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#1The backstrap Darby shown below is marked Nettleford & Sons C&M 1880
Backstrap Darby cuffs from the 19th century from any maker are rare. This is the first Nettleford marked cuff of any kind that I have seen.
The C&M mark is also very intriguing. For years we have discussed the common C&M marking found on British military cuffs. There is good evidence that the mark stands for the Military and Civil Departments. Four of my Hiatt backstrap Darbies have this M&C marking. Their also have date markings, 1887, 1901, 1904 and 1915. My only Hiatt backstap not marked C&M is marked B.O. for Board of Ordnance. According to the Wikipedia the Board of Ordnance existed until 1855. It seems that the B.O. became the M&C Departments.
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Now we have the first case that I have seen of the mark turned around C&M. Who known what it all means?
As for Nettlefold & Sons. The company and the family are well known. Here is the Wikepedia entry.
John Sutton Nettlefold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sutton_Nettlefold
In 1823, Nettlefold opened a hardware store at 54 High Holborn, London. This was followed in 1826 by a workshop to make wood-screws based in Sunbury-on-Thames. The Sunbury factory was powered by a waterwheel and Nettlefold saw the importance of motive power when he took advantage of steam power in a new factory in Baskerville Place, off Broad Street, Birmingham.[1]
Nettlefold was a Unitarian and he married a co-religionist Martha Chamberlain (17941866), the sister of a Joseph Chamberlain and the aunt of Joseph Chamberlain, his more famous son and namesake. In 1854, Nettlefold acquired the opportunity to purchase a license to manufacture to a U.S. patent for a novel woodscrew. The license, and the establishment of a new factory, demanded an investment of £ 30,000. Nettlefold sought and obtained the involvement of his brother-in-law as equal partner for an investment of £10,000 and the two established a factory in Smethwick, leaving its management to their sons, Edward John and Joseph Henry Nettlefold, and the junior Joseph Chamberlain.[1]
One of John's grandsons was John Sutton Nettlefold JP, son of Edward John.
In later years, the management of Nettlefold and Chamberlain was passed to Joseph and Frederick Nettlefold, and later was absorbed into Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds,[1] now GKN plc is a multinational engineering company headquartered in Redditch.
Backstrap Darby cuffs from the 19th century from any maker are rare. This is the first Nettleford marked cuff of any kind that I have seen.
The C&M mark is also very intriguing. For years we have discussed the common C&M marking found on British military cuffs. There is good evidence that the mark stands for the Military and Civil Departments. Four of my Hiatt backstrap Darbies have this M&C marking. Their also have date markings, 1887, 1901, 1904 and 1915. My only Hiatt backstap not marked C&M is marked B.O. for Board of Ordnance. According to the Wikipedia the Board of Ordnance existed until 1855. It seems that the B.O. became the M&C Departments.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/261154/m ... 277045779/
Now we have the first case that I have seen of the mark turned around C&M. Who known what it all means?
As for Nettlefold & Sons. The company and the family are well known. Here is the Wikepedia entry.
John Sutton Nettlefold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sutton_Nettlefold
In 1823, Nettlefold opened a hardware store at 54 High Holborn, London. This was followed in 1826 by a workshop to make wood-screws based in Sunbury-on-Thames. The Sunbury factory was powered by a waterwheel and Nettlefold saw the importance of motive power when he took advantage of steam power in a new factory in Baskerville Place, off Broad Street, Birmingham.[1]
Nettlefold was a Unitarian and he married a co-religionist Martha Chamberlain (17941866), the sister of a Joseph Chamberlain and the aunt of Joseph Chamberlain, his more famous son and namesake. In 1854, Nettlefold acquired the opportunity to purchase a license to manufacture to a U.S. patent for a novel woodscrew. The license, and the establishment of a new factory, demanded an investment of £ 30,000. Nettlefold sought and obtained the involvement of his brother-in-law as equal partner for an investment of £10,000 and the two established a factory in Smethwick, leaving its management to their sons, Edward John and Joseph Henry Nettlefold, and the junior Joseph Chamberlain.[1]
One of John's grandsons was John Sutton Nettlefold JP, son of Edward John.
In later years, the management of Nettlefold and Chamberlain was passed to Joseph and Frederick Nettlefold, and later was absorbed into Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds,[1] now GKN plc is a multinational engineering company headquartered in Redditch.