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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAuguste Moreau. French sculptor 1834-1917. The youngest son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau He was one of the celebrated dynasty of French sculptors creating numerous models that can now be found in museums. He is known for art nouveau...
Charles May, Victorian Silversmith London. Renowned maker of gold and silver thimbles and scent bottles in Shoreditch and Hackney London. He registered His maker's mark At The London Assay Office and at the Birmingham Assay Office in February 1876.
E. Mander & Sons, Birmingham Silvermaker. E.J.Mander & Sons E. Mander Ltd. Elisha Mander & Son - 29 Branston street Birmingham and Great Pulteney Street, London. 1897-1921 Photographic Frame Makers, Makers. Manufactures of Photographic frames...
Formia is one of the largest companies on the island of Murano, Italy producing handmade glass today. Founded in 1962 by two master glass masters, Formentello and Mian.
Henry Marc, Paris France - Clockmaker. He is listed as early as 1800 as a clockmaker and manufacturer. Maker of many mantel and carriage clocks.
Henry Matthews | Silversmith - Birmingham, England (Note. Dates in brackets are the date of listed items by the maker) H Matthews (1895)(1913) Silver Hallmark HM
Holdcroft Majolica. Sutherland Pottery. The pottery was established at Daisy Bank, Longton in 1870 where he specialized in majolica, Parian and silver luster. Joseph Holdcroft had worked at Mintons for 18 years producing Majolica and took...
James McKay, Edinburgh Silvermaker. Apprentice of Alexander Gardner in 1783. (freeman in 1840) James McKay gave up the manufacturing side of his business in c.1825 and entered into partnership with David Cunningham as 'Mackay & Cunningham' James...
Majolica is a type of glazed jewel-toned pottery associated with Spain and Italy made originally by 14th and 15th century potters. It's heyday was in the second half of the 19th century in Europe being produced by companies in England like Minton,...
Maple and Co Antique Furniture. Maple & Co 1870-1950. Founded by John Maple, Tottenham Court Road London. With the help of his son, John, Maple and Co became the largest furniture store in the world. They were well known for quality and...
Mappin Brothers | Silversmiths
Mappin Brothers | Silversmiths - London, Sheffield (Note. Dates in brackets are the date of listed items by the maker) Edward and Joseph Mappin (1871) Silver Hallmark EM over JM John Newton Mappin (1888) Silver Hallmark Mappin Brothers...
Mary Gregory (1856–1908)[1] was an American artist known for her decoration of glass products. She worked at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She worked there between 1880-1884. Well known for paintings of children...
Ironstone was patented by the British potter Charles James Mason in 1813. It is a type of vitreous pottery and often classed as earthenware. It was developed as a as a cheaper alternative to china. There is no iron in ironstone; its name is derived...
Mdina Glass was founded on in the Maltese town of Mdina by Michael Harris in 1968 along with his friend Eric Dobson. The company produced free formed organic glassware and was a instant success with the tourists. Michael Harris left Mdina Glass in...
The production of porcelain at Meissen, near Dresden, Germany started in 1710. It was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Developed in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. Meissen are one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers known...
Merrow Associates - Richard Young (1960s-1970s). It is believed that Merrow Associates was set up by British designer Richard Young. He was the principal designer and had studied at the Royal Academy. The furniture is characterized with it's use of...
Midwinter Pottery was founded by William Robinson Midwinter in 1910. Midwinter Pottery were a manufacturer and one of the leading innovators in British tableware production in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent England. They were one of the largest potteries...
Minshull & Latimer, Birmingham Silvermakers Vyse Street, Birmingham. Operating from the late 19th century into early 20th century. Makers of cigarette and cigar cases, vesta cases, trinket boxes, dishes, napkin rings and decorative items.
Founded by Thomas Minton who established his pottery factory in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in 1793 at this time producing earthenware mainly domestic tableware in blue transfer printed or painted earthenware, including the...
Victorian majolica was originated by Minton & Co. Originally known as Mintons Palissy ware after the 16th century potter Bernard Palissy. They exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and Paris Exposition Universelle (1855) with great success,...
Furniture Maker: Minty, Oxford, England. Also Minty Ltd.
Monart Glass was made in Scotland between 1924-1961 by Salvador Ysart a Spanish glass worker and his sons. Made in an industrial glassworks in Perth owned by John Moncrief. It was a collaboration between Salvador Ysart and the wife of John Moncrief...
Pottery created by William Moorcroft while working for James Macintyre & Co. Moorcrofts designs for Macintyre included the Aurelian Ware range of high-Victorian pottery, and the Art Nouveau influenced Florian Ware which was decorated entirely by...
Morris of Glasgow - Furnituremaker Founder Harris morris 1884. Manufacturer and supplier of furniture for ocean liners, cinemas, office and domestic furniture. The company became innovators in wood technology and design especially in pioneering...
Murano Glass has been made on the Venetian island of Murano for centuries. Their glassmakers developed and improved many technologies including crystalline glass, enamelled glass (smalto), goldstone, multicolored glass (millefiori), milk glass...
Sommerso in Italian means submerged. Antonio Da Ross, a highly skilled Venetian glassmaker, first developed the sommerso technique in Murano in the late 1930s. A technique used to create several layers of glass (usually with different contrasting...
Silversmith: Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham
Pottery produced in the 19th century in the style the famous French potter Bernard Palissy (c. 1510–90) who referred to his work as rustic style and much copied during his period and particularly in the 19th century.
Robert Fead Mosley | Silversmith
Robert Fead Mosley | Silversmith - Sheffield RF Mosley Robert Mosley & Co
Silversmith: Sampson Mordan, Sampson Mordan & Co. Later known as S. Mordan & Co. | Silvermaker. Co-inventor of the first patented mechanical pencil.
Samuel Marti of Paris, Clockmaker. French clockmaker in the mid 1800s from Paris at Le Pays de Montbeliard. He set up in business with Roux and Japy Freres in 1863 to market their clock movements.
Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham Silvermaker Ernest Wilfred Sanders and Henry Arthur Mackenzie 1911-1975 registered 1911. Marks seen on Ash tray, box, candlestick, condiments set, photo frames, inkwell, manicure set, napkin ring, tankards, vase,...
Short and Mason founded in 1864 by Thomas Watling Short and William James Mason in London. Makers of precision measuring instruments including barometers, anemometers and compasses. They became leaders in the design of barographs.
Cabinet makers - Simpoles of Manchester
Wedgwood began to manufacture majolica around 1860. Wedgwood's glazes and modelling were denser and more formal than Mintons, but there were many pieces that displayed the naturalism and humour of Minton shapes. In Wedgwood's "greenware" the green...
At the latter end of the 19th century William Moorcroft worked for Staffordshire pottery manufacturers James Macintyre & Co as a designer. Moorcroft's first range of pottery, the Florian ware, was hugely successful and won him a gold medal at the...
William Morris & Co - Arts and Crafts Movement In 1861 William Morris, Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Faulkner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, P. P. Marshall, and Philip Webb founded Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co - a home furnishings...
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