Some Sheffield Advertisements and Information

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EBENEZER RHODES & Co.

10, Wicker, Sheffield



E. Rhodes & Co. - Sheffield - 1828


E. Rhodes & Co. - Sheffield - 1828


E. Rhodes & Co. - Sheffield - 1828


E. Rhodes & Co. - Sheffield - 1828

Ebenezer Rhodes entered his mark 'E·R' with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 15th December 1791.



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WILLIAM SKIDMORE

Enema Works, Cemetery Road and Pearl Street, Sheffield


William Skidmore - Sheffield - 1878

William Skidmore entered his mark 'WS' contained within an oval punch, with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 10th January 1861.



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NORFOLK FLATWARE Co.Ltd.

92, Harwood Street, Sheffield


Mr. Arthur B. Martin and Mr. George Revill, both of whom have been with Messrs. Mappin & Webb, Ltd., Sheffield, for close upon thirty years, have resigned in order to acquire the old-established business of Henry Stratford, Ltd., of 92, Harwood Street, Sheffield. A new company has been registered as the Norfolk Flatware Co., Ltd., which will undertake the production of spoons, forks, flatware, table and pocket cutlery at the Harwood Street works.

Source: Engineering Production - 12th October 1922

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JOSEPH ELLIOT & SONS

4, Hollis Croft, Sheffield


An advertisement from Joseph Elliot & Sons Canadian distributors, H.S. Howland, Sons & Co.:


H.S. Howland, Sons & Co. - Toronto - 1910


Joseph Elliot & Sons entered their mark, 'J.E' above '&S' contained within a heraldic shield, with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 16th September 1898:



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RAWSON BROTHERS

Globe Works, 19-21, Carver Street, Sheffield


An example of the work and mark of Rawson Brothers:














Rawson Brothers - Sheffield - 1922

COCK KNIFE


......established in 1870 by P. Rawson and J. Burgon, and in that year a corporate mark was assigned to them by the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield, which consisted of a device of an upright cross, with a wing on either side, all mounted on a fillet. In 1872 H. Rawson entered the firm in place of J. Burgon, who retired, and from that time the firm was styled 'Rawson Brothers.' In 1876 they applied, under the Act of 1875, for the registration of the corporate mark as their trade mark in class 12, and in due course the registration was completed.

Source: The Law Journal Reports - 1891


Messrs. Rawson Brothers, cutlery manufacturers, Sheffield, have been awarded a diploma of honour at the Jamaica Exhibition, which has just closed. The firm's agents write that the diploma ranks higher than a gold medal, and that the exhibit was very much admired. A retired Sheffield merchant, who recently visited the Exhibition, has written, “Yours is the only exhibit of cutlery and tools from Sheffield. It looks exceedingly well, and does you great credit." Quite a number of German, French, and American cutlery manufacturers are exhibitors.

Source: The Engineer - 26th June 1891


The late J. H. Rawson.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. James Harvey Rawson, of 11, Crescent Road, Sharrow, Sheffield, and a member of the firm of Rawson Brothers, cutlery manufacturers, Carver Street. When photography was in its infancy, he and a few others started the Sheffield Photographic Society, of which for some years he was president.

Source: British Journal of Photography - 24th August 1906


RAWSON BROTHERS, Cutlery and Electro Plate Manufacturers, Globe Cutlery Works, 19 and 21, Carver Street, Sheffield. Hours of Business: 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, close at 2 p.m. Established in 1848. Present Principal: James Kinder. Staff: About 150. Specialities: High Class Cutlery and Electro Plate. Connection: United Kingdom, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and South America. Telephone: No. 1866 Sheffield. Telegraphic Address: " Noswar, Sheffield," Code: A B C. Bankers: Sheffield and Hallamshire Bank, Ltd.

Source: Whitaker's Red Book of Commerce or Who's Who in Business - 1914

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FREDERICK REYNOLDS

Providence Works, Monmouth Lane, 58½, Gell Street, Sheffield



S.R. Droescher - New York - 1899


E.F. Walter & Co. - Montreal - 1905

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FRANK WOOD

Helm Works, 57, Arundel Street, Sheffield



Frank Wood Limited - Sheffield - 1922


Frank Wood entered his mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 5th October 1894.


FW

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JOHN WATSON & SON

Burgess Street, Sheffield









I·W


I·W


John Watson & Son entered their mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 17th June 1822.

