H. W. BEDFORD AND CO. Limited.
Extraordinary Resolution
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company, duly convened, and held at No. 105, Regent-street, London, W., on Friday, the 19th day of July, 1907, the following Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed:-
"That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this Meeting that the Company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the Company be wound up voluntarily; and that Athelstan Dangerfield, of 56, Cannon-street, London, E.C., be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding up"
ARTHUR THOMAS BRITTON, Chairman.
Source: The London Gazette - 16th August 1907
According to 'Britten's Old Clocks & Watches and Their Makers' one Alfred Bedford (c.1868-d.1912) was the London representative of the Waltham Watch Company for thirty years. This Alfred Bedford is surely the same Alfred Bedford that registered his marks 'AB' contained within an oblong punch with clipped corners, with the London Assay Office on the 30th August 1876 and 19th September 1876 as a gold case maker of Waltham Buildings, Holborn Circus, London, and is doubtlessly to be identified with the company of H.W. Bedford Co.Ltd.
All examples of assaying noted so far for the British Watch Cases Ltd. company was performed by the Edinburgh Assay Office.
Earliest date noted for this company is 1931. The company appears to have been owned by the Leuba family. They imported Swiss movements and cased them in London. They used the trade name 'TREBEX'.
Noted as an exhibitor at the British Industries Fair of 1937.
They appear to have gone out of business in the late 1960's.
Established in 1840. The business of Thomas Hutchinson Goodfellow, Thomas Bradley Goodfellow, Samuel Alfred Goodfellow, George Goodfellow, William Goodfellow and Walter Goodfellow.
The business founded 1780's continues (2020) , proprietor dominic camerer cuss, trading as hallpikes in kensington; he is direct descendant of kuss family who came from rötenhof, farm schonenbach in black forest (in maternal line also spiegelhalter) also continues as jewellers in penzance.
Trev, by the way, hilsers ireland: you refer to phase one and two, not sure but i think at one point one of the shops (galway) may have become cromer (kromer) and then again hilser - but the proprietor was their cousin englebert berkley followed by son (carl) frederick: the cork and bandon shops stayed in the family, today its miriam hilser foley. I add two more complications - during ww1 one of the hilsers joseph i think was interned in ireland - englebert had the misfortune to be interned in germany cos he was naturalised brits.
They - these black forest ones - clocksellers originally.Two generations before engelbert berkley, frederick b was partner in c-kuss.
The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the London Bankruptcy Court.
In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Thomas Casey, of No. 19, Carlisle-terrace. Bow, in the county of Middlesex, Jeweller, out of business.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at No. 39, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, on the 24th day of May, 1873, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely.—Dated this 5th day
of May, 1873.
J. M. DOBSON, 39, Southampton-buildings, W.C., Attorney for the said Thomas Casey.
58, William Street, Albany Street, Regent's Park, London
The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the London Bankruptcy Court.
In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by John Tucker the younger, of 58, William-street, Albany street, Regent's Park, in the county of Middlesex, Silversmith.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr. J. F. Webster, 14, Furnival's-inn, Holborn, in the county of Middlesex, on the 4th day of June, 1873, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely.—Dated this 13th day of May, 1873.
JOHN FREDERICK WEBSTER, Attorney for the said Debtor.
Source: The London Gazette - 16th May 1873
To be identified with the firm of Tucker & Edwards.
An example of the work and mark of Haviland Silver:
A/HN (Anthony Haviland-Nye) - London - 2000
The business of Anthony Haviland-Nye, who was also the owner of The Silver Club (a direct silversmith to domestic customer business and an associate company to Haviland Silver), of 57, Farringdon Road, Hatton Garden, London.
