Awac
Established Member
"BRITTAIN, Frederick SHEFFIELD, 102 Wellington Street 1864-1866, St George's Works, Shoreham Street 1876-1887."
Merchant, and manufacturer of steel, saws, files and tools. An influential Sheffield industrialist, and part of a large and ancient extended family of Sheffield manufacturers, many bearing the forename Swann; he was a member of a delegation that went to America in 1877 to look into possible causes of Sheffield's decline, and wrote an influential report on their visit. The decorative medallions are unique to this maker, and appear on both his hand and back saws; there may well be other patterns not so far recorded.
Ne Plus Ultra- "Nothing further beyond" was used as a top quality mark for many different tools and manufacturers. Yet one more awaiting a clean and sharpen!
Merchant, and manufacturer of steel, saws, files and tools. An influential Sheffield industrialist, and part of a large and ancient extended family of Sheffield manufacturers, many bearing the forename Swann; he was a member of a delegation that went to America in 1877 to look into possible causes of Sheffield's decline, and wrote an influential report on their visit. The decorative medallions are unique to this maker, and appear on both his hand and back saws; there may well be other patterns not so far recorded.
Ne Plus Ultra- "Nothing further beyond" was used as a top quality mark for many different tools and manufacturers. Yet one more awaiting a clean and sharpen!
