Marks S-Z

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Marks S	Illustrations
Salter, G & Co George Salter, scale and balance makers of West Bromwich, near Birmingham, 19^th/20^th centuries. Now part of Avery Berkel Group.	Marks S
Joseph Sankey & Son (JS&S) Bilston, Wolverhampton, in The Black Country, west of Birmingham, 1890-1914 for copper and brassware, other sheet metalwork in GKN Group until the 1980s (Four marks plus Neptune)	Joseph Sankey & Son. (JS&S)
The ‘Neptune’ and JSS marks were apparently used concurrently. The ‘Patent’ hidden in the pattern bottom right, refers to the patterning process for the tray.	Joseph Sankey & Son. (JS&S)
G.W.S & S mark on a picnic kettles made for a retailer in Regent St., London.	Marks S
Savage Bros Co., Chicago Illinois, mark on a copper pan with rolled top.
Saxton Inc. West Los Angeles, c1950s, mark under a decorated bowl. Information welcome.
W. Shackleton of Kendal in The Lake District, Cumbria. Mark on a copper kettle. Copper was mined and worked for centuries nearby.
Scovill Manufacturing Co, Waterbury, Conn. USA,
HS mark on a pen tray with No. 392927 Trade Mark, registered on 2nd July 1919 to Arthur John Seward, 169, Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
D Sharples, maker's name found on a hot water bottle. Further details welcome.
John Shaw & Sons Ltd, Wolverhampton, used a JS&S mark on their blowlamps, etc.,	John Shaw & Sons Ltd.
Sherwoods, manufacturers of oil lamps and burners in Birmingham. By 1904 they were trading as Sherwood Isaac & Son Ltd., but by 1920 they had taken over Linley & Co. of 73-75 Great Lister Street, ‘American’ pattern lamps to become Sherwood-Linley. Nechells Park Works, Eliot Street, Nechells then moved to 44-50, Granville St.	Lamp Makers S
Alfred Shirley Ltd., 83, Clifford Street, Birmingham B19, hearth furniture, Hecla™ hot water bottles. See Orme Evans.	Marks O P
Jas Shoolbred was a family firm in Tottenham Court Road making and supplying furniture and furnishings. It was one of the first there in that speciality, others of course being Maples and Heals. They gained a Royal Warrant in 1880 for the supply of furniture to Queen Victoria. Much of their furniture was custom made and of excellent quality.	Marks S
Edwin Showell & Sons, Ltd., Stirchley Brass Foundry, Charlotte Road, Birmingham, founded c1830 and manufactured door springs and architectural brassware. They were taken over by Josiah Parkes & Sons in 1956.	Marks S
Skultuna, Cookware made since 1607 by Skultuna Messingsbruk AB, Sweden. Of the six marks on their website, this one used 1892-1922. The Swedish crown is above the maker’s name and foundation date.	Swedish Copperware
http://www.skultuna.com/
Sigg, Switzerland,	Marks S
Simplex Mfg Co, Alexandra Works, 28, Heneage St., Birmingham, stamping, piercing.
I & D Smallwood Ltd., Leopold Street, Birmingham, B12, hand tools including spirit levels
Frederick J. Smith & Sons, Waterloo Works, 44, Princip Street, Birmingham, plumbers brassware and candlestick makers
Frederick Smith & Co (successors to LEW (London Electric Wire) & Smiths Ltd. of Trafford Park.
Smith and Wright Ltd., 180, Brearly Street, Birmingham, buttons.	Button Makers
Soho Brassfoundry, Ballarat, Australia. Founded 1856 and hading good relations with the Soho Manufactory in Birmingham. It was re-established 1972 for manufacture of castings and spinnings. Foundry business closed 1980’s.	Marks S
http://www.sohofoundry.com.au/history.php
Soho Manufactory, Birmingham - see Matthew Boulton	Marks A-B
William Soutter & Sons Co.,– (Soutterware) - 10, 11 and 12, New Market St, Birmingham, then Farm St.. Originally brass founders and plumbers brassware (1870s) , then quality copper and brass art metal holloware. Ceased trading 1929.	William Soutter & Sons Co. (Soutterware)
S S & Co. Found on products made by Sternau & Co. in USA, also found on cookware in UK. Possibly also used by Stamping & Spinning Co., of 81, Bishop St., Birmingham who specialised in lamps, fenders, chandeliers and holloware in the late 19th century. Some of their products such as kettles and jardinières were similar to those of Soutter.	S Sternau & Co.
