William Hutton & Sons Ltd
Hutton’s, a silversmiths, began in Birmingham in 1800 under William Hutton (1774-2 May 1842). His son, William Carr Hutton (1803-1865), moved to Sheffield in 1832 to begin the manufacture of silver-plated steel products and ‘British Plate’ (an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel, known as German or nickel silver, and used for spoons and forks). Hutton was at Eyre Street until 1833, when he moved to ‘back of’ 35 Pinstone Street (Sheffield Independent, 2 February 1833). Hutton was a....
