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Antique Silver George V Rattail Pattern Cutlery /Flatware Service made in 1925
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A very fine antique silver rattail pattern flatware service for 12. All made in 1925 by Walker & Hall of Sheffield (two tea spoons made in 1924).
| Date | 1925 |
| Made By | Walker & Hall |
| Location | Sheffield |
| Stock Number | FA246x24 |
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Antique Silver George V Rattail Pattern Cutlery /Flatware Service made in 1925
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A very fine antique silver rattail pattern flatware service for 12. All made in 1925 by Walker & Hall of Sheffield (two tea spoons made in 1924).
This high quality handmade service is quite extensive and is in excellent condition.
The service is complemented by 12 silver handle table knives and 12 dessert knives (which are later in date).
Comprising:
12 round bowl soup spoons
12 table forks
12 dessert spoons
12 dessert forks
12 tea spoons
12 table knives
12 dessert knives.
In addition, there are:
6 serving spoons
1 basting spoon
1 soup ladle
2 sauce ladles
A pair of fish or pastry servers
96 pieces in total.
Walker & Hall were Sheffield based silversmiths making their fortune with electroplating, cutlery and silver from the mid-19th century until they closed in 1971.
The company started with a Britannia metalworker – John Harrison – who took the first licence in Sheffield from Elkingtons to make electroplated wares. He sent George Walker to Birmingham to learn the new process. On his return to Sheffield, George decided to set up his own business and entered into partnership with Samuel Coulson in 1845. They obtained their own electroplating licence but did not start manufacture immediately. When they did, they were joined by Henry Hall and they started trading as Walker & Hall in 1853.
When Sir John Bingham joined them in 1852 they had fewer than 20 employees, but by 1894 they had grown to 1500 workers. Sir John Bingham was a master publicist and they appear to be the originators of the false story that George Walker had been an assistant of Dr. John Wright, the surgeon who had invented the electroplating process and so could claim to be a co-inventor. The story has made it into many texts as fact.
They were very successful and went on to open showrooms in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Bristol as well as in Australia (Melbourne and Adelaide) and in South Africa (Cape Town).
They became a limited company in 1920 under the name Walker & Hall Ltd, and their “Electro Works” building dominated the Sheffield skyline until it was bombed in the Sheffield blitz in 1940. They managed to rebuild and continued production until 1963. In that year, they combined with Mappin & Webb and Elkington & Co to form British Silverware Ltd.
They shut down as a manufacturer in 1973, although the brand was later revived as a retailer.
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