William Hutton and Family

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A fish-server by Robert Hutton, assayed at Sheffield in 1877:










RH - Sheffield - 1877

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Handsome Curling Trophy Recently Presented in Canada



One of the handsome trophies recently offered Canadian curlers is the work illustrated herewith, which was recently presented to the Manitoba Curling Association by D. R. Dingwall, Ltd., Winnipeg, for competition at the bonspeil held in Winnipeg, Feb. 8 to 18.

The trophy is of sterling silver and stands two feet in height with it's green onyx hexagon-shape base. The figure at the top represents Fame. Standing on the globe is a very fine piece of artistic modeling and is the work of T. Swaffield Brown, an artist on the staff of William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield, England, who designed and manufactured the trophy for the Dingwall house.

On the six sides of the base are attached silver panels with etchings of the Winnipeg City Hall, Fort Garry Gateway and McArthur building (in which the new Dingwall store is located), and two curling scenes. There is also an enameled coat-of- arms of the Province of Manitoba.

This cup is valued at $1,000, and it is said to be the finest as well as the most valuable cup presented for curling in the Dominion of Canada.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd May 1911

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A napkin-ring by William Hutton & Sons, assayed at Birmingham in 1923:


WH&SsLd. - Birmingham - 1923

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Sheffield, for the space of two days, has been entertaining a most intelligent and appreciative visitor, in the person of the Gaekwar of Baroda, who has been going the round of our representative industrial establishments, and such educational and artistic institutions as we possess. In Messrs. William Hutton and Sons' place, in West Street, his Highness would be able to realise something of the importance of the silver and electro-plate trade, as carried on among us. Mr. Herbert Hutton, the senior partner of the firm, conducted the party, which included the chief men of the town, over the works. The various processes of manufacture, from the casting of German-silver ingots to the finishing touches on the various articles, were inspected. Messrs. Hutton and Sons' special process in the manufacture of spoons, which, to a large extent, supersedes the old craft of spoon-filing, was examined with much interest ; so was also the process of close-plating as applied to table cutlery. The run through the works finished at the show-room, one of the finest in the town, where the Prince and Princess signed their names in the visitors' book. The cutlery firm visited was Messrs. Joseph Rodgers and Sons', and the works of Messrs. Cammell and Co. did duty for the heavy trades.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st December 1892

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Wm. Hutton & Son - Sheffield - 1862

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A brandy-warmer by William Hutton & Sons, assayed at London in 1905:




WH&SsLd. - London-1905

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A toast-rack by William Hutton & Sons, assayed at Sheffield in 1925:




WH&SsLd. - Sheffield - 1925

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Salad-servers by William Hutton & Sons, assayed at Sheffield in 1927:






WH&SsLd. - Sheffield - 1927

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One of the oldest and best known of the Sheffield plate businesses has been disposed of during the week.—Messrs. Creswick and Co., silversmiths and platers, of Sheffield and London, who received the medal for the Sheffield plated trade in the great Exhibition of 1851. Their mark—six arrows crossed—was registered in 1877, under the Trades’ Mark Registration Act, 1875, and has been used since the year 1807. In the report of the Select Committee—House of Commons—on gold and silver hall marking, 3lst July, 1878, it was stated in evidence, ‘‘I could give you the name of a first-class Sheffield house—Messrs. Creswick and Co.—who work under a distinct trade mark, ‘six arrows crossed.’ It is well known in the trade as ‘ Creswick’s Plate.’ That is the very best electro-plate you can buy.”

The trade mark has been sold for £115—a moderate figure, considering the reputation it had attained. The finished goods were about the finest I ever saw, not only in quality, but in beauty of design and adaptability of the articles for the purposes they were intended to serve.

Source: The Engineer - 8th April 1887

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Dr. Hutton, of the firm of Wm. Hutton & Sons, West Street, Sheffield, has retired from the office of President of the Sheffield Society of Applied Metallurgy after two years' distinguished service. He has done a great deal to bring the Society into its right as one of the leading societies of its kind in the city. A lot of research has been carried out, which has been of incalculable good to the silver and electro-plate trades. Prior to its formation there was no local society which dealt with the difficulties of the very old section of the Sheffield industries.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th May 1914

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Wm. Hutton and Sons, of High-street, have completed the erection of immense business premises in West-street for the more effective carrying on of their great silver and plating business.

Source: The Engineer - 20th February 1885

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HUTTON (WILLIAM) & SONS, Ltd., Manufacturing Silversmiths, Electroplaters, and Cutlers. Works: West Street, Sheffield, and Hanley Street, Birmingham. Showrooms: 7, Farringdon Road, London, E.C. Established in 1800 at Birmingham. Incorporated as a Limited Company in 1893, Directors: Colonel Elford Pearse (Chairman and Managing Director), Herbert Hutton (Managing Director), Dr. R. S. Hutton, S. C. Gibbs, Wilfred Steel, E. Butler. Specialities: All descriptions of Silver, Electro-plate, Britannia Metal and Table Cutlery Goods. Connection: United Kingdom, Foreign, Colonial. Exclusively Wholesale Trade. Telephones: No. 30 Sheffield; No. 598 Central, Birmingham; No. 6360 City (two lines), London. Telegraphic Addresses: "Hutton, Sheffield "; " Production, Birmingham "; " Silversmith, Smith, London."

