John M. Etches
This maker of gold, silver, fruit, and dessert knives registered a silver mark in 1820. The mark was ‘IME’ and the workshop was at Howard Street. Biographical details are scanty. Apprenticeship records listed John Etches as the son of William, a labourer at Crooks [sic], who was apprenticed in 1799 to John Beardshaw, a Crookesmoor cutler. He became a Freeman in 1791 (Leader, 1905-061). However, it is not certain that this is the same man. John Etches appeared once in a Sheffiel....
