Joseph Elliot (2022)

This film of an online lecture given by Nick Duggan on 20 July 2022 tracks the rise of Joseph Elliot & Sons from their late 18th Century origins in Sheffield to be a major force in the city's knife making heritage. Of particular interest in its expansion was its acquisition of a very wide range of trade marks as it bought out other companies based in the city.
Amongst its acquisitions were Lockwood Brothers, I & H Sorby, Thomas Ellin & Co, John Wigfall & Co, C E Nixon and John Barber. Even until the 1930s the company was run by a tight group of family member. Despite innovation which enabled it to resist economic change longer than many the company was evetually wound up in 1998.
The film was developed as part of the Name on the Knife Blade Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The website developed by the project giving detail of the huge array of table knife manufacturers in Sheffield over the last 200 years can be found at hawleysheffieldknives.com/
To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our website: www.hawleytoolcollection.com/

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