Antique Box Guide

Directory of English silversmiths associated with antique dressing cases. These listings have been kept specific to the Regency, late Georgian, William IV and Victorian era’s.

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A

 

Charles Asprey & Son – Charles Asprey & Sons – C & G. E Asprey – Asprey & Co (Charles Asprey I, II, III and George Edward Asprey): 166 Bond Street, London – 22 Albemarle Street, London. Factory: 8 Sherwood Street, Golden Square, London.
Business established: 1781. Charles Asprey established: 1847.
See our section on Asprey.

 

B

 

James Beebe: 30 & 65 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London – 26 Wilderness Row, London.
Business established: c.1811 – 1847.

George Betjemann & Sons (George Betjemann, George William Betjemann, John Betjemann, John George Betjemann, Ernest Edward Betjemann): 6 & 7 Upper Ashby Street, Clerkenwell, London – 36, 38, 40 Pentonville Road, London.
George Betjemann established: 1851. George Betjemann & Sons established: 1859 – 1939.
See our section on Betjemann & Sons.

George Brace (George Brace, George Thomas Brace, William Henry Brace): 70 St John Street Road, Clerkenwell, London (address changed to 152 St John Street).
Business established: c.1855.

Bracher & Sydenham (Reuben Bracher and Joseph Edward Sydenham): 55, 56, 57, 58 Minster Street, Reading.
Established c.1790.

Brownett & Rose – Abraham Brownett – Jane Brownett – Brownett & Jones – Brownett & Co (Abraham Brownett, John Rose, Jane Brownett, Alexander Jones, George Robert Weir): 1 Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, London. See listing for Harris & Brownett.
Brownett & Rose established: 1858 – 1863. Abraham Brownett established: 1863 – 1867. Jane Brownett established: 1868 – 1876. Brownett & Jones established: 1876 -1883. Brownett & Co established: 1884 – 1897. George Robert Weir established: 1897 – 1901.

Charles Bull: 10 New Court, Farringdon Street, London.

 

D

 

H. W & L. Dee – Dee & Fargues – Thomas William Dee – Thomas William Dee & Son/s (Thomas William Dee, John Fargues, Henry William Dee, Louis Dee  : 8 Sherrard (changed to Sherwood) Street, Golden Square, London.
Business established: c.1827. H. W & L. Dee established: 1867 -1884.

Thomas Diller: 1 Richmond Buildings, 80 Dean Street, Soho, London.
Business established c.1828.

Douglas (John Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Frances Douglas, Samuel Douglas): 14 West Street, London – 37 Penton Place, Pentonville Road, London – 52 & 57 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London – 13 St. James’s Walk, Clerkenwell, London – 10 Widerness Row, Chelsea, London.
John Douglas established: 1804. Archibald Douglas established: 1821. Frances Douglas established: 1837.

Archibald John Douglas: 19 Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell, London – 13 St. James’s Street, Clerkenwell, London – 48 Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London.
Business established: c.1864

 

G

 

Garrard – R. J & S Garrard, R. Garrard & Brothers, R & S Garrard (Robert Garrard I, James Garrard, Robert Garrard II and Sebastian Garrard): 29 – 32 Panton Street, London – 25 Haymarket, London.
Business established: 1802 – Present.

 

H

 

Hall & Co – Hatfield & Hall (John Hall, John Clapham, William Henry Hall, John Hall Jr): 56 & 68 King Street, Manchester.
Business established: 1830.

C. F. Hancock – Hancock, Son & Co. – Hancocks & Co. (Charles Frederick Hancock, Mortimer Hancock, Horatio Stewart, Henry John Dore and Charles Frederick Hancock Jr): 38 & 39 Bruton Street, London – 152 New Bond Street, London.
Business established: 1849 – Present.
See our section on Hancock.

Harris & Brownett – Harris, Brownett & Rose (John Harris, Abraham Brownett, John Rose: 1 Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, London. See listing for Brownett.
Harris & Brownett established: 1851. Harris, Brownett & Rose established: 1853 – 1858.

Hunt & Roskell (John Samuel Hunt, John Hunt, Alan Roskell, Robert Roskell and Charles Frederick Hancock): 156 New Bond Street, London. Manufactory: 26 Harrison Street, Clerkenwell, London.
Business established: 1843 – 1897.

 

I

 

Ingleton & Co (Thomas Ingleton): 31 & 32 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London – 63 Northampton Road, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London.
Business established: c.1879.

John James Ivings: 1 Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, London.
Business established: 1851.

J

 

Jenner & Knewstub (Frederick Jenner, Fabian Knewstub and Charles Louis Faber): 33 St James’s Street, London – 66 Jermyn Street, London.
Business established: c.1855 – 1889.
See our section on Jenner & Knewstub.

Thomas Johnson – Thomas Johnson & Sons – Johnson, Sons & Edmonds (Thomas Johnson, Frederick Edmonds, Thomas George Johnson and Edward James Winter Johnson): 10 Dyers Buildings, Holborn, London – 32 John Street, Bedford Row, London.
Business established: c.1850 – 1898 (transferred to Mordan & Co Ltd).

 

K

 

George Knight: Westmoreland Buildings, Aldersgate Street, London.

 

L

 

Leuchars (James Leuchars, Lucy Leuchars, William Leuchars and William Leuchars Jr): 38, 39, 47 Piccadilly, London – 2 Rue de la Paix, Paris. Factory: 31 Gerrard Street, Soho, London – 8 Sherwood Street, Golden Square, London.
Business established: 1794 – 1902 (Acquired by Asprey in 1888).
See our section on Leuchars.

