Catalogue description COOPER BROS. & SONS LTD, SILVERSMITHS

This record is held by Sheffield City Archives

Details of SY/499/B
Reference: SY/499/B
Title: COOPER BROS. & SONS LTD, SILVERSMITHS
Date: 1850-1964
Held by: Sheffield City Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Cooper Brothers and Sons Ltd Sheffield, silversmiths

Physical description: 3 Series
Access conditions:

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated

Immediate source of acquisition:

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority

Subjects:
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Administrative / biographical background:

The firm was founded in 1866 as Cooper Bros. In a directory of 1871 their address is given as 14½ High Street and they are described as manufacturers of electro-plated and nickel silver spoons and forks. By 1876 the firm was in Bridge Street and in 1885 they purchased the Arundel Street works where they remained until 1983. In 1895 the business became a limited liability company under the name of Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd. In 1983 the business was acquired by Frank Cobb & Co. Ltd

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