Joseph Bailey & Sons
Joseph Bailey (1751-1824) was the son of Matthew Bailey (of the Walker ironworks in Masbrough) and Elizabeth Wood. Joseph was apprenticed in the scissors trade and by 1774 was a scissors smith in Bow Street. He registered a silver mark in 1786 in Westbar. He combined with John Eadon, who became his brother-in-law when Joseph married John’s sister, Mary Eadon, in 1775 (Hall, 19151). In 1787, Bailey & Eadon was a scissors smith, ironmonger, and factor in Westbar (trade mark ‘DEI &a....
