Henry Barnascone (c.1826-1894) – who was known originally as Enrico or Henrico – was born in Canton of Dessin, Switzerland.  He was the brother of Lewis Barnascone and by 1851 had moved to Sheffield to join the family cutlery firm.  In 1857, he was married at a Catholic Chapel, Halifax, to Savina née Rimondi (1832-1917), the eldest daughter of Charles Rimondi of Halifax.   In 1868, he began selling cutlery in Angel Street and in 1875 moved to York Street.   He brought his son, Charles Henry ‘Harry’ Barnascone (1858-1917), into the business, and so it was restyled Henry Barnascone & Son.   In 1881, they employed eight men and four women.  In about 1892, Barnascone’s moved to Empire Works in Eyre Street.   Henry Barnascone, Oakfield House, Broomhall Park, a ‘martyr’ to rheumatism, died from pneumonia after a cold on 14 November 1894, aged 68, leaving £11,058.   He was buried at St Bede’s Church, Masbrough, Rotherham.

He left the company to Harry.  In 1909, the firm became a private limited company, with £10,000 capital.   Harry died at The Grove, Endcliffe, on 17 February 1917, aged 58, leaving £28,458.  He was buried at St Michael’s Cemetery, Rivelin, where the church had been built by Mrs Barnascone’s parents in 1877 (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 21 February 1917).  The firm was liquidated in 1934.   Barnascone’s trade marks were the words ‘PROLIFIC’ (earlier used by George R. Marsden), ‘THE HUNGRY WOLF BRAND’, and ‘EMPIRE’.   These were later acquired by Harrison Fisher.