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After a lifetime of working with industrial copper and copper alloys, Vin Callcut is writing a useful book on an entirely different subject - domestic copper and brass! It aims to cover items made mostly during the period 1851-1951, after that covered by most of the books on   antiques that mostly range up to about 1850.

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'Collecting Domestic Copper and Brass'

The book is being written to cover collectible copper and brass  that is available now within a moderate budget.  This is a list of most of the makers of domestic copper and brass products so far covered together with hot links to their details.    

 

1952 - 2009  Fifty-seven Years of Working with Copper!

 

 

 

List of Makers below with links to main 'Oldcopper' pages

 

 

Developing Pages

Ankhs & Orbs

Beldray

Benham

WAS Benson

Birmingham Brass

Birmingham Guild

Bradley and Hubbard

Bristol Brass

James Cartland & Co

Croft & Assinder

Elkington & Co.

Elpec

Festival of Britain

Guernsey & Jersey Jugs

Kinco Brassware

KSIA

Loveridge

Makers Marks

May & Padmore

Newlyn

Peerage

J & F Poole Hayle Copper

Rhodesian Copper

Roycroft

Sankey

William Soutter & Sons Co.  (Soutterware)

William Tonks & Sons

Townshend & Co

Virginia Metalcrafters

WMF

Wolverhampton

 

 
 
 

 

 

   
     

Air Mail American mark.

 

Marks A-B 

R G Agnew, Guernsey. 

 

 

AFC (Co?).

 

 

Adie Bros,  Adie Manufacturing Co

 

 

Aladdin International

Aladdin Lamps

 

Albion - see Rippingills

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Alderson & Gyde Ltd.

 

 

E A Allen and Co. Birmingham.

 

 

Ethan Allen, USA.

 

Marks A-B

AM.

 

 

A M & Sons.

 

 

Anaconda American Brass Co Anaconda  

Anacortes Brass

 

 

Anderson & Sons, Glasgow

 

 

Ansonia Brass Co   

Ansonia

 

AR  (or AP?) -see under . 

 

 

Army and Navy Stores.

 

Marks A-B

Artingam and Smith

 

 

Askew, Nottingham

Nottingham Tankards

 

Aston Brass & Engineering Co. (Valor)

Valor

 

Aston Chain and Hook Co. Ltd.,

 

 

Atlanta Copper

 

 

Atlas Metal Spinning.

 

 

W T Avery & Co.

 

 

Avon Coppersmith

 

 

 

 

 

Bachman, E W 

 

Marks A-B 

‘B’ unknown mark.

 

 

Bailey Gill - see Leslie & Co.

 

 

Bailey & Mackay

 

 

Baldwin Brass

 

 

Banks Brownsey. 

 

 

Bancroft Brothers,

 

 

F Barnes & Son 

 

Marks A-B

L Barth & Son, New York.

 

 

Bates Brass  - Bates & Sons.

 

 

Bayley & Street.

 

 

Paul Beau.

 

 

Beacon Light

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Beldray – see Bradley and Co., 

Beldray

 

Benedict Karnak, USA

Benedict

 

Benedict Proctor Mfg. Co.  (Flemish Copper)

Benedict

 

Benetfink & Co. London

 

Marks A-B

Benham & Sons 

Benham

 

Benham & Froude

Benham

 

W. A. S. Benson

Benson

 

J  J Bent & Co.

 

 

Benton & Stone (Enots)

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Bergamot Brass Works.

 

Marks A-B

Berkshire Crafts, Mass.

 

 

Berry, Albert.

 

 

Best & Lloyd    

Gebrüder Bing.

German Copper

 

 

 

 

Birmingham Brass, Connecticut.

Birmingham USA

Marks A-B 

Birmingham Brass Manufacturers  

Birmingham

 

Birmingham Mining & Copper Co.

 

 

Birmingham Mint 

Mints

 

Birmingham School of Handicrafts 

Birmingham Guild

 

Birmingham Small Arms  (BSA)  

 

 

Bladon, Thos E. 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Bland, Thomas

 

 

BN C

 

 

Blews, William Blews & Sons

 

 

Bodil Parker, Bodil & Co., 

 

Marks A-B

Boliden

 

 

Thomas Bolton & Sons

 

 

Boulton & Watt

 

 

BP Co. Flemish Copper

 

 

Bradley & Co, Bilston (Beldray)

Beldray

 

Bradley and Hubbard  

Bradley & Hubbard

 

Sacha Brastoff

 

 

BREVETE S.D.G.D .

