W. H. Robinson
Foreign Buyers’ Catalogue (1895) carried an advertisement for W.H. Robinson, manufacturer of table, dessert, and toy knives, Continental Works, Headford Street. Identifying the owner is difficult – as more than one W. H. Robinson was active at this time – however, it was probably William Henry Robinson. He had been born in 1861 at Weedon Bec, Northampton, and was the son of Henry Robinson (a grocer in Sheffield by 1871) and his wife, Emma. By 1881, W. H. Robinson was a silversmith, living i....
