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Not really confusing - just proof that the written word is better than memory - John Salt evidently got it wrong when he said 'cutlers to her majesty' was awarded in '54.

Either that, or they were...

Your cut-off date now appears to be 1854:

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After that the company name changed from M. Salt & Son to simply Salt & Son. They won an award under this name in 1873:

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and lasted...

That's a beauty for sure.

Martins ad from the aussie newspaper is dated 1874 and calls the firm 'Salt & Sons' so I suppose that you are OK up to or shortly before this date. Seems like they...

Strangely enough, although a wiki article states 1845 as the date that 'cutlers to her majesty' was awarded, 301 years after the first Salts were in business the manager, John Salt (of Salts...

Job to say Rob. Could just predate the Great Exhibition, but by less than a decade if the info re: Mary is correct (she appears in the 1849 directory alongside Richards name: Richard is listed as...

They were cutlers and (mainly) surgical instrument makers.

They exhibited surgical instruments in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.

Strangely, 'M' stands for Mary. The firm was started...