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ROBERT W. STIBY Ltd.

41, 43, 45, Old Street, and, 31-33 Banner Street, London



Robert W. Stiby, Limited - London - 1921


Established 1863

Exhibitor at the British Industries Fairs of 1921 and 1922.

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WILLIAM F. RANGER

86, Queen Street, Cheapside, London



Wm. F. Ranger - London - box detail c.1928

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CHILMAN Ltd.

1/2, Bridle Lane, Brewer Street, London



Chilman Ltd. - London - 1959

Incorporating Collis & Co., S.W. Smith & Co., and C.J. Fox & Co.

Thought to be earlier styled, Banfill & Chilman Ltd. Bridle Lane, Brewer Street, London in c.1950.

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PREECE & Co.

380, Oxford Street, London



Preece & Co. - London - 1862

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OSBORNE

27, Eastcastle Street, Oxford Street, London



Osborne - London - 1921

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PAYNE & SON

31 & 32, Lowndes Street, Belgrave Square, London



Payne & Son - London - 1869


Payne & Son - London - 1872

Late Miller.

The business of William Payne went into liquidation in 1879.

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F. & M. JEWELLERY Ltd.

18, Leighton Place, Leighton Road, London



F. & M. Jewellery Ltd. - London - 1959

Users of the trade name 'CELENE'.

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WILLIAM JOHNSON, later, WILLIAM JOHNSON & SONS

14, 15, & 16, Gough Square, later, 18, Union Street, Borough, London



W. Johnson & Sons - London - 1903


William Johnson entered his mark, 'WJ' with the London Assay Office on the 17th April 1877.

William Johnson & Sons entered their marks, 'W.J&S' with the London Assay Office on the 25th April 1903 and 2nd March 1914.

The partners in the business in 1903 were Peter Thomas Johnson, William Alfred Johnson, and Arthur Frank Johnson. In 1914 it was William Alfred Johnson, and Arthur Frank Johnson.

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HARROW & SON

38, Old Bond Street and 13a, Chester Terrace, London



Harrow & Son - London - 1872

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CHARM FASHIONS

8, New Bond Street, London



Charm Fashions - London - 1959

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JOHN CUISSET

36, 38, 40, Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road, later, 3, Crown Row, Walworth Road, London


A trade card issued by the London goldsmith and jeweller, John Cuisset:



I. CUISSET,

GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLER

36, Gt. Surrey Street

Blackfriars Road

LONDON

Seals & Plate Engraved. Mourning Rings with dispatch


John Cuisset was recorded in 1835 as a wholesale jeweller at 38, Blackfriars Road, Surrey, In 1836 as a jeweller at 36, Blackfriars Road, Surrey, and from 1838 to 1846 as a silversmith and jeweller at 40, Blackfriars Road. As can be seen from the below notice, he suffered bankruptcy in 1842. He was noted as trading from 3, Crown Row, Walworth Road, Surrey in 1847 until at least 1849.

JOHN HERMAN MERIVALE, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorised to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against John Cuisset of Blackfriars-road, in the parish of Christchurch, in the county of Surrey, Jeweller, Dealer and Chapman, will sit on the 29th day of March instant, at one in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London (by adjournment from the 8th day of March instant), in order to take the Last Examination of the said bankrupt; when and where be is required to surrender himself, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects, and finish his examination and the creditors who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, and, with these who have already proved their debts, are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his certificate.

Source: The London Gazette - 18th March 1842

John Cuisset entered his mark 'I·C' contained within an oblong punch with clipped corners, with the London Assay Office on the 7th December 1843.

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BELLAMY & TARRATT

35, Cadogan Street, London



Bellamy & Tarratt - London - 1959

The business of Geoffrey Guy Bellamy and Ivan Tarratt.

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GRAY & RIPPIN

64, New Bond Street, and, 20, Brook Street, London



Gray & Rippin - London - 1872

Late R.J. Standly.

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BENNELL, KING & TITMAS - B.K.T. (Rings) Ltd.

7, Hatton Garden, London






B.K.T. (Rings) Ltd. - London - 1959

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JAMES SILVER

Hatton Garden, London


BANKRUPTS

Tuesday, January 14

JAMES SILVER, Hatton-garden, St. Andrew, Holborn, silversmith, Jan. 21 at 1, and Feb. 25 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy : Off. Ass. Pennell; Sols. Rice, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn.

Source: The Jurist - 18th January 1840

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WRIGHT & BETTESWORTH

Cranbourn Street, Leicester Fields, London


Notice is hereby given, that the partnership between Henry Wright and William Bettesworth, Cranbourn-Street, Leicester-Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Silversmiths and Pawnbrokers, was by mutual consent dissolved on the 31st day of December last - Witness our hands this 12th day of January 1810.

Henry Wright
Wm. Bettesworth

Source: The London Gazette - 9th to 13th January 1810



Partnerships Dissolved

Wright and Bettesworth, Cranborn street silversmiths.

Source: The Tradesman - March 1810


Earlier recorded as Bettesworth, Wright, and Pals, Pawnbrokers, Cranbourne-street. (Source: Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory - 1794)

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MARK MUNSON

Ardleigh, Colchester


Mark Munson specialises in the manufacture and restoration of ecclesiastical and ceremonial silverware.

He served his apprentice under Blunt & Wray, St. Johns Street, Clerkenwell, London, as from 1973.

His business was established in 1978 and he became a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1989.

An example of the maker's mark of Mark Munson:


MWM (Mark William Munson)

Mark Munson is registered with the London Assay Office.

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MELLISHIP & HARRIS

62, Baker Street, Portman Square, and, 22, Leinster Terrace, Lancaster Gate, London



Melliship & Harris - London - 1872

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R., L. & M. FRIEDLANDER

97, Hatton Garden, London and 30, Maiden Lane, New York


R., L. & M. Friedlander, 30 Maiden Lane, New York, have opened a European office at 97 Hatton Garden, London, England, where all foreign communications should be addressed. R. Friedlander, of the firm, who has been in Europe for some weeks, has made extensive purchases of diamonds and other precious stones, which the firm will offer to the trade at very reasonable prices.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1898

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STEWARD

High Street, Islington, London


On the night of the 24th of February the shop of Mr. Steward, in High Street, Islington, was broken into and plundered of 40 gold watches, 50 silver ditto, 9 gold armlets, 220 gold signet and ladies' rings, 150 gold and plated scarf pins, 150 wedding rings and keepers, 90 gold seals and keys, 20 gold necklets and chatelaines, and a quantity of gold and silver pencil cases, &c., of the value of 1000l.

Source: The Annual Register 1858 - 1859

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