George Patten / Hannah Patten & Son
The Pattens (sometimes spelled Paten or Pattin) manufactured pen and pocket knives from the early 1700s. Their mark (‘PATEN’ and a Maltese cross), granted to George Patten in 1737, was well known enough by the 1760s for other Sheffield makers to imitate it. In 1766, William Parkin was fined 40 shillings (£2) by the Company of Cutlers for striking a mark similar to Patten’s (Leader, 1905-6, ii1). In 1774 and 1787, George Patten was listed in Coalpit Lane as a manufacturer ....
