Brailsford & Spencer
In 1800, the partners – Alexander Brailsford and John Spencer – registered a silver mark (‘A.B’) as plate workers at Trippet Lane. Spencer is unidentified, but Alexander Brailsford was apparently the son of Thomas and apprenticed to John Elam, a cutler. He became a Freeman in 1791. The partnership was dissolved in 1804, when Thomas Brailsford (an upholsterer in the 1811 directory) agreed to handle the settlement of any debts. Alexander Brailsford, ‘silverplater’, wa....
