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Marks H
Marks He-Hn
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Marks I J
Marks K
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  Marks H

 Illustrations

 Hagenauer Wien Carl Hagenauer, established 1898 in Vienna.

 Marks H

 ‘HW’  see Hugh Wallis.

 Marks W-Z

 Hallam & Son, Peverill St., Nottingham.  Nottingham Copper Tankards
 Hall, Samuel, & Sons (SHS?)      Marks H  
 'Hand' (G) mark, Mike Glander Marks G
Hammersmith Copper Marks H  
 Harcourts Ltd.,  222 Mosley St. (Bristol Street), Birmingham B5,  electric lighting equipment. Marks H  
  R Harris (Spraygen)   information to be added.  
 A. J. Harrison, Birmingham (Mandarin Ware)    Marks H  

 Wm. A. Harrison, brassfounder and candlestick maker, Moat Row, Birmingham, 18th century. (see Butler).

 Marks H

 Harris and Sheldon Limited, Birmingham, now a group company based at Meriden,

 Marks H

 Harrods, Quality department store, London

 Marks H

Hart, Matthew J. Hart and Sons, Great Barr Street, Birmingham

 Marks H

 

 Hart, Son, Peard & Co. Ltd., Grosvenor Works, Grosvenor Street West, Birmingham (1907) and at Sherbourn Street, Birmingham (1950), art metal workers. Birmingham Guild

 Hawes, Watering cans, Stourbridge, West Midlands.

 Marks H

 G&J W Hawksley, ,  powder flasks, Sheffield

 Marks H

   E W Hayden, USA Ansonia Copper and Brass

 Hayle copper – unmarked, see J & F Poole

 J & F Poole Hayle Copper

 Heath, Hicks & Perkins, weather instruments, Eltham, London

 Photo to come.

Heath, Samuel Heath & Sons, Leopold Street, Birmingham, B12, stampings, spinnings and finishing, SHS™        Samuel Heath & Sons
Heaton & Taylor, Goodman Street, Birmingham 1, successors to Lion Works . Buttonmakers Birmingham
Heaton & Dugard Ltd, Shadwell St and Princip St. Birmingham 4,  rolled and drawn metal, chains, bent wire goods.  Part of Delta Metal Group by 1946  

 Hecla (Shirley's)  Hot water bottle

 Photo to come.

 Hellberg, Sweden

 Marks He-Hn

 Heinrichs, Joseph,  founded 1910, New York

 Marks He-Hn

 Heintz Art Metal, deskware, etc., now Smith McDonald

Marks He-Hn
  'Helvetia' trade mark of Leon Jaeggi Co. Jaeggi
 B. Henneberg, Warsaw, Poland, an art metalworks that was bought up by WMF circa 1900.

 Marks He-Hn

 Hernon Smith, coppersmiths of Dudley, Black Country making catering equipment

 Marks He-Hn

Fred Henry, Nottingham, mark under a copper tankard that was once silver plated, further details wanted.

Nottingham Tankards

Hepp Brothers, Pforzheim, Bavaria, Germany, makers of copper cookware.

Marks He-Hn

Hilton Ware.  This mark found under a copper tea caddy with an Arts and Crafts 'Voysey' inverted heart motif on each main face.  It also has the mark of John Marston of Wolverhampton so must have been made about 1904. Interestingly, at this time Robert Hilton was appointed Director of the Keswick School of Industrial Arts.  Is there an interesting link here?

Marks He-Hn

 J. Hinks, Joseph Hinks made many oil lamps and similar products.

 Oil Lamp Makers

 Hockley Lamp & Limelight, moved out to Wales from Hockley Plate & Metal Co., Ltd., 212 Barr St., Birmingham B19, hearth furniture.    Lamp Makers A-R

 Rowland Hodges, , 12, Frederick Street, Birmingham (1907), Frederick Works, Brearly Street, Birmingham (1913),  hinges and cabinet brassware.

