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				MARKS - HALLMARKS - HISTORY
  
        The firm, active as manufacturing silversmiths and electroplaters, was established in Birmingham in 1855.
				In 1875 the firm entered its mark in Birmingham Assay Office, while in 1879 the founders Jonathan Wilson Hukin and John Thomas Heath 
				entered their mark in London Assay Office. The firm was active at Imperial Works, Great Charles Street, Birmingham and in the showrooms
				 at 19 Charterhouse Street, London. J.T. Hukin retired in 1881 and in 1886 J.T. Heath continued the partnership with John Hartsghorne 
				 Middleton. In 1904 the business was converted into a limited liability company under the style Hukin & Heath Ltd. 
				 The firm went out of business in 1953. 
				 The firm is well known for its production in the 1870s and 1880s of silver and electroplated wares under the guidance of Dr. Christopher 
				 Dresser.	
				
  
				CHRONOLOGY: 
				Hukin & Heath - 1855-1904  
				Hukin & Heath Ltd - 1904 - 1953 
 
 
 
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						Hukin & Heath, Birmingham mark entered 1875
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						Jonathan Wilson Hukin and John Thomas Heath for Hukin & Heath, London mark entered 1879
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						John Thomas Heath and John Hartsghorne Middleton for Hukin & Heath, London mark entered 1886. A similar mark was entered in 
						Birmingham Assay Office (1887) and in Sheffield Assay Office (1896)
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						Hukin & Heath Ltd, Birmingham mark entered 1909. A similar mark was entered in 
						London Assay Office (1909) and in Sheffield Assay Office
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						Hukin & Heath Ltd, Birmingham mark entered 1938
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SILVER PLATE MARKS 
 According to an author, John Heath used an oval or circle stamp around the trade mark to distinguish from electro-plated and nickel of other makers 
				
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
The marks below (spread-winged bird into a circle with H&H into squares, conjoined circles or 'Old English' fonts) don't correspond and could be attributable to Hukin & Heath only presumptively. 
  
 
 
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