ANTIQUE (1853-1925) ATKIN BROTHERS SHEFFIELD ENGLAND SILVERPLATED TEAPOT CREAMER AND SUGAR BOWL

AN ANTIQUE (1853-1925) ATKIN BROTHERS SILVER PLATED TEAPOT, CREAMER AND SUGAR POT.
BY ATKINS BROTHERS (HARRY, EDWARD AND FRANK), SHEFFIELD ENGLAND IN THE LATE NINETEENTH TO EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
WITH BAKELITE HANDLE AND LID AND DECORATIVE FLUTED HINGED DOMED LID, GOOSENECK SPOUT AND FLUTED DESIGN ALONG LOWER BASE OF BODY.
This version of the Edwardian Era (1901-1910) silver plated coffee pot is fitted with a wood finish bakelight handle. It was later replaced after 1910 with a black Bakelite handle and lid finial.
 
MARKINGS: The coffee pot, creamer and sugar pot are all stamped HA EA FA each in a separate mark followed by EPNS and 4387. These letters are the three brothers of Henry Atkin Harry, Edward and Frank. THIS MARK DATE FROM 1853 TO 1925.
 
ATKINS BROTHERS (1824 1940):
Atkin Brothers manufactured a wide range of electroplate, Britannia Metal, silver and plated cutlery supplied to many firms in the United Kingdom and in the Colonies.
Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law, a silversmith active in Sheffield from c. 1750 to 1775. He was one of the only two firms combining the trades of cutlers and general silversmiths.
The business was continued by his sons John and William, and later by Joseph Law.
In 1829 Henry Atkin and John Oxley, trading as Atkin, Oxley & Co, succeeded to the original firm. They dissolved their partnership c. 1840.
Henry Atkin continued the trade as Henry Atkin & Co at 32 Howard Street, Sheffield.
He died in 1853, and his sons Harry Wright Atkin, Edward Thomas Atkin and Frank Shaw Atkin continued the trade under the style Atkin Brothers in their Truro Works, Matilda Street, Sheffield.
The firm opened offices in London, managed by Harry Wright Atkin, and in 1925 became a limited liability company as Atkin Brothers (Silversmiths) Ltd.
They were purchased by Thomas Bradley and sons in 1940 which for their part was taken over by CJ Vander of London in 1958.
In 1996 the CJ Vander was acquired by Syratech Corporation, owners of the leading silver brands in the USA. THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS.
CHRONOLOGY:
Thomas Law (& Co.) ca. 1750-1775
John Law (& Sons) 1775-1824
Joseph Law, John Oxley and Henry Atkin 1824-1829
Atkin, Oxley & Co. 1829-1840
Henry Atkin & Co. 1840-1853
Atkin Brothers 1853-1925
Atkin Brothers Ltd. 1925
purchased Thomas Bradbury & Sons c. 1940
acquired by C.J. Vander of London 1958
 
SIZE:
TEAPOT: 27CM LONG FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 14CM HIGH 11CM WIDE
CREAMER: 10CM LONG FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 7CM HIGH 5CM WIDE
SUGAR POT: 13CM LONG FROM HANDLE TO HANDL 8CM HIGH 6,5CM WIDE
 
CONDITION: TEA POT, CREAMER AND SUGAR POT IN GOOD STRUCTURAL CONDITION WITH LID AND HINGES STILL OK. IT WAS CLEANED BUT STILL NEEDS ANOTHER GOOD POLISH.
 
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