Marks Ho-Hz
  HS  mark,  (Arthur John Seward) on hand made metalware. Marks S

 H. Holmes, Harold Holmes was a coppersmith working in Hugh Wallis style.

Marks Ho-Hz
 H J Hookham & Sons (or D J?) , R Hookham Ltd., Sandy Lane, Birmingham B10, spinners, marine supplies,  Koomah™    Marks Ho-Hz
Stuart Houghton The brand was originally established in 1845 as George Tibbins of Birmingham. It became Stuart Houghton Ltd. in 1969 and was based in Ledbury. Marks Ho-Hz

 

Howes & Burley, 20-34, Bishop Street, Birmingham, lampmakers. Marks Ho-Hz 
   HT & S (Sons) – Made in England, mark on late 19th century candlestick.  More information welcome.  Marks T
  J Hudson & Co.,  whistle maker, information to be added. Photo to follow.
Humex mark raised on a greenhouse heater. Marks Ho-Hz

Illustrations   Marks I J

 

IMI Metals, ICI Metals, Kynoch Works, Witton, Birmingham and elsewhere. Producers & Fabricators

 ISKRA see WMF.

 WMF

 Isles, Charles Isles & Gomms Ltd. makers of thimbles, more information to follow.  
 Jackson of Bolton, Lancashire. Marks I J
 S W Jackson of Guernsey. Guernsey Jugs

 Leon Jaeggi &Sons, originally from Switzerland, cookware manufacturer in London from 1919 until 1980s, now in Ashford, Kent.

Jaeggi

http://www.kellysearch.com/company-82317257.html

 L C Jay & Son Ltd., Foundry in Norwich, East Anglia.

 Marks I J

 H Jenkins & Sons, Unity Works,  Vittoria St., Birmingham, more information welcome.  Marks I J  

 Jennings Bros. Precision model foundry, USA

 Marks I J

 Jollyware Reproductions, Alfred Jolly & Son, 30, Ludgate Hill, Birmingham, jugs , warming pans, biscuit barrels, tea caddies, trays, horse brasses and gongs.  

 Johnson & Ravey , cookware manufacturers absorbed by Benham in 1919.

  Benham

 Jones & Willis, Porchester St, Birmingham 19, makers of ecclesiastical furnishings.

 Marks I J

  A E Jones, art coppersmith, Birmingham.  Details  to be added.  

 Jones Brothers & Co., Wolverhampton

 Marks I J

 Jones Brothers, Ironmongers, Down St., London, c1832-c1900

 Marks I J

 Jones, Cyril, Birmingham, mentioned by Hornsby p49 as taken over by Jewsbury in 1930s.  

 W. Jones, address not yet known, hardware including meat jacks.

 Marks I J

  Just Anderson, Denmark, more information welcome.

 Marks I J

 JS&S – see Sankey

 Joseph Sankey & Son. (JS&S)

 JW/B – Joseph Walker, Birmingham, brassfounders, trivets, stands, figural candlesticks.

 Marks W-Z

 JW & S (Sons) – unknown mark on a large domestic copper copper.

 Marks W-Z

Illustrations   Marks K

 

AK mark of Annie Keifert, Indios Copper, Chantilly, VA.  Marks K  
Kabyle Marks O P
Kannenberg, Germany, further details welcome.  Marks K  

Karnak, Benedict, USA

   Benedict

 J P Kayser & Son of Krefeld-Bochum, near Düsseldorf, Germany were originally 'Leuconide Metalware Factory, founded around 1885.  They developed a lead-free pewter with the trade name 'Kayserzinn' from 1894 to 1912.   They also produced well-made copper and brass items and used the mark shown here, found under a 1.5 litre brass spirit kettle c1895.   Marks K  

KDM, Royal Daalderop Holland, founded 1898, now make decorative pewter items.

 Marks K

http://www.tinkoepel.nl/index.html  

Keeler Brass, Michigan, USA, 1893, now making brass stampings and zinc diecastings.

 Marks K

http://www.keelerbrass.com/

Peter Kempson, Little Charles Street, Birmingham, Medalist and metal dealer.

Marks K

Archibald Kenrick & Sons, Ltd., Spons Lane, West Bromwich, a family firm in which six Kenricks were named in the 1908 Ryland Directory.  A quality iron foundry, they also cast some brass items designed by Christopher Dresser. 