Sperryn & Co., Ltd., Moorson Street, Birmingham, makers of gas and similar fittings.	Marks S
Spraygen - see R Harris (Brassfounders) Ltd.	Marks H-L
Spring, Switzerland, more information welcome.	Marks S
Squire -see Maurice Davis and Heaps	Marks D
P H Stacye coppersmith, location not known.	Marks St-Sz
Stainton and Hulme, Birmingham. Details wanted.
Stanley London, California, name now used on many reproduction instruments
http://www.stanleylondon.com/
W F Stanley & Co., Instrument makers, Great Turnstile St, London, then New Eltham.	Marks St-Sz
SW - Stanley Works, Connecticut
Sternau, New York, spirit kettles, burners and other copperware, more information welcome.
Stickley, Gustav Stickly Co founded in Syracuse, New York in 1898. Motto: 'Als ik kan'. He published ‘The Craftsman’ journal. Bankrupt 1915.
Stockli, Switzerland, more information welcome.
James Henry Stone, 4 and 5 St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham, brassfounders, made candlesticks of Benham type.
Andrew Storrar, 109-111 Foregate St., Chester, brazier, made brass candlesticks in 19^th century.
J N Summerfield, unknown mark found on Victorian cast brass trivet
Sun Engraving Co. White House, 111 New Street, process engravers in copper. (1926 Kelly)
DSCG Duchess of Sutherland Cripples Guild
G T Sutterly, USA
Swan Brand - see Bulpitt & Son., Birmingham	Marks Br-Bz
Swedish Skultuna Copperware, 400 Years, 1607-2007	Swedish Copperware
HT & S (Sons) – Made in England, mark on late 19^th century candlestick.	Marks T
Tagus (Portugal)
Tamco - Talboys Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tame Road Witton, Birmingham 6., sheet metal workers, 1950s., dissolved 1994
Taylor & Thomas, Empire Works, Great Tindal Street, Birmingham, 'T & T' mark.
Taylorcraft Boston, Mass.
Temple & Crook, Ironmongers, Victoria St., London.
W H Thomas, 74, Ford St., Hockley, Birmingham, bedstead ornaments, buttons and stampings. Trade mark was a cluttered diagonal cross.
E Thomason, manufactory, Birmingham. Sir Edward Thomason was a silversmith and plater in competition with Matthew Boulton at the end of the 17th century.
Thompson Ritchie & Co., Ltd., 48, James St., 34, Buckingham Gate, London SW , electrical contractors mark on a spirit kettle.
Tiffany, jewellers of New York and London	Tiffany & Co.
‘T & Co’ mark used by Townshend Art Metal Co. of Birmingham.	Townshend & Co. Ltd.
Tilley International plc., 30-32 High Street, Frimley, GU16 5JD	Lamp Makers S-Z
S Timmins & Co, 55 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham. Their trade mark was a shield round 'ST' monogram	Marks T
Enoch Tonks & Sons Ltd., Temple Works, Temple Bar, Willenhall, Black Country, West Midlands. They made locks under the 'ETAS' Trade Mark especially coin operated locks for public conveniences. They were taken over by Yale and Towne in 1963.	Marks T
Tonks, William & Sons, (WT&S),	William Tonks & Sons (WT&S)
Townshend Ltd (T & Co),	Townshend & Co. Ltd.
Townson & Coxson, Alliance Works, Esington Street, Birmingham, gas fittings, Burmos stoves and blowlamps.	Burmos
John Turner & Co., Birmingham. J.T. & Co. initials used until 1820 when the company name changed (ack. Julia Morgan). This sharply defined mark is raised on the underside of a late Georgian candlestick.	Marks T
C Twigg of Birmingham 'BuFlame' ™ blow torch manufacturers.	Marks T
Illustrations Marks U-V
Utah Copper mark on copperware made in the State that is also the home of Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, 'World's Biggest Hole in the Ground'	Marks U-V
UWW Universal Wood Working Co., of Newhall Hill, (not far from Elkingtons) wood and fancy wares.	Marks U-V
Valor Co., Ltd., 67,69-72 Church Street- stampers and pieces. (1901), later the 'The Valor Co.', Aston Brass Co., Wood Lane, Bromford, Birmingham, makers of oil lamps and stoves.	Lamp Makers S-Z
Van Erp, Dirk Van Erp, Copper Shop, San Francisco, 1908-1977. Several other marks to be seen in the literature.	Marks U-V
Varley, Coalpit Lane, Nottingham. Maker of copper tankards, frequently copper plated.	Nottingham Copper Tankards
Vaughtons Bros. 135 Constitution Hill, Birmingham, maker of badges and medals	Button Makers
Verification and capacity marks only appear on measures of capacity.	Marks U-V
Veritas Efsca Works, 84&5 Edward Street Parade, Birmingham (Falk Stedelmann Proprietors)	Lamp Makers S-Z
Vermont hand hammered copper	Marks U-V
Vetcraft Shops, Toronto, one of several shops set up to employ ex-servicemen after the 1914-18 war.
