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THE ALEXANDER CLARK MANUFACTURING COThe business was established in 1891 by Clift AlexanderMawer Clark at 138 Fenchurch Street, London. Manufacturing premises were openedin 1894 at 29 Market Place, Oxford Street.In 1900 the firm was active at Welbeck Works, RandallStreet, Sheffield, transferring its activity to James Street Works, St. Paul's,Birmingham, in 1918.The firm was active also at 29 Market Place, London(1894-1910), 188 Oxford Street, London (1900-1915), 125-126 Fernchurch Street,London (1909-1918),38-40 Mitre Street, Aldgate, London (1921), 17 SycamoreStreet, Sheffield(1921) and 38 Leadenhall Street, London (1941).The partners were C.A.M. Clark, Louis Vernon Clark,Robert Fead Mosley and Robert Frederick Mosley (of R.F. Mosley & Co Ltd).The firm was converted in 1912 into limited liabilitycompany under the style of the Alexander Clark Co Ltd.In 1912 the firm advertised its reproduction of silverhistorical pieces as the Tudor Bowl (period Henry VIII), the Tudor Cup, AntiqueJug found on the excavations at Pompeii, Mediaeval Beaker (Henry VII, 1496).In 1914 the Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co Ltd had 620employees in the activities of silversmiths, cutlers, precious stone mountersand dressing bag manufacturers. It was specialised in the production of silver,"Welbeck Silver Plate" and electroplate, cutlery, fitted dressingcases and bags, high-class leather goods.WELBECK was the trade mark used on silverplateproduction.CHRONOLOGY:Alexander Clark c. 1891 c. 1898The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co c. 1898 1912 TheAlexander Clark Co Ltd 1912 1940s