 Marks K

E. Kendrick,  Edward Kendrick was a maker of brass candlesticks in Covent Garden, London, in the 18th/19th centuries. (see Butler)

 Marks K

    Thomas Kenrick, Summer Works, Summer Lane, Birmingham, brassfounder. Illustration wanted.

'Kinco'™ of British Metal, (Kingston) Ltd,  Kincoland, Kingston- on-Thames, England.

Kinco Brassware

King's Norton Metal Company, Birmingham

Mints and Medalists

Karl Kipp, East Aurora, New York. 

 Marks K

 Kirby Beard & Co Penhurst Works, Bradford St. Birmingham, needlecases.

 Marks K

KSIA, Keswick School of Industrial Art, Lake District, founded in 1884 by Canon and Mrs Rawnsley.  The third mark commemorated Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.

 KSIA Keswick

http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/downloads/page16/Download%20KSIA.pdf

 NMK, (Neues Münchner Kunstgewerbe).

 Marks K

C Kurz & Co., Tiel, Holland, artmetal factory based in the same town as Daalderop and Metawa.

 Marks K

 Kynoch Ltd., Lion Works, Witton, Birmingham, formed part of Imperial Metal Industries (IMI).

 Lamp Makers A-R

Illustrations   Marks L

 

Lakeland Rural Industries, Lake District, simple copperware from near the Keswick area, mid 20th century.   Stamped ‘LRI Borrowdale’

  KSIA Keswick

‘L’  unknown mark on a handsome hand made fruit fluted copper dish. 

 Marks L

Lancelott,  Sheffield., on a hip flask.

 Photo to come

 Landers, Friary and Clark. New Britain, Connecticut, USA.

 Marks L

Larsen & Shaw, hollowware made from Anaconda copper, USA.  Now specialise in hinges with production in Walkerton, Ontario.

Photo to come

http://www.larsenhinge.com/ 

George J Laurens, Jersey, Cream jugs

 Guernsey & Jersey Jugs (Creamers)

 Lawden and Poole, Hope Works, 46 and 47 Theodore Street, later Angelina St.?? Birmingham, coppersmiths, hearth furniture.  Marks L
  'L C ' mark with fouled anchor, more information welcome.  Marks L

W Lee, William Lee made brass candlesticks in Birmingham, 18th Century. (see Butler)

 Marks L

Lee & Wilkes, Ltd Brewery Street, New Town Row, Birmingham,

E V Wilkes

Lehman Brothers, Germany, copper and brass holloware.

Marks L

Lempreur & Bernard (L & B)    Lamp Makers A-R

Leslie & Co., Birmingham

Photo to come

Le Lievres Ltd, High St., Guernsey, cream jugs

 Guernsey & Jersey Jugs (Creamers)

B Lilly & Sons   Photo to come
Linley & Co. Ltd., 73, 75c Great Lister Street, ‘American’ pattern lamps, later Linley Engineering Co., Ltd.  Nechells Park Works, Eliot St. Birmingham  

Linton Metalware, Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

 Marks L

Livingstone & Doughty, Leicester

 Marks L

Lloyd Pascal & Co.  Birmingham

  Elpec Brass

Loach and Clarke, 20, Essington Street, Birmingham, brassfounders.

 Marks L  

W. R. Loftus, 146 and 320 Oxford Street, London, manufacturers of scientific and brewing equipment during the 19th century.

Marks L  

'Lombard'., Derricourt Brassware Ltd., Great Tindale Street, Birmingham 16,

 Marks L

Henry Loveridge & Co., art metalware, Wolverhampton, 1867-1927

 Henry Loveridge & Co.

 B. H. Lowe, 1a Clarendon Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2HT, manufacturers of brass rally plaques.

 Marks L

  Lucas, Joseph Lucas & Sons, Birmingham  Lamp Makers A-R
 Lunenburg Foundry, Lunenberg Foundry & Engineering Limited (LIFE), established in 1891 in Nova Scotia, Canada

 Marks L

  Lutwyche , Birmingham,   details to be added  

LW –, unknown mark on coffee percolator

 Marks L

   

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