John Corker
John Corker was listed in the Sheffield directory (1787) as a fine scissors manufacturer at Meadow Street. His trade mark was a maltese cross and a device resembling two conjoined and reversed ‘Cs’. Almost nothing is known about his background, though the apprenticeship records of the Company of Cutlers listed a candidate: John Corker, the son of Joseph (a scissorsmith), who was apprenticed to another scissorsmith, Thomas Matthews, in 1867. He became a Freeman in 1774.In 1788, however, John Cork....
