William Hair Haseler is a silversmith that is undoubtedly associated with Liberty & Co. W. H. Haseler & Co. was founded in 1870, producing gold, silver, and jewellery. In 1898, W.H.Haseler and Liberty went into partnership, with Haseler producing most of Liberty’s silverware from their Birmingham workshop. They launched the silver line of Liberty ‘Cymric’ and the pewter counterpart ‘Tudric’ under a new company name of Liberty & Co and produced works designed by Archibald Knox.
This button has his maker’s mark WHH, the anchor for Birmingham, Lion Passant for Silver, and the date letter ‘f’ for 1905.
FWIW, another similar button sold at auction with the WHH mark for over $3000.00. Most certainly, at least 2 people got into a bidding war.
Size: NBS Medium 15/16”
Condition: Showing some wear on both front and back
William Hair Haseler is a silversmith that is undoubtedly associated with Liberty & Co. W. H. Haseler & Co. was founded in 1870, producing gold, silver, and jewellery. In 1898, W.H.Haseler and Liberty went into partnership, with Haseler producing most of Liberty’s silverware from their Birmingham workshop. They launched the silver line of Liberty ‘Cymric’ and the pewter counterpart ‘Tudric’ under a new company name of Liberty & Co and produced works designed by Archibald Knox.
This button has his maker’s mark WHH, the anchor for Birmingham, Lion Passant for Silver, and the date letter ‘f’ for 1905.
FWIW, another similar button sold at auction with the WHH mark for over $3000.00. Most certainly, at least 2 people got into a bidding war.
Size: NBS Medium 15/16”
Condition: Showing some wear on both front and back