According to Culme (1987)1, this firm was established in 1908 as Roberts & Doré Ltd, a wholesale silversmiths at Hatton Garden, London. The partners were Tom Rhodes Roberts (1879-1965) and James William Doré (born 1874). Roberts was the son of an accountant and had been born at Cinderford, Gloucestershire; Doré had been born at Chalk Farm, London. The enterprise was also listed in the Sheffield directory (1911) as an electro-plate ware manufacturer in Eyre Street. This w....