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Smith, Kemp & Wright.

London & Birmingham.

Birmingham Directories

Kemp, John. 34 Upper Tower Street.        1829-1835. BME.

 

 I have not been able to establish a connection with the Kemp below.  
Smith &  Kemp.   Brearley Street.   1839-1852. BME.
Smith, Kemp & Wright.   165, Brearley Street.   1854-1861. BME.

Smith & Wright.

165, Brearley Street.       1862-1883. BME.  
176 to 180, Brearley Street.    1886-1889. BME.  
Smith & Wright Ltd   176 to 180, Brearley Street.  1890-1960. BME.
60 to 70 Mott Street.     1961-1972. BME.  

London Directories.  

There are potentially two entrants in the London Directories the first  is obviously the Birmingham company; the second may or may not be connected.  

Smith & Wright.   165, Brearley Street.                               1884-1885. BME.  
176 to 180, Brearley Street.      1886-1888. BME.  
Smith & Wright Ltd   176 to 180, Brearley Street.                    1889-1960. BME.  
60 to 70 Mott Street.                                1962-1970. BME.  

Smith & Wright.   62, Aldermanbury, EC.                            1882-1883. BME.  
62a, Aldermanbury, EC.                          1884-1886. BME.  
70, Aldermanbury, EC.                            1887-1888. BME.

Trade Marks & Names.  

Company Trade Marks:

Trade Marks illustrated above:-

illustrations above:  top     7794. 1st  July 1876. use c1852. =  butterfly marked     `S & W' ;  bottom  7795. 1st  July 1876. use c1852. =  unmarked.

The above two marks, (in a  simplified form )  have been used on a number of backmarks . 

Some backmarks for companies other than S & W  appear with variations of the butterfly trade mark:

Q. M. Stores. c280/674 ors. c512off. c461ors.b/m. d1881‑1910. kc 3/5.  Thought to be attributable to the Quartermaster's stores at Aldershot.  Examples date;     TM.    a1880‑1910.

Brown, Muff & Co. Bradford.   TM.   c1889.

Webb, C. & J.                         TM. 

Hebbert.;  E & W’s patent. (see)

Tate,  P. & Co. E & W’s patent. (see).  

There are two further variants:

1/  W & S  on body & wings - the whole sequence is shewn reversed.   2/  S K W       on body & wings.

One of the few registered designs I came across during my foray into the Pattern Books [St George slaying dragon within foliate oval surround.]    22, 929. 13th September 1880.