Viking Copper, Canada
Garanti Villedieu, found on useful and decorative copperware from Villedieu-the-Stoves in Normandy, France. The designs of jugs known as from Guernsey and Jersey come originally from Normandy.
Virginia Metalcrafters, Originally founded 1890, the brass business dates from 1938. Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. They cast much of the brass stock for Colonial Williamsburg. One stamp has the anchor mark used for nautical souvenirs, in this case a gimbal candlestick.	Virginia Metalcrafters
Vivian & Son Ingot mark of the copper works in Swansea set up by the early copper entrepreneur, John Vivian. H H Vivian & Co., 46 George Street, St. Pauls, Birmingham, made semi-fabricated copper and brass in the early 19th century at Icknield Port Road Works. see 'Vivian and Sons, 1809-1924: a study of the firm in the copper and related industries', Robert R. Toomey. Garland, 1985.	Marks U-V
Wafax (Wades of Halifax), marks on hot water bottles.	Wafax
Waldow, Brooklyn, N.Y.	Marks W-Z
Joseph Walker & Co., Regent Parade, Birmingham, castings, syringes, stampings, lock furniture, JW/B trademark	Marks W-Z
Hugh Wallis, coppersmith mostly making trays with distinctive pewter inlays and rims, Altringham, Cheshire	Hugh Wallis
Fred Walton & Co., Wolverhampton, mainly concerned with japanned wares until 1883 when they were taken over by John Marston. This mark is under a brass jug of a circular shape that was also marketed by Orme Evans after they had taken over John Marston.	Marks W-Z
T B, (Water) Bridgewater, brassfoundry for skillets, etc, 18^th century, may be being reproduced.
Clive Waters, brassfounder in Birmingham until c1910.
J. Y. Watkins & Son, 16, Catharine Street, New York. Copper cooking pan.
Weba, Webaware, Gomm Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 56 Hockley Hill, Birmingham B 18. Mid 20^th century production. The Trade Mark lapsed in 1950.
Weeda, Tasmania, Australia.
Welco - oil lamp burners - information needed.	Lamp Makers S-Z
Wellens Ware mid 20^th century hand wrought trays. More information welcome.	Marks W-Z
Weidlich Brothers Mfg. Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut.	Marks W-Z
Wilkes, Edward Villiers, (EVW)	E V Wilkes
C. E. Wilkins, Bartholomew Row, Birmingham.	Marks W-Z
Williams Bros & Co. of River St., Deritend, Birmingham, brassfoundry and fittings. Williams Brothers and Piggott Ltd.	Marks W-Z
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, High quality reproductions made from 1936, see Virginia Metalcrafters after 1951.	Marks W-Z
http://www.history.org/
Willis & Bates, Halifax, Vapalux Brand	Lamp Makers S-Z
Wilton Metal Works Company, this mark found under a pair of die cast candlesticks.	Marks W-Z
R W Winfields Winfields Rolling Mills Ltd, Birmingham, manufacturer of rolled metal, wire, gas fittings, brass foundry, lighting.	Marks W-Z
Charles Winn and Company Limited, Saint Thomas Works, Granville Street, Birmingham, engineers and brassfounders. They specialised in valves and fire-fighting equipment.	Marks W-Z
Winward, Birmingham, recent production (post war).	Marks W-Z
J. Wippell & Co. Ltd of Exeter & London, a mark found under a pair of very elegant tall cast brass vases.	Marks W-Z
WMF (Würtemburgische Machin Fabrik), founded c1850 and famous for art metalware, still making cookware. A variety of marks have been used during their 150 years of production	WMF
Wolverine Brass Works at Grand Rapids, home of many copper craftsmen.	Marks W-Z
Woodmet, England, paper label under a heavy cast dish. More information welcome.	Marks W-Z
Wright & Butler, 390, New John St. W. Birmingham, oil lamps, 'The Union Burner'. By 1913 they had been taken over by Falk Veritas of London but use of the Trade name continued.	Lamp Makers S-Z
WS unknown mark on base of hand made jug.	Marks W-Z
WT & S William Tonks & Sons	William Tonks & Sons
Yaad, mark on a hand crafted dish from Israel.	Marks XYZ
Young’s Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co., New Spring Street, Birmingham. Lamps and lamp burners.	Lamp Makers S-Z
Ystad, candlesticks of Eames period, Sweden.	Marks XYZ

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