About us

Our history

We have been in business for over twenty years and have supplied galleries and stores all over the world including Bergdorf Goodman, Braybrook and Britten, Fortnum and Mason, Gumps, Harrods, Liberty, Polo Ralph Lauren and Saks 5th Avenue . Our designs and our business have won a number of awards and we have pieces in the National Silver Collection and in the permanent collection at Manchester City Museum.

We have also undertaken a number of prestigious commissions.

All the pieces are designed and made by ourselves. We specialise in hand raised and forged items, traditional techniques that are now hard to find. Every item is hallmarked in Sheffield or Edinburgh and carries the date, quality and makers mark.

Our products

We produce two broad ranges of items, which are listed below. Although we specialise in tableware and pieces for the home, we also provide a range of gifts for men and baby gifts. Our style is one of simple elegance where the weight and balance of a piece is of greatest importance. We never lose sight of the fact that a piece should feel satisfying as well as look beautiful.

Silver

Our specialities are hand raising and forging - both methods of forming a curved item from a single flat piece of metal using hammers and stakes. These techniques require a great deal of skill and time and are characterised by the silver item having a hammered finish and a great deal of strength.

In addition we produce fabricated pieces - where the item is made from shaped pieces of metal soldered together - and our own small scale castings.

Thus our prices range from a few pounds to a few thousands of pounds - there is something here for everyone.

Horn and silver

The horn items are made for us by a craftsman in Cumbria and we dress them with silver. All the horn is certified as being a natural by-product. Nothing has been killed for its horn. It has a natural beauty and varies greatly in colour. We will try to match the colour that you like but this is not always possible.
Horn is a very durable material (it has, after all, been on the front of a cow for a good few years), and does not mind being put in vinegar, oil and so on. However, it does not like too great a heat and cannot be put in the dishwasher. Since it is finished to a high polish, hand washing is easy. The horn items are formed from a cylindrical shape with a hollow core in its' centre, thus some of the pieces will have a small groove in them. This is part of the natural beauty of horn.

Returns policy.

In addition to our policy on goods damaged in transit, which is laid out in sections 7 and 9 of the terms and conditions, we accept the responsibility to replace or repair any item which fails, through no fault of the buyer, in the first 6 months after delivery. In this event we would accept responsibility for any costs of carriage involved.