Eldre øks fra Atkinsons Brothers, Sheffield UK

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35 cm lang.

Atkinsons Brothers, Sheffield hadde lange tradisjoner som produsenter av kniver, økser annet som ble håndsmidd.

Til Norge så fikk sølvmaker Theodor Olsen laget sølvtøy og kniver fra Atkinson Brothers.

The brothers Edward Atkinson (1848-1904) and John Atkinson (1850-1914) were the sons of William Atkinson, a Draper. in 1871 the two brothers were working as Clerks in the Cutlery trade, Edward worked for Ebenezer Parker on Rockingham Street by 1876 the brothers had started their partnership on the Milton Works on Milton Street. The company was listed as merchants and manufacturers of Razors, Scissors and edge tools, they sold Pen & Pocket Knives besides plus Shoe & Butchers Knives. Four years later in 1880,they led the use of machinery in production and were one of the biggest users of Celluloid for al types of handles.

At this time they employed up to 100 workers including men, women, boys and girls, they were up there as one of the biggest manufacture's of Table Knives in the town and a big supplier to the British Army. In 1884 the brothers bought the marks and order book of Ebenezer Parker, they had workshops on Milton Works, Exchange Works and Porter Island Works, by this time they had plans to move into Sterling Silver and Electro Plate, they registered their Silver mark in 1897, by 1910 they had vacated the Milton Works and moved to the Britannia Works on Renton Street and Soho Street in Little Sheffield (Little Sheffield being an area Boston Street / London Road) .

In 1892 John Atkinson became Master Cutler and served on Sheffield Town Council in the 1880s, he travelled world-wide promoting their goods, in 1901 he was living in Sydenham in South East London where he oversaw the London end of the business, his brother Edward died on the June 9th 1904 at his home at 53 Broomgrove Road Sheffield, his house is still there, despite the success of their business he only left £365, when other cutlery manufacturers were leaving extraordinary amounts in their wills, John Atkinson died on the 7th of August 1914 in Brighton, no record of his will or an obituary has been found

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