Martin, Hall & Co

Martin, Hall & Co – were Sheffield based manufacturing silversmiths and electroplated manufacturers and silver, plated and steel cutlers. The firm started in 1820 with the partnership of Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts, trading as Wilkinson & Roberts. Wilkinson left in 1846 and Roberts went into partnership with...

Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton was a craftsman based in Birmingham. He was not formally a goldsmith or silversmith but made a great contribution to the craft, becoming the greatest manufacturer of Sheffield plate in the 18th Century using Robert Adams and James Wyatt designs in the Neo-classical style. Mathew was the son of a toy...

Maude Mary Turner

Maude Mary Turner (1862 – 1947) was a British painter born in Chelsea in London. Sadly, Maude’s early life and education has not been documented, so there is no information about how she became a painter. However, as an adult she produced a great deal of work and exhibited extensively between 1891 and 1908 at...

Max le Verrier

Was a French artist and sculptor born near Paris in 1891. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva after serving in the French army during the First World War. Whilst in Switzerland he became close friends with fellow sculptors Marcel Bouraine and Pierre le Faguays and he went on to collaborate with them...

Meissen Porcelain

Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first hard-paste porcelain to be produced in Europe. Chinese porcelain was made from hard-paste but the recipe and firing method had eluded Europeans for centuries. It was finally ‘developed’ by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus in 1708 and production started at...

Mene

Pierre Jules Mene (1810 -1879) was a French sculptor who pioneered animal sculptures and became a leading animalier of his time. He worked mainly in bronze, producing small figures of mainly domesticated animals such as sheep, goats, cows, bulls and horses which were particularly popular during the time of the...

Meubles Francais

Meubles Francais – was a premier retailer of high quality furniture. It had amazing showrooms in Marble Arch and Mayfair during the 1970s.

Milo

Was a French sculptor who grew up in Spain. Milo was born in 1939 in Paris, but the family moved to Andalusia in Spain where he spent most of his childhood. He began making sculptures at the age of 17 under the influence of his artistic family. He went on to apprentice with a number […]

Minerva

Minerva – the assay mark the French use for sterling silver is the head of the goddess Minerva. Higher than for other countries, the French standard for sterling silver requires a silver content of 950 parts per thousand, or 95% silver as opposed to the English standard of 92.5%. A second mark of the Miverva...

Mirrors

A Mirror is an object designed to reflect light in such a way that that any object in front of it appears to be produced as an exact replica behind the surface glass. The archaic term ‘looking-glass’ denotes the most common use of mirrors for looking at oneself for personal grooming. They are widely used […]

Makers, Periods & Styles Library

Martin, Hall & Co

Matthew Boulton

Maude Mary Turner

Max le Verrier

Meissen Porcelain

Mene

Meubles Francais

Milo

Minerva

Mirrors

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