Group    From 1888  To 1922

Carrington & Co

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John Bodman Carrington was a renowned British silversmith and jeweller, known for his exceptional craftsmanship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1870s, he worked in the Regent Street branch of G. R. Collis & Co.

In 1880, Carrington incorporated his own company and registered his first hallmark at the Goldsmiths' Hall in London. He partnered with John Carrington, William Carrington Smith, and George Budford to form the firm, Carrington & Co., which became so prestigious, that it earned Royal Warrants from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Edward VII and the Russian Tsars. J. B. Carrington retired in 1906 and died in 1926. The firm was converted into a limited liability company in 1922 and was eventually bought out by the firm Collingwood.

For our purposes the important fact is that in 1888 (or 1880 depending on source) Carringtons took over the G. R. Collis business at 130 Regent Street which means that when, in 1892, the Stanley Cup was purchased from a silversmith at that address it was from Carringtons that it was purchased, not from Collis, as stated by Wikipedia. We only spotted this after we had already researched Collis (and found a painting of the man himself).  We were reluctant to throw away that page and decided that, since Carrington had worked for Collis before taking over the business, that justified its retention.

In 1906 Carrington & Co. made the (rugby) Webb Ellis Cup.

Sources: Grace's Guide, Lot Art, Pushkin, Hancocks, Sports Online.

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