Hammond, Creake & Company Ltd
The founder was Saint Arnaud Creake (1855-1928), who was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, the son of John Creake (a grocer’s warehouseman) and his wife, Elizabeth. By 1881, St Arnaud Creake was working in Sheffield as a cabinet upholstery bookkeeper. Apparently, he launched his business in 1886 and registered a silver mark (SAC) at St Mary’s Road in 1892. The Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith (1 August 1892) stated: ‘This firm, although only about ten years old, had been, for some time....