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JOHN YEOMANS COWLISHAW

8½, Market Street and 42, Norfolk Street, later, Sheffield Pearl Works, 6, Baker's Hill, and 89, Arundel Street, Sheffield



John Y. Cowlishaw - Sheffield - 1871


Some examples of the work and marks of John Yeomans Cowlishaw:










J.Y.C - Sheffield - 1928









J.Y.C - Sheffield - 1908









J.Y.C - Sheffield - 1924


Platers' mark:






Some notes on John Yeomans Cowlishaw:

He entered his mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 4th May 1854.



Born on the 7th May 1829, in Sheffield and died on the 23rd January 1895, at Rotherham, Yorkshire.

John's uncle on his mother's side, was John Newton Mappin (co-founder of Mappin & Webb), and he is known to have served his apprenticeship in the cutlery trade. He was married on the 24th August 1853, at St. John Church Broughton, Salford, Manchester, to Sarah Briddon, (b.11th December 1828 in Manchester - died 16th November 1893, in Sheffield).

His private residence in 1866 was noted as: Leavy Greave, Glossop Road, Sheffield.

John Yeomans Cowlishaw committed suicide on the 23rd January 1895. The verdict of coroner's jury was "Suicide while temporarily insane".

His residence at the time of his death was noted as: Tapton Cliffe, Fulwood Road, Sheffield

John Yeomans Cowlishaw was on the board of The Sheffield & Hallamshire Bank from 1873 up to the time of his death.

Abraham Lincoln carried a penknife made by John Yeomans Cowlishaw. See:
http://www.lincolncollection.org/collec ... pen-knife/


JOHN YEOMANS COWLISHAW Deceased Pursuant to the Act 22 and 23 Vict. cap. 35 intitulsd "An Act to further amend the Law of, Property and to relieve Trustees."

Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having claims or demands upon or against the estate of John Yeomans Cowlishaw late of Tapton Cliffe, Fulwood-road in the city of Sheffield Pearl Merchant and Electro Plater (who died on the 23rd day of January 1895 and whose will was proved in the District Probate Registry of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Wakefield on the 10th September 1895 by John Edward Cowlishaw and Frederick Cowlishaw the executors therein named, are hereby required to send to the undersigned Broomhead Wightman and Moore on behalf of the executors on or before the 25th March 1896 particulars of such claims and demands at the expiration of which time the executors will distribute the assets of the testator among the parties entitled thereto having regard to the debts and claims only of which they shall then have notice and the executors will in not be liable for the assets so distributed to any person of whose claim or demand they shall not have had notice at the time of such distribution. And all persons indebted to the estate of the said John Yeomans Cowlishaw are hereby required to pay the amount of their debts to the said Broomhead Wightman and Moore.— Dated this 23rd day of January 1896.

BROOMHEAD WIGHTMAN and MOORE Bankchambers George-street Sheffield Solicitors to the Executors.

Source: The London Gazette - 28th January 1896

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COWLISHAW & Co.

89, Arundel Street, Sheffield


Cowlishaw & Co. were presumably the continuation of of the business of John Yeomans Cowlishaw (see above post).



Cowlishaw & Co. entered the above mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 13th March 1897.

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WILLIAM BROWN

62, High Street, Sheffield



William Brown - Sheffield - 1864


BANKRUPTCY

Re William Brown, Sheffield.—At the London Bankruptcy Court, on October 17th, before Mr. W. J. Clegg, the Official Receiver for Sheffield, the first Meeting of Creditors was held under the failure of Henry John Brown and Edward Francis Brown, jeweller, of 62, High Street, Sheffield, trading in partnership together under the style of " William Brown." The receiving order was made on the 13th of September last, and the accounts filed showed the following figures :—Creditors unsecured, £5,900 11s. 5d.; creditors fully secured, £154 10s. (the estimated value of securities being £201); creditors partly secured £264 6s. (value of securities, £242 8s.); and preferential creditors, £44 5s. 8d. The estimated assets are as follows :—Cash, £47 ; stock, £3,700 11s. 2d.; machinery, £150; furniture, £5; cash in the hands of Messrs. Griffiths and others, £56 4s.; book-debts, good, £265 10s.; book-debts, bad and doubtful, £299 14s. Id., estimated to produce £10; estimated surplus of securities in hands of secured creditors, £46 10s.; making total assets, after deducting preferential debts, £4,236 10s. 2d.; leaving a deficiency of £1,685 19s. 3d. After the proofs had been taken.

