Silver · a closer look
Sheffield 1912 hallmark/a> mark: RB
Mark details
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- RB
- Appearance
- RB in script Harrods Ltd -Richard Burbridge-, Sir Richard Burbridge was Managing Director of Harrods
- Place
- Chester
Dating cue
Captioned hallmark examples: Sheffield 1912; Chester 1911.
Notes
Attributed to Harrods Ltd (Richard Burbridge, managing director). Founded in 1849 by Henry Charles Harrod, the Knightsbridge store became a limited company in 1889. It bought Edwards & Sons in 1928 and Elkington & Co Ltd in 1934.