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01-12-2011, 11:13 AM #3
Brittain, Wilkinson, Brownell and Ibberson
I found this snippet on the web yesterday:
The mark
was entered in July 1784 by George Brittain & Co., a partnership comprising four cutlers, George Brittain, Jonathan Wilkinson, Peter Brownell and Joseph Ibberson who entered into a fourteen year partnership from 1st January 1784 to manufacture cutlery in the existing workshops of Brittain. None of the partners appear subsequently in the silver register. The only items noted in the day-book are blades.
I think there's a good chance that your razor is a "George Brittain".
:-)
Nice one too!
Acier Fondu means something along the lines of "Molten Steel".
I'd date it anywhere between 1784 and 1840.
Edit:
I saw the page I took this from is copyrighted, so I'll mention the source:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawed/SILVERSMITHSPART2.htm
Hope they don't mind. We use this for noble purposes.Last edited by sashimi; 01-12-2011 at 11:21 AM.
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