Garrard & Co Ltd
We believe that the name on this blade refers to the company of goldsmiths started by George Wickes in Threadneedle Street in London who entered his mark at Goldsmiths’ Hall in 1722.
The company moved to Panton Street off Haymarket in 1735. George Wickes gained the patronage of Frederick, the then Prince of Wales for his fine work. When he retired in 1760, two of his apprentices, John Parker and Edward Wakelin, purchased the company and in 1776 John Wakelin and William Taylor took it over. Robert G....
