John Ellis & Company
In 1797, John Ellis & Co, pen and pocket knife maker, was listed at Arundel Street (trade mark ‘ELLIS 607’). Four years later, a silver mark was registered by John Ellis (presumably of J. Ellis & Co), Peter Spurr, and Peter Cadman at Arundel Street. That remained the firm’s address in subsequent directories, in which it was listed as a pen and pocket knife manufacturer. On 9 December 1820, The Sheffield Independent, reported the death ‘yesterday ....
