Hardman, Powell and Company
Active: 1883 - 1914
Function: Art metal workers
History or description: This was an offshoot of the parent company John Hardman and Company specializing in metal work. It was formed in 1883 under the management of William Powell and was reabsorbed into the main firm in 1914. [See the entry for John Hardman and Company for further details.]
Locations
Business located at King Edwards Road Birmingham | View on map
1911 (Presumed) - 1913 (Presumed)
Located at 25 Cockspur Street London | View on map
1900 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Affiliated with John Hardman and Company
1883 (Circa)
A branch of the parent company set up to manufacture art metalwork [See 'Birmingham Daily Post', 2 November, 1903 in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 4, p. 100]
Associated People
Directors included William Powell
1883
Took over control of this aspect of the business when it was set up as a separate company from the stained glass design and manufacturing
Directors included Gerald James Hardman
1903 (Circa)
Succeeded his father at the latter's death in 1903
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Art Metal Workers Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
Listed under Art Metal Workers Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Listed under Art Metal Workers Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1913 Kelly's Trades Directories
1913
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1902-3 Birmingham Biography
1902 (Circa)
See 'Birmingham Daily Post', 2 November, 1903, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 4, p. 100.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
p. 849.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1913 Kelly's Trades Directories
1913
p. 859.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Ann Eatwell and Ruth Gosling, 'Hardman family (per. c.1820-1935)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67862, accessed 11 Jan 2010]
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.1779
Citing this record
'Hardman, Powell and Company', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1217450764, accessed 26 May 2013]
