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by Sally Ward Craft History Inspiration

Whiteley’s and the Crystal Palace

Over the years, I have discovered that William Whiteley’s actively engaged with or had connections to Royalty and Chatsworth. In 1879, we acquired Thomas Wilkinson, who crafted scissors for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, earning Wilkinson the Roya ...

by William Whiteley Craft History Industry

Scissors For The Duke of Norfolk

Since we began making scissors in 1760, we’ve been commissioned to make quite a few unusual and spectacular pairs of scissors – from trimming the grass around golf course holes, to being presented to royalty. We now have many of these historical pi ...