French Copper

 

W H Briscoe & Co. Ltd,

 

 

Bristol Brass 

Bristol

 

Bodhill & Co., Bodhill Parker

 

Marks A-B

J Buist, Edinburgh

 

 

Bullpitt & Sons (Swan Brand)

 

 

Bunn, Charles

 

 

Burmos - see Towson & Coxson 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

J H Butler

 

 

Laurence Butler

 

 

Butte Copper, Montana

 

 

Buttons Ltd. 

Button Makers

 

WB Co  see  under Williams Bros.

 

 

 

 

 

C & A - see Croft & Assinder

 

Marks C-G

C & B

 

 

Calbral Ware

 

 

Cambron

 

 

Cape Cod Shop.

Cape Cod

 

James Cartland & Sons.

James Cartland

 

Carron Foundry.

 

 

CC41   'Utility' Standards.

 

 

CDE Carl Deffner, Esslingen, 

 

 

Chase Brass and Copper Co., Inc.

 

 

Chesterman, James

 

Marks C-G

Christofle & Cie. 

 

 

'Clayrite' .

 

 

Clews, James Clews

Clews Family

 

Clifford, Charles & Son, Birmingham,

 

 

Collins, James

 

 

Colonial Williamsburg

 

 

Confecsilios, Colombia

 

Marks C-G

Coppercraft Guild

 

 

Copper Craft, Guernsey. 

 

 

Copper Development Association Inc.,

CDAs

 

Copperworks, California.

 

 

Coseley Brass Foundry

CBF

 

Cotterill (Acme)

 

 

Coventry Craft

 

Marks C-G

Crane Foundry.

 

 

Crane Industries, Crane Ware

 

 

Craftsman Copper, California.

 

 

Croft & Assinder, (C & A)

C and A

 

Crown Copper Company

 

 

Currie & Warner, Birmingham.

 

 

Cycle Components Mfg Co Ltd

 

 

 

 

 

Dalarna, Sweden.

Swedish Copper

Marks C-G

Davey & Co.,  Guernsey 

 

 

Davies & Hill

 

 

Davis & Mawson

 

 

Davis & Heaps

 

 

Carl Deffner, Esslingen, CDE

German Copper

 

DeHillerin, France.

 

 

Delta Metal Co.

 

 

Derricourt Brassware  (Lombard)

 

 

Dervelea  Products

 

 

Desmo

 

 

Diamond Brand - see Thomas Bladon

 

 

Dinanderie

 

Marks C-G

DM Co .

 

 

Dirigold, USA Dirilyte™

 

 

Down Bros, London

 

 

Christopher Dresser

 

 

DRGM 

German Copper

 

Drumgold 

 

 

Dryad Lester

 

 

Dyer, Herbert

Newlyn Copper

 

 

 

 

Earl Bourne

 

Marks C-G

Eclat .

 

 

Elkington.

Elkington & Co.

 

Elpec (Lloyd Pascal).

Elpec Brass

 

Eltex, George Elt, Worcester

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Emca

 

 

Empress Ware NY.

 

 

Enots  - see Benton & Stone

 

 

Knut Eriksson Co.

 

 

Erich & Graetz.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Essex Brass.

 

 

'ETAS',  Enoch Tonks & Sons Ltd.

 

Marks C-G

Ettingshall, Wolverhampton.

 

 

Eustace Brothers -

 

 

Evered & Co.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

EVW – E V Wilkes

 

 

Ewart & Son, 346-350, Euston Road, London.  

 

 

'Ezeglide', Trade Name

 

 

 

 

 

AFC Alfred Frankau Co.

 

Marks C-G

FAIB.

 

 

Falk Stadelmann & Co.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Famos

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Farberware.

 

 

Fattorini

 

 

H F Fearncombe & Co.

 

 

Festival of Britain  

 

 

Firmin & Sons Ltd. 

 

 

Fisher Ludlow, Birmingham.

 

 

F & R Fischer  

German Copper

 

Flemish Copper B.P. Co.

 

 

French, W T & Co. (Mysto)

 

 

 

 

 

Gabriel, Percy & Co.

 

Marks C-G

GAD.

 

 

R. G & Co. G.  see R. Greenlees, Glasgow.

 

 

Garrison, Trademark of Newton, Shakespeare and Company Ltd.

 

 

Gaunt, J. R. Gaunt & Sons 

 

 

Geschützt. - Ges. Gesch. German mark.

German Copper

 

Gibbons, James Ltd.

 

 

S. Gill, & Co., Ltd.

 

 

Gittins Craftsmen Ltd.

 

 

Glasgow School of Art.

