Viner & Hall Ltd
This firm was active between the 1920s and 1960s as a manufacturer of stainless and electro-plated table cutlery. Its speciality was canteens of cutlery, which often had fancy wooden cabinets. The principal of the enterprise was Charles Frederick Hall, who was born in about 1881. His early life is obscure, but information from ships’ passenger lists suggests that he acquired experience at Westwood Works, Witton, Birmingham. This was the factory of S. M. Emanuel & Co, a manufacturer of studs,....
