Philip Ashbury & Sons of Sheffield metalware manufacturers?

Question

Do you know anything about them? Possibly trading/manufacturing late 19th century, The piece I have has a Britannia stamp and catalougue number 5 4691. Have tried unsuccessfully to learn very much more about the history of this company. Serious replies only please.

Answer 1

Are sure it is Ashbury not Ashberry?

Philip Ashberry & Sons. Pattern Book of Britannia Metal and Silver Plated on Britannia Metal Goods Manufactured by Philip Ashberry & Sons, Bowling Green Street, Sheffield...1886 (with the) 1886 Supplement. Also bound in is the smaller 1888 Supplement. Sheffield:1886 & 1888. Ah, the splendid diversity and extravagance of Victorian tablewares! This beautiful trade catalog illustrates a wide variety of Britannia and silver plated wares in a profusion of popular Victorian styles, including some Chinoiserie examples. There are hundreds of tea and coffee pots, many with fancy decorations; there is also a vast selection of tea and coffee accessories, tableware such as mustard pots, butter dishes, marmalades and jellies, sugar baskets, toast racks, pickle frames, egg frames, egg cups, caster sets, cruet frames (illustrated with a nice selection of the cut and pattern glass bottles and inserts), biscuit boxes, cake stands, waiters, cups and mugs, several earthenware jugs with silver plated mounts, jug stands, goblets, prize cups, hot water jugs, coffin plates, communion wares, salts, mustards and peppers, dram flasks, puff boxes, tobacco jars, inkstands, snuff and soap boxes, candlesticks, flower stands (including some with glass inserts illustrated), fruit stands, and several brilliantly colored plates illustrating table frames such as jellies, egg cup frames, mustards, etc., with ceramic inserts in blue on white (Meissen style), and willow patterned ware; there is another fantastic color plate illustrating silver-plate flower stands with peachblow inserts; the 1888 supplement includes two colored plates, one with flower stands with amberina or peachblow inserts and the other with night lamps with peachblow shades; the 1888 supplement also includes some b&w plates of fantastic epergnes, centerpieces and lamps, some with glass shades and inserts. 7.5"x11", 3 pages (index) +36 text pages describing 88 lithographed plates, 3 of them colored; plus the 1888 Supplement with 24 plates, 2 of them colored.

Answer 2

i have a pretty three piece tea set britannia mark with numbers 2 on the top of 4711 with z underneath.philip ashberry and sons thank you.

Answer 3

Napkin holder