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

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WM. HUTTON & SONS' REPRESENTATIVE

W. J. Grant, who visited Canada last February and March in the interests of William Hutton & Sons, will leave London about the end of August to establish a permanent agency for his firm in Montreal. It will be remembered that William Hutton & Sons were formerly represented in that city by James Hutton & Co.. but the agency lapsed some years ago upon the death of James Hutton The "Hutton" name stands for good quality in cutlery, spoons, fork's and plate, and Mr. Grant will no doubt make good on his part as soon as he has established himself in suitable showrooms.

Source: Hardware and Metal - 4th August 1906

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Messrs. William Hutton & Sons, the well-known firm of silversmiths, etc., of Sheffield, have received orders for a large portion of the Admiralty requirements in electro plate, including nearly 1,000 12-inch entree dishes and covers, 8,568 teaspoons, 1,248 cruets, etc., also 2,550 electro-plated metal-handled knives, and an order for ivory-handled knives amounting to 10,500 pieces. This is not the first time Messrs. Hutton have secured the major portion of the Admiralty orders for this class of goods.

Source: The Shipbuilder - Winter 1912

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Cutlery from Abroad to Be Scarce and High

Montreal. — In discussing the prospects for various lines of cutlery with C. Shipman, representative of William Hutton & Sons, Limited, Sheffield, Biriningham and London, Hardware and Metal was informed that the outlook is still for short supplies and high prices.

"The prospects are poor, with regard to any improvement in the situation for some time," said Mr. Shipman. "We are booked up at the present time at home, andi for export purposes 12 months ahead. The Canadian market is being treated preferentially, however, and some lines are being exported to Canada more freely than to other countries. Stainless cutlery supply is hopeless and this is booked up for twelve months ahead.

In referring to the availability of pocket and pen knives, Mr. Shipman said that these are still very scarce. The supplies have been used up right along and the manufacturers have been unable to more than undertake the execution of part of orders.

As to the price tendencies, Mr. Shipman said that as costs were still approximately 125 per cent, higher than in pre-war period, there was little probability of any lower prices being available. There is a big demand for these lines from all parts of the world, and prices will continue high and supplies scarce, in the estimation of Mr. Shipman.

Source: Hardware and Metal - 31st July 1920

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A familiar figure in Sheffield some years ago has just just passed away in the person of Mr. J. W. Burns, who, until laid aside by illness eight years ago, occupied a position in the Spoon and Fork Department of Messrs. William Hutton and Sons, West Street. Mr. Burns was one of the artisans elected to visit and report upon the Paris Exhibition some thirteen years ago, and his report upon the spoon and fork trade as carried out on the Continent was characterised by considerable ability. His employers testified to his worth by making him a weekly grant throughout the period of his long illness.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd November 1891

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At the recent Sheffield Art Crafts Exhibition, a piece of repoussé work, in the form of a shield adapted for billiard tournaments, caused much admiration. It consisted of a polished oak back, with sterling silver and electro gilded and oxidized mountings. The centre of the shield was an oxidized plaque, showing billiard players at play, with the accustomed raised seats containing a few spectators, interested more or less in the match. A plaque in the centre was set in a gilded mount, composed of oak leaves in the form of a wreath, and in bold relief at the top of the shield was a coloured ribbon and band to bear the name of the club. Round the sides of the shield were eleven sterling silver medallions to carry the names of the winners in the different tournaments. The work was designed by Mr. T. Swaffield Brown, of Messrs. William Hutton & Sons.

Source: The Builder's Journal - 2nd April 1895

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OBITURY

LIEUT. HAROLD CECIL GREENWOOD, O.B.E;, died on November 4th, 1919, in his thirty -third year. He graduated as B.Sc. in Manchester University in 1907, being placed first in the first-class honours list, and was awarded the Mercer Scholarship. In the following year he obtained the M.Sc. by research, and was elected to a Beyer Fellowship and later an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship. He continued on research with Haber at Karlsruhe (1909-10), and then at the National Physical Laboratory (1910-11). and received the degree of D.Sc. (Mane.) in 1912. His work, mainly in physical chemistry, was published in the Transactions of the Chemical Society, the Proceedings of the Royal Society, the Transactions of the Faraday Society and the Zeitsclirift fur Physikalische Chemie. In 1911 he was appointed research chemist to Messrs. William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield, with whom he remained until 1915, when he was gazetted Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., and was engaged on the erection and operation of a poison-gas plant under the Admiralty. In May, 1916, he was transferred to the Ministry of Munitions, Inventions Department, for the control of work relating to the development of the synthetic production of ammonia. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1918.

Source: The Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland-Proceedings - 1919

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William Hutton & Sons Ltd. - Sheffield - 1908

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R. S. Hutton, of Wm. Hutton & Sons, Sheffield, Eng.. has returned from a trip to the Pacific Coast and is spending a few days in Toronto before returning to England.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th April 1910

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