 

 

Glencroft

 

Marks C-G

Gomm Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,  (Webaware)

 

 

Gorham Manufacturing Co. 

 

 

R. Greenlees & Co. Ltd.

 

 

Gregorian Copper

 

 

Griffin Foundry

 

 

Griffiths & Browett, Birmingham,

 

 

Grillby Metallfabrik

Swedish Copper

 

Guernsey Jugs  

Guernsey & Jersey

 

Guests Brass Stamping Co.

 

 

'Gunga Din' (see Moorgate (Birmingham) Ltd.

 

 

HMS Victory copper sheathing, medals, medalets and brass souvenirs

HMS Victory Copper

 

Hagenauer Wien

 

Marks H-L

HW’ see Hugh Wallis

 

 

Hall, Samuel, & Sons (SHS?)

 

 

'Hand' mark.

 

 

Harcourts Ltd.

 

 

R Harris (Spraygen)

 

 

A. J. Harrison (Mandarin Ware)

 

 

W. Harrison,

 

 

Harrods

 

 

Hart, Son, Peard & Co. Ltd.

 

 

Hawes.

 

Marks H-L

G&J W Hawksley,

 

 

E W Hayden, USA

 

 

Hayle copper

J & F Poole

 

Heath, Hicks & Perkins

 

 

Heath, Samuel & Sons (SHS) 

S H S

 

Hecla

 

 

Hellberg, Sweden

 

 

Heinrichs, Joseph

 

 

Heinz Art Metal

 

 

Hernon Smith

 

Marks H-L

Hepp Brothers

 

 

Joseph Hinks & Son

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Hockley Lamp & Limelight   

 

 

Hodges, Rowland.

 

 

H. Holmes.

 

 

Stuart Houghton

 

 

Howes & Burley

Oil Lamp Makers

 

HT & S (Sons) 

 

 

J Hudson & Co.

 

 

Humex Trade Mark

 

 

 

 

 

ISKRA  see  WMF

 

Marks H-L

Isle of Man Brassware Isle of Man Brass  

Isles, Charles Isles & Gomms Ltd. 

 

 

Leon Jaeggi &Sons

Jaeggi

 

L C Jay & Son Ltd.

 

 

JC&S - see J Cartland & Son

 

 

Jenkins,  Henry Jenkins & Sons. 

 

 

Jennings Bros.

 

 

Jersey Copper Jugs    

 

 

John Jewsbury & Co. Ltd. see

 

 

Johnson & Ravey

 

 

Jollyware Reproductions, Alfred Jolly & Son

 

Marks H-L

A. E. Jones, Birmingham

 

 

Jones Brothers & Co., Wolverhampton

 

 

Jones Brothers, London.

 

 

W. Jones.

 

 

JS&S – see Sankey 

 

 

JW/B  see Joseph Walker.

 

 

JW & S (Sons) see Joseph Walker

 

 

 

 

 

NMK, Neues Münchner Kunstgewerbe

 

Marks H-L

Karnak, Benedict, USA

 

 

Kayserzinn

German Copper

 

KDM, Royal Daalderop

 

 

Keeler Brass.

 

 

A Kenrick & Son

Kenrick & Sons

 

E. Kendrick

 

 

Kinco, Kingston Metal Co.

Kinco Brassware

 

King's Norton Metal Company, Birmingham

 

 

Kosmos Brenner

Oil Lamp Makers

 

KSIA, Keswick School of Industrial Art 

KSIA Keswick

 

C Kurz & Co., Tiel

 

 

Kynoch, Birmingham.   

Oil Lamp Makers

 

 

 

 

Lakeland Rural Industries, LRI

KSIA Keswick

Marks H-L

‘L’ 

 

 

Lancelott

 

 

Lampe Nationale - see Midland Lighting Co.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Larsen & Shaw

 

 

George J Laurens, Jersey. 

 

 

Lawden and Poole

 

 

'L C ' mark with fouled anchor.

 

 

W Lee

 

 

Le Lievres Ltd., Guernsey  

 

 

Lehman Brothers (LGB)

German Copper

 

Lempreur & Bernard (L & B)

 

 

Benjamin Lilly & Sons

 

Marks H-L

Linley & Co. see Sherwood 

 

 

Linton Metalware.

 

 

Livingstone & Doughty

 

 

Lloyd Pascal & Co., LP & Co.

 

 

Loach and Clarke

 

 

W. R. Loftus, London.

 

 

Lombard,  (Derricourt Brassware)

 

 

Henry Loveridge & Co. 

 

 

Lucas, Joseph Lucas & Sons.  

