E. Bingham & Company
Ernest Clifford Bingham (1897-1973) was born in Sheffield, the son of John Frederick Bingham, a razor smith and whetter, and his wife, Lily. He started as an office boy, but in the early 1920s launched E. Bingham & Co as a table knife manufacturer at Court No. 9, 79 Allen Street. The firm was an early marketer of stainless table knives and registered the word ‘LUSTARE’ in 1922. The firm produced boxed sets of table cutlery, marked ‘FIRTH STAINLESS’ and ‘LUSTA’ (which ....
