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MARKS - HALLMARKS - HISTORY
The business was established in Sheffield in 1845 by George Walker. Becoming an assistant of Dr. John Wright who had conducted important experiments on electroplating Walker secured
the royalty of electroplating for Sheffield. The business was joined by Henry Hall and became in 1853 Walker & Hall. The factory was at Howard Street,
Sheffield, while showrooms were opened in 45 Holborn Viaduct, London. Branches were opened in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Bristol, Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa). Walker & Hall was converted into a
limited liability company in 1920 under the style Walker & Hall Ltd and combined in 1963 under the British Silverware Ltd with Mappin &
Webb and Elkington & Co. Although primarily Sheffield Makers, items with Birmingham, London and Chester Assay Marks can
also be found.
CHRONOLOGY:
Walker & Co, 1845-1848
Walker, Coulson & Hall, 1848-1853
Walker & Hall 1853-1920
Walker & Hall Ltd, 1920-the present
part of British Silverware Ltd, 1963-1971
a subsidiary of Mappin & webb Ltd, a member of Sears Holdings Ltd since 1971
STERLING SILVER HALLMARKS
SILVERPLATE MARKS
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This is a page of A Small Collection of Antique
Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1000 pages richly
illustrated website offering all you need to know about
antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield
plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea
services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks,
articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths
(Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington, WMF, Reed & Barton,
Mappin & Webb, Bateman Family), history, oddities ...
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