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Lunenberg Foundry & Engineering Limited

 

 

Lutwyche   

 

 

LW.

 

 

 

 

 

AM.

 

Marks M-R

A M S ( & Sons)

 

 

MB 

 

 

MC

 

 

Mandarin Ware – see A J Harrison

 

 

Manning Bowman.

 

 

Maple & Co.

 

 

H N Marshall

 

 

'J.M.' John Marston.

 

 

Martins, Guernsey. 

 

 

May and Padmore, Birmingham May & Padmore  

'P. M.' Made in New Jersey.

 

 

MB .

 

 

MC .

 

 

McKechnie Bros, McKechnie Metals 

McKechnie

 

Richard Mead 

Rhodesian Copper

 

Messenger….

Messenger & Sons

 

Mewco Metal Products, Australia

 

Marks M-R

MG information needed.

 

 

Midland Lighting Co. 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Miller, Edward & Co. USA.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Minneapolis Handicraft Guild

 

 

Moffat's, Birmingham & Scotland

 

 

Monitor Engineering & Oil Appliances Ltd

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Monkeys, Three Wise

Brass Monkeys

 

Moorgate (Birmingham) Ltd (Gunga Din™) 

 

Marks M-R

Monitor Engineering & Oil Appliances Ltd.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Mora, Sweden

Swedish Copper

 

Morewood & Co.

 

 

Mundu

 

 

Muntz Metal Co.,  Birmingham.

 

 

Mysto

 

 

Nekrassoff,

 

 

 

 

 

‘Neptune’ mark – see J. Sankey & Sons 

 

Marks M-R

Nesco, USA.

 

 

Nestor, Birmingham

 

 

Newlyn Copper     

Newlyn Copper

 

W. Newman & Sons, Birmingham.

 

 

Newton Jones & Willis, later Jones & Willis

 

 

Newton Shakespeare & Co. Birmingham, 'Garrison' Trademark

 

 

NM – information needed.

 

 

NMK, Neues Münchner Kunstgewerbe.

German Copper

 

Norseman Reproductions.     Robert Normansell Ltd,

 

Marks M-R

Northland Reps, Bloomington, MN  USA

 

 

Nottingham Electroplating Co,

 

 

Olbury information needed.

 

 

Oregon Brass Works, USA

 

 

Orme Evans & Co  (O E Co)

 

 

Ottone   Italian for 'Brass'. 

 

 

W. Ottway & Sons, London,

 

 

J Ouenault, Jersey. 

 

 

 

 

 

Parker-Hale, Birmingham.

 

Marks M-R

Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd.

 

 

S Parkes & Sons, Birmingham

 

 

Paye & Baker.   

 

 

J. R. Pearson, Hardware, Birmingham

 

 

John Pearson, 

Newlyn Copper

 

Pearson-Page-Jewsbury 

Peerage

 

Peerage Brass 

Peerage

 

Joseph (Joe) Pengelly  

 

 

Penney, W & C

 

 

Period Brass Co.  Birmingham.

 

Marks M-R

Richard Perry & Co., Wolverhampton

 

 

J W Pickavant & Co Ltd.

 

 

J. W. Pole.

 

 

J & F Poole Ltd,  Hayle, Cornwall

J & F Poole Hayle

 

Powell and Hanmer, P & H Ltd.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

PPJ mark - see Pearson Page Jewsbury

 

 

E Preston & Sons, Birmingham

 

 

 

 

 

RVP.

 

Marks M-R

AR  (or AP?)

 

 

J Rabone & Co., Birmingham

 

 

Rainsford & Lynes, Birmingham

 

 

Regal Buttons, Birmingham.

 

 

Registered Designs Design Registration  

Revere Copper

 

 

Rhodesian Copper Products 

Rhodesian Copper

 

Riley Osborn Mfg. Co., Newark,

 

 

Rippingills Albion Lamp Co., Ltd.

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Rochester Lamp Company

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Rochester Stamping Co.

 

Marks M-R

Royal Rochester 

 

 

W. Rogers,

 

 

Royal Sable 

 

 

Roycroft

Roycroft

 

De La Rue, Guernsey. 

 

 

Ruskin's Ceramic Cabochons

Ruskin

 

Russell, John Russell & Co.

 

 

Russian marks.

 

 

 

 

 

Salter, G & Co.,

 

Marks S-Z

Joseph Sankey & Son

Joseph Sankey

 

Saxton Inc., Los Angeles

 

 

Scovill Manufacturing Co

 

 

SH, (or HS) mark.

