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Sheffield 1905 hallmark mark: RM EH
Mark details
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- RM EH
- Appearance
- RM over EH into a lozenge Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- , The origin of the firm in the partnership established in 1820 in Sheffield by Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts who traded as Wilkinson & Roberts.The firm's cronology is: John Roberts (1836), Roberts & Hall ( 1846), Martin Hall & Co (1854), Martin Hall & Co Ltd (1866-1936). Martin Hall & Co was one of the best known British manufacturers and partecipated to many international exhibitions including the Crystal Palace 1851 Great Exhibition. They had also a line of production in electroplate and in a patented white metal called "Martinoid"
- Colour
- white
- Place
- London
Dating cue
Captioned hallmark examples: Sheffield 1905; London 1883.
Notes
Attributed to Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co-, The origin of the firm in the partnership established in 1820 in Sheffield by Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts who traded as Wilkinson & Roberts.The firm's cronology is: John Roberts (1836), Roberts & Hall ( 1846), Martin Hall & Co (1854), Martin Hall & Co Ltd (1866-1936). Martin Hall & Co was one of the best known British manufacturers and partecipated to many international exhibitions including the Crystal Palace 1851 Great Exhibition. They had also a line of production in electroplate and in a patented white metal called "Martinoid".