Biography of chester heweller
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This History of Chester Silver
Chester Silversmiths
By far the most prolific family of silversmiths in Chester was the Richardson family. The first was Richard Richardson (1674-1729). Three further generations of Richard Richardson’s would follow and the tumbler cup illustrated above was made by Richard Richardson II.
Tumbler cups were a speciality of the Richardson family. Typically around 5-10cm high and very plain, tumbler cups are known from the reign of Charles II. They have a weighted bottom to keep the cup upright and were designed to have their contents drained in one! Many believe these cups to have been given at cockfighting events, but there are few references to support this.
Through the 19th century Chester remained an important assay office where local and foreign silversmiths work was assayed.
Bethold Mueller is a name often associated with the Chester Assay Office as they were an import firm. They predominantly distributed silver produced bygd Neresheim
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Charles Horner (jeweller)
British jeweller (1837–1896)
For persons of a similar name, see Charles Horner (disambiguation).
Charles Horner | |
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| Born | 1837 Ovenden |
| Died | 1896 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Jeweller |
Charles Horner (1837–1896) was an English jeweller and founder of the Halifax jewellery business Charles Horner of Halifax.
Life
[edit]He was born at Ovenden.[1]
Horner's business was founded in the 1860s and was based at 23 Northgate, Halifax. It produced silver jewellery and ornaments. Among its better-known jewellery lines were enamelled Art Nouveau pendants and necklaces, twisted silver wire and glass paste 'knot' brooches, and silver hatpins.
Horner's "Dorcas" thimbles were patented in 1884.[2][3] These solved the problem of the previous soft, silver thimbles by using a sandwich of strong steel and sterling silver layers. The three layers were formed separately, stacked together, and then a protruding
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OUR HISTORY
Goods have been traded in Chester for over 2,000 years. Although the setting for the new market is modern in design and construction, we believe Chester’s market charter was granted in 1159.
The markets were originally hosted on the streets and Rows, with the focus in Market Square, outside the current Forum entrance, with stalls around the Exchange building, built in the square in 1692 and which served as the Town Hill until it burned down in 1862.
It was replaced by a purpose built grand Victorian Market Hall opened in 1863, although sadly this was demolished in 1967 and replaced by the current Forum building. More about the history of Chester’s markets can be found here
The site of the new market has seen every part of Chester’s history, from housing Roman barracks and stores, Saxon houses, Viking jewellery makers, Medieval streets, Church missions, schools, a foundry and most recently a bus station. See more about the archaeology of the site here.
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