Daniel & Arter
Daniel & Arter was a prominent Birmingham silversmith and electro-plater. The founders were Thomas Henry Daniel (c.1835-1916) and Thomas Richard Arter (1833-1897). The former had been born at Newark, New Jersey, USA, and naturalised in 1841; but his father, George, was a brass founder from Birmingham. George must have worked in New Jersey in the 1820s and 1830s, but by 1851 the Daniels had returned to Birmingham. Thomas trained as an electro-plater’s clerk. At some point. Thomas met Thomas R. Arte....
