Worshipful Company of Turners
Worshipful Company of Turners , silver prize, circa 1890, company arms and motto, rev. legend in eleven lines, PRESENTED BY THE TURNERS COMPANY/ OF LONDON/ TO A. W. JOHNSON/ OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL/, 52 mm, contained in original red leather case. Extremely fine. £Sold
Amongst the list of the Company's hierarchy engraved on the reverse is J.J.Holtzapfell, the grandson of J.J.Holtzapfell who moved from Alsace to London in the 1780's to where he set up his engineer's tools business.He sold his first lathe in 1795 for the incredible price of twenty five pounds.The firm specialized in lathes for ornamental turning.
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