Hand Forged Silver Cutlery - C.W. Fletcher (Silversmiths) Ltd (1980)

C W Fletcher & Sons was registered in May 1894 at the Sterling Works, Sheffield. In 1907 the company acquired Brewis & Co, a London silversmiths which led to C W Fletcher becoming a limited company and in 1908 the company moved to Sheffield. The film shows at the time it was made that the company were one of the last makers of silver cutlery by hand. The company was taken over in March 2002 and is now known as Fletcher Robinson Ltd and still makes silver cutlery. One of the series of South Yorkshire County Council sponsored films commissioned from Sheffield Independent Film and the Sheffield City Polytechnic to document ‘little mester’ trades. This film was No.9 in the series entitled 'Trades & Crafts'. To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our website: https://www.hawleytoolcollection.com/ See also our sister website at https://hawleysheffieldknives.com/