Benjamin & Joseph Withers
The partners – presumably the sons of Benjamin Sen., who died on 14 October 1770, aged 56 – were Benjamin Withers (c.1745-1823; Master Cutler, 1794) and Joseph Withers (c.1749-1820; Master Cutler, 1802). By 1774, they were part of Birks, Withers & Sykes, silver handled table knife manufacturers, Pinstone Croft Lane. This ended in 1780. In the following year, Benjamin Withers registered a silver mark from Norfolk Street. Between 1781 and 1791 the Withers’ and Sykes’ remained....
