at 4, Corn Market, Halifax, in the county of York, under the style or firm of MURGATROYD & HORSFALL, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the 1st day of April, 1935. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Frederick William Murgatroyd, who will continue the said business under the style or firm of Murgatroyd & Horsfall.—Dated the first day of April, 1935.
FREDERICK WILLIAM MURGATROYD.
ERNEST HORSFALL.

Source: The London Gazette - 5th April 1935

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