Atkin Brothers – Henry & Harry

The Atkin Brothers firm were Sheffield based silversmiths, producing flatware, hollowware and cutlery.

It started life as the business of Thomas Law, a silversmith active in Sheffield between 1750 to 1775. This business was continued by the Law sons. They were joined in 1824 by Henry Atkin and they started trading as Atkin, Oxley & Co . They dissolved their partnership in 1840 and Henry went on trading on his own account as Henry Atkin & Co. When Henry died in 1853, his brothers, Harry Wright Atkin, Edward Thomas Atkin and Frank Shaw Atkin took over the firm and traded as Atkin Brothers.

They produced a wide range of Britannia Metal, electroplate and silver and plated cutlery which they supplied to firms such as Thornhill & Co in London and Barraclough & Sons in Leeds as well as to many other businesses in the UK and in the colonies.

They continued successfully, opening offices in London and registered as a limited company in 1925 – Atkin Brothers (Silversmiths) Ltd. Their flatware business was sold to C J Vander of London and their holloware business to Adie Brothers in Birmingham in 1958.