 

 

W. Shackleton of Kendal

 

 

John Shaw & Sons Ltd

John Shaw

 

Sherwood Ltd. 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Jas Shoolbred,  Tottenham Court Road, London.

 

 

Edwin Showell & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham,

 

 

Sigg, Switzerland,

 

Marks S-Z

Skultuna

Swedish Copper

 

Smith and Wright Ltd.

 

 

Soho Brassfoundry, Australia.

 

 

Soutterware -  William Soutter & Sons.

Soutter

 

S S & Co. Sternau

S Sternau & Co.

 

Sperryn & Co., Ltd., Birmingham,

 

 

Spraygen - see R Harris & Co.

 

 

Spring, Switzerland

 

 

Squire -see Maurice Davis and Heaps

 

 

P H Stacye

 

 

Stamping & Spinning Co. 

 

 

Stanley London

 

Marks S-Z

SW - Stanley Works, Connecticut

 

 

W F Stanley & Co..

 

 

S Sternau & Co. S Sternau & Co.  

Stickley, Gustav.

 

 

Stockli  Switzerland.

 

 

Stone, James Henry, Birmingham

 

 

Storrar, Chester.

 

 

J N Summerfield.

 

 

DSCG Duchess of Sutherland Cripples Guild

 

 

G T Sutterly,  USA

 

 

Swan Brand - see Bulpitts

 

 

 

 

 

T & Co.  - see Townshend

Townshend

Marks S-Z

HT & S (Sons).

 

 

Tagus (Portugal)

 

 

Tamco - Talboys Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Birmingham 

 

 

Taylor & Thomas     

 

 

Taylorcraft  Boston.

 

 

Temple & Crook, London.

 

 

Thermidoe Belge

Oil Lamp Makers

 

W H Thomas,  Birmingham.

 

 

E Thomason, Birmingham.

 

 

Three Wise Monkeys Three Wise Monkeys  

Tiffany, New York and London

Tiffany

 

Tilly (International) 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

S Timmins & Co, Birmingham.

 

Marks S-Z

Enoch Tonks & Sons Ltd., Willenhall, Black Country, West Midlands.

 

 

Tonks, William & Sons,  (WT&S) Birmingham.

Tonks

 

Townshend & Co., Ltd.  Birmingham.

 

 

Townshend & Thompson

Townshend

 

Townson & Coxson,  

Oil Lamp Makers

 

John Turner & Co.,  (J.T. & Co.)  Birmingham.

 

 

C Twigg of Birmingham  'BuFlame' ™.

 

 

Utah Copper 

 

 

Universal WoodWorking Co., UWW

 

 

 

 

 

Van Erp, Dirk.

 

Marks S-Z

Valor   

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Varley, Coalpit Lane, Nottingham

Nottingham Copper Tankards

 

Vaughton Bros.

Button makers

 

Veritas 

Oil Lamp Makers

 

Vermont Copper

 

 

Viking Copper

 

 

Garanti Villedieu, Normandy, France  

 

 

Virginia Metalcrafters

 

 

Vivian & Son

 

 

WB Co Williams Bros. & Co.

 

 

JW & S  (and Son)

 

 

Wafax (Wades of Halifax)

 

Marks S-Z

Waldow

 

 

Hugh Wallis

Hugh Wallis

 

Walker,  Joseph Walker & Co. (JW/B)

 

 

Fred Walton & Co., Wolverhampton,

 

 

T B B Water

 

 

Clive Waters, brassfounder, Birmingham.

 

 

Weba, Webaware.

 

 

Weeda, Tasmania. 

 

 

Weidlich Brothers Mfg. Connecticut. 

 

 

Welco. 

 

 

 

 

 

Wellens Ware.

 

Marks S-Z

Welsbach 

 

 

E V Wilkes Coppersmiths E V Wilkes  

William Soutter & Sons Co.,

Soutter

 

Williams Bros    (WB Co.)

 

 

Williamsburg,  Colonial

 

 

Willis & Bates, Vapalux Brand

 

 

Wilton Metal Works Company,

 

 

Winn & Co.  Birmingham

 

 

Winward, Birmingham,

 

 

J. Wippell & Co. Ltd., Exeter

 

 

Wümak Berlin

German Copper

 

WMF  Würtemburgische Machin Fabrik

WMF

 

Wolverhampton Manufacturers 

 

 

Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids

 

 

Wright & Butler

Oil Lamp Makers

 

WS .

 

Marks S-Z

WT&S  William Tonks & Sons

Tonks

 

Yaad.

 

 

Yale

 

 

Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. 

 

 

Ystad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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