Louis Augustus Leins: 4 Ave Maria Lane, London – 43 & 44 Holborn Viaduct, London.
Business established: 1887 – 1919.

 

M

 

Mappin Brothers (Frederick Thorpe Mappin, Edward Mappin, Joseph Charles Mappin, John Newton Mappin, Charles Hickson and Frederick Crockford): 220 & 222 Regent Street, London – 66 Cheapside, London – 67 & 68 King William Street, London – 35 St Paul’s Churchyard, London. Manufactory: Queen’s Works, Sheffield – 406 Euston Road, London.
Business established: c.1846 – 1902 (Absorbed into Mappin & Webb).

Mappin & Webb – Mappin & Co – Mappin & Webb Ltd (John Newton Mappin, George Webb and Herbert Joseph Mappin): 77, 78, 158 – 162 Oxford Street, London – 18 – 22 Poultry, London – Rue de L’Ecuyer, Brussels – 17 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris – 71 & 72 Cornhill, London – 2 & 4 Queen Victoria Street, London – Mansion House Buildings, London. Manufactory: Royal Works, Norfolk Street, Sheffield – Winsley Works, 1 & 2 Winsley Street, Oxford Street, London.
Business established: 1859.

S. Mordan & Co. (Sampson Mordan, Sampson Mordan Jr, Augustus Mordan, Edmund George Johnson, Zachariah Watkins, Harry Lambert Symonds, Horace Stewart and James Pulley): 22 Castle Street, City Road, London – 50 (renumbered to 72) Cheapside, London – 41 & 43 City Road, London – 9 & 11 Warwick Street, London.
Business established: 1822 – 1898. S. Mordan & Co Ltd established: 1898 – 1941.
See our section on Sampson Mordan & Co.

 

N

 

William Neal – W & G Neal (William Neal and George Neal): 41 Clerkenwell Close, London – 31 Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell, London – 34 – 36 Skinner Street, London.
Business established: c.1830 – c.1880.

 

O

 

Ollivant & Botsford – Ollivant & Botsford Goldsmiths & Co (Thomas Whittenbury Ollivant, John Josiah Ollivant and John William Botsford): 2 Exchange Street, Manchester – 12 & 14 St Ann’s Street, Manchester.
Business established: c.1855.

 

P

 

Pittway Brothers (John Pittway and William Pittway): 4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London – 25 Hatton Garden, London.
Originally established: 1784. John Pittway and William Pittway established: c.1831 – 1861.

 

R

 

Rawlins & Summers (Charles Rawlins, William Summers and Henry Summers): 12 Well Street, Cripplegate, London – 9 Brooke Street, Holborn, London – 10 Great Marlborough Street, Regents Street, London.
Charles Rawlins established: c.1817. Rawlins & Summers established: c.1829 – 1897.

George Reid: 32 Rose Lane, Spitalfields, London – 22 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London – 18 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London.
Business established: c.1811.

Reily & Storer (Charles Reily and George Storer: 6 Carey Lane, London – 3 Lovel’s Court, Paternoster Row, London.
Charles Reily established: 1826. Reily & Storer established: 1829.

 

S

 

A. B. Savory (Adey Bellamy Savory, Joseph Savory, Albert Savory, Joseph Savory Jr, Albert Savory Jr, Horace Savory, Ethelbert Savory): 11, 12,14, 19, 46, 54 Cornhill, London. Manufactory at 5 Finsbury Place, London – 18 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London.
Business established 1812 – 1893.

Paul Storr – Rundell, Bridge & Rundell – Storr & Mortimer (Paul Storr, Philip Rundell, John Bridge, Edmund Walter Rundell, John Mortimer): 20 Air Street, London – 53 & 54 (address changed to 75 & 76) Dean Street, London – 17 Harrison Street, Grays Inn Road, London – 13 & 156 Bond Street, London.
Business established: 1793 – 1838 (Storr & Mortimer established 1822 – 1838).

 

T

 

John Teare: 80 Crown Court, Tudor Street, Blackfriars, London.

Thornhill & Co – Walter Thornhill & Co (John James Thornhill, Walter Thornhill, Hubert Thornhill, Albert Barker): 144 & 145 New Bond Street, London – 42 Cornhill, London.
Business established: 1823. Walter Thornhill established: c.1848 – 1905 (continued trading until 1912).
See our section on Thornhill.

William Tween: 16 & 18 Old Street, London – 34 Hatton Garden, London.

William Tween and Frederick Purnell: 4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London – 25 Hatton Garden, London.
Business established: 1861.

 

V

 

James Vickery: 4 Woodbridge Street, Clerkenwell, London – 20 King Square, Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London – 11 Lavers Road, Stoke Newington, London.
Business established: c.1852 – c.1900.

 

W

 

Walker & Hall (George Walker, Henry Hall, John Edward Bingham and Charles Henry Bingham): 9, 11, 13, 15 Howard Street to 18 Eyre Street, Sheffield.
Business established: 1845.

Thomas Whitehouse: 9 Wellington Street, Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London – 12 Smith Street, Northampton Square, London.
Business established: 1848 – c.1898.

Thomas Wimbush – Wimbush & Hyde (Thomas Wimbush and Henry Hyde): 166 Regent Street, London – 33 Newington Crescent, London – 1 Penton Place, Clerkenwell, London.

Wright & Davies (William Thomas Wright, William Frederick Wright and Frederick Davies): 142a, 145, 151 & 370 Oxford Street, London.
Business established: c.1864.