Dawes & Ball (Sheffield) Ltd
The owner of this cutlery business was Joseph William Ball (1893-1962). He had been born in Sheffield, the son of Frederick (a spring knife cutler) and Annie Ball. In 1911, the family lived at Washington Road, where father and son were enumerated as spring knife cutlers. In 1915, Joseph married Bertha née Price. In 1922, Joseph and Bertha (of 19 Woodstock Road) registered Primus Cutlery Manufacturing Co as a private limited company, capitalised at £2,000. The firm was established as....