The Chairman said that it appeared that the bankrupts began business in 1881, and from the statement made on the 30th November of that year it appeared that they then had a capital of £2,526 13s. Id. They had kept a day book, a ledger, and cash book, but the latter had not been balanced to date. The bankrupts stated that they took stock and made balance-sheets from 1881 to 1884 and he (the Chairman) had those of 1881 and 1883. From the former of those statements it appeared that the capital was £2,526 13s. Id., the profit made during that year being £613 10s. The balance-sheet of 1883, however, showed that the capital had been diminished by £1,301, it being then stated to amount only to £1,225, while the amount of profit made during the year was only £123. He believed that a statement was made, or was commenced, at the end of 1884, but he had not got a copy of that account, and after that date no statement appeared to have been taken. Although the receiving order was made six weeks ago the statement of affairs was not delivered by the bankrupts till Monday last, not in sufficient time to enable him to prepare a summary of the statement, as was usually done, and therefore the summary was not given till to-day. The junior partner had stated that after 1884 the senior partner had objected to stock being taken, and therefore no balance-sheet was taken till July last, when a statement was submitted to a private meeting of creditors, and that statement would be in the mind of the creditors. It would be seen that the figures did not altogether agree with the statement now produced, but that might be explained by the fact that the former statement was made with the object of offering a composition to the creditors, and it was to the bankrupts' interest to make the assets appear as small as possible. No deficiency account had been prepared by the bankrupts, but from what he (the chairman) could see from the statement, it would appear that it arose from the excessive drawings of the partners, for notwithstanding the small amount of profit that had been made, it appeared that from January, 1881, to June, 1888, Mr. Henry Brown had drawn £3,082, and Mr. Edward Brown £2,350. making an average for the former of £410, and for the latter £314 a year. Looking at the fact that the deficiency now was £1,685, it would seem that had the partners not drawn so heavily, that deficiency would not have arisen. As to the causes of their failure, the bankrupts did not seem to agree; Edward stating that it was caused through the falling off of trade, to his partner taking more money out of the concern than the business would stand, and to his taking stock to pay his private accounts; whereas Henry accounted for it by general depression in trade, owing to jewellery being out of fashion, and he denied that he took more money out of the business than his partner, or that he took any stock to pay his debts. With regard to the trading he could not help believing that ever since 1884 the bankrupts had been trading in a state of insolvency. In that year they might have been able to pay their creditors in full, but after that they could scarcely have done so. He did not say that the bankrupts knew it then, but he thought they would have done had they looked into their affairs. The fact of their being in a state of insolvency was evidenced by the fact that they had had accommodation bill transactions for some time past, and they had been in the habit of raising money by pledging goods with pawnbrokers. Both of those circumstances seemed to him to point very strongly to the fact that they were insolvent. He believed he had placed before the creditors all the facts that he had been able to elicit during the short time he had had at his disposal since the tiling of the statement, and it now remained for the creditors to appoint a trustee to investigate and wind up the estate. He had, in the interest of the estate, appointed an interim receiver to carry on the business to enable it to be sold as a going concern if possible, and he should require the approval of the meeting of that appointment.

Mr. Jacobs, of Birmingham, said that the matter would require very careful investigation. In the early part of this year the creditors believed that there was £6,000 or £7,000 worth of stock in the premises, and they were anxious to know where it had gone. He should propose that Mr. Poppleton, chartered accountant, of Birmingham, be appointed trustee to act with a committee of inspection.

After a short discussion, Mr. Poppleton was then appointed trustee, with the following gentlemen as a committee of inspection :—Mr. Brierly and
Mr. Holmes, of Sheffield; Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Jacobs, of Birmingham; and Mr. Troup, of London.

The meeting was well attended, several legal gentlemen appearing in various interests.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st November 1888


The report of the proceedings in the matter of William Brown, watchmaker and jeweller, of High Street, is melancholy reading. As an instance of the vicissitudes through which old-established businesses sometimes pass, it is, however, not singular. Establishments built up by the energy and business tact of one generation, sadly, too often, go to ruin through the lack of these qualities in a succeeding one. Some few years ago, in consequence of a judicious system of advertising, nobody within 70 miles of Sheffield was allowed to forget that William Brown's watches were the best that could be had. In course of time another Brown made his appearance lower down the street, and it is quite possible that a few careless Yorkshire and Derbyshire farmers got to the wrong shop. This, however, can scarcely have had much to do with the collapse. Shopkeepers of all sorts have passed through trying times of late years and only the strongest have passed through the ordeal in safety. Had old William Brown lived things might have been different, but he didn't, and—things are as they are.

Although, however, the young Browns have come to grief, the business itself is evidently not going to die. Under the title of the Sheffield Goldsmiths' Company, the controlling spirit of which is Mr. F. H. Kilver. so well known in connection with the old firm, it has moved higher up the street to the corner of York Street. There is understood to be money at the back of the venture, and that being so there is no earthly reason why it should not succeed. The new premises were opened for the first time on Saturday, the 2nd of March, when the tastefully set out windows, lit up at night by a brilliant display of incandescent lamps, attracted a large crowd.

