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GEORGE HENRY JAMES & Co.

11, Newgate Street, later, 10, Paternoster Buildings, Newgate Street, later, 48, Old Bailey and 31-31, Kirby Street, London



G.H. James & Co. - London - 1903


Noted as exhibitors at the British Industries Fair of 1915.

The firm entered their marks, 'GHJ', 'G·H·J', and 'GHJ&Co' with the London Assay Office.

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H.W. BEDFORD & Co.Ltd.

67, Regent Street, London



H.W. Bedford - London - Sales box detail



H.W. Bedford - London - 1887


Henry W. Bedford - London - 1902


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.

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BRITISH WATCH CASES Ltd.

Trebex House, 236-240 Pentonville Road, London



British Watch Cases Ltd - London - 1946


British Watch Cases Ltd - London - 1959



B.W.C. - Edinburgh - 1961



B.W.C. - Edinburgh - 1963

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.

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DAVID BARKER & Co.

Arcade House, Old Bond Street, London


David Barker & Co. - London - 1925

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JOSEPH FRANKEL'S SONS

19 & 20, Holborn Viaduct, London and 68, Nassau Street, New York



Joseph Frankel's Sons - London - 1901

The London branch is probably most famous for its acquisition of the Hope Diamond in 1901.

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I.W. & F.B. THOMAS & Co.

153, New Bond Street, London



Thomas's - London - 1854

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=30091&p=170535&hil ... 7s#p170535

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LAWRENE SEDER & Co. Ltd.

92, Regent Street, London


Lawrence Seder & Co. Ltd.- London - 1956

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BENTLEY & Co.

65, New Bond Street, London



Bentley & Co. - London - 1937

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WEST END JEWELLERY Co.

New Bond Street, London


West End Jewellery Co. - London - 1925

'SEYLON'

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T. GOODFELLOW & SONS

29, Hatton Garden, London



T. Goodfellow & Sons - London - 1873

Established in 1840. The business of Thomas Hutchinson Goodfellow, Thomas Bradley Goodfellow, Samuel Alfred Goodfellow, George Goodfellow, William Goodfellow and Walter Goodfellow.

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RIPPON AND BURTON

12, Wells Street, Oxford Street, London



Rippon and Burton - London - 1844


Rippon and Burton - London - 1844

This would the continuation of the business of I.J. Rippon, see: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=30091&p=113779&hil ... on#p113779

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Re: camerer kuss.

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.

Many thanks for the further information, it is most useful.

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SAGA PEARLS

8, Sloane Street, London


Saga Pearls - London - 1925

Under direction of J.H. Levey, late of Tecla, Bond Street.

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H.H. PLANTE

12, Bury Street, St. James's, London


An example of the work and mark of Henry Hodson Plante, a one-pint tankard, assayed at London in 1925:






H·H·P - London - 1925

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THOMAS CASEY

19, Carlisle Terrace, Fairfield Road, Bow, 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 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.

Source: The London Gazette - 16th May 1873

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JOHN TUCKER

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.

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HAVILAND SILVER

11, Biddulph Road, Maida Vale, London


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.

Anthony Haviland-Nye died in 2017.

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ALSTONS & HALLAM

69, Cornhill, London


Alstons and Hallam - London - 1919

The firm entered their marks, 'A&H' and 'As&Hm', with the London Assay Office. They were in business until at least 1957.

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STUDD & MILLINGTON

15, Conduit Street, London


Studd & Millington - London - 1915

Primarily a military and civilian tailor, the company were also a noted supplier of accoutrements.

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