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

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W.S. SAVAGE & Co.

Standard Works, 173, Pond Street, Sheffield


An example of the work and mark of W.S. Savage & Co.:










WSS - Sheffield - 1907


W.S. Savage & Co. registered their mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 31st July 1894.



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CHRISTOPHER PERRY

Globe Steel Works, Alma Street, Sheffield





Christopher Perry is the son of Peter Perry of the Sheffield silversmiths, Perry Glossop and Co.

Christopher Perry gained his degree in metalwork and jewellery at Sheffield Hallam University and completed his Master of Arts degree in silversmithing at the Birmingham School of Jewellery.

He has worked alongside silversmiths Brian Asquith, David Mason, Howard Fenn and Alfred Pain

He manufactured the 2008 St Leger Classic Horse Racing Trophy and the 18ct gold Chain of Office for the Rotary Club of Edinburgh.

Christopher Perry is registered with the Sheffield Assay Office.




CP - Sheffield - 2013

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ISADOR APPLETREE

38, Fitzwilliam Street, and 29, Cavendish Street, Sheffield


Bills of Sale

Appletree, Isador, 38, Fitzwilliam Street, and Workshop at back of 29, Cavendish Street, Sheffield, Manufacturer of Electro-plate Ware, &c. May 30. £113, &c. Given to Samson Levi.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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JOSEPH COWBURN

57, Bridge Street, Sheffield


Bills of Sale

Cowburn, Joseph, 57, Bridge Street, Sheffield. Silversmith. June 13. £6 15s. , &c. Given to William Ashby.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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PETER MAKIN

86, Napier Street, Cemetery Road, Sheffield


Bills of Sale

Makin, Peter, 86, Napier Street, Cemetery Road, Sheffield, Silversmith. June 18. £8, etc. Given to Joseph Cooke.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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JOHN SHAW

182, Victoria Road, Heeley, Sheffield


Bills of Sale

Shaw. John, 182, Victoria Road, Heeley, Sheffield, Silversmith. June 24. £14 5s., &c. Given to Samson Levi.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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ALFRED WILLIAMS

41, Eyre Lane, Sheffield



Alfred Williams - Sheffield - 1914


Alfred Williams - Sheffield - 1914

Users of the trade names: 'PEN BRAND' and 'ERBO'.

The trade name 'EBRO' was used by Joseph Wostenholm & Sons of Sheffield as from the 1860’s.

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CECIL A. COOMBE

Gatefield Works, Sheffield



Cecil A. Coombe - Sheffield - 1914

'DESIDERATUM' soup plates.

Noted as an exhibitor at the International Cookery & Food Exhibition, London, 1885.


The Sheffield Plate Manufacturing Company has been formed to purchase the Gatefield Works, Sheffield, and to carry on the business of electro-plate and Britannia metal manufacturers thereat. The capital is £10,000, in £10 shares. The promoters (who have taken one share each) are all of Sheffield, viz., W. Ryland, A. Burniston, H. Howe, W. Horrell, S. Smith, E. Cadman, and C. A. Combe. The directing qualification is the holding of ten shares.

Source: The Furniture Gazette - 27th May 1882


A very novel idea has been formulated by Mr. Cecil A. Coombe, of Sheffield, in relation to the milling trade, and he has obtained nine months‘ protection under the Patent Act for the idea. Roughly sketched. it is to fix between deals on board certain steamships now lying idle in different ports, milling or crushing machines. to be used on voyage for the purpose of reducing wheat, Indian corn, or other cereals, to flour, meal, and the like; also extracting their natural oils from certain nuts and other products of foreign countries ; so that, on reaching home, what was shipped in India, for example, as wheat, is delivered in Liverpool as flour at a considerably lower rate of production than the miller on land here, with heavy rates and taxes and other serious expenses, can possibly hand it on to the grocers and other distributors. In the case of sailing vessels Mr. Coombe proposes to use a turbine or similar motor underneath or at the side of the vessel by special arrangements, whereby the course or speed of the vessel is not interfered with; but the impetus created by the passage of the vessel through the water is utilised to drive the machines fixed, in the same manner as that described under “steamships.” Of course, it is easy to see that this invention. if carried out, would revolutionize the present system of production.

Source: The Implement & Machinery Review - 1st January 1886

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J.T. HENRY, later, J.T. HENRY'S EXECUTORS

Howard Lane, later, Lincoln Electro-Plate Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield



J.T. Henry - Sheffield - 1864


J.T. Henry - Sheffield - 1864


J.T. Henry's Executors - Sheffield - 1871


J.T. Henry's Executor - Sheffield - 1879

Late Stacy, Henry & Horton.

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