Hart, Son, Peard & Co. (1842–1913) were British architectural metalworkers based inLondon andBirmingham, most associated withecclesiastical works.
Founded in 1842 in Wych St, offThe Strand, by ironmonger Joseph Hart, they became artistic metalworkers specializing in ecclesiastical manufactures after merging with Birmingham-based Peard & Jackson in 1866–67.[1] Also skilled insculpture,[2] the firm made designs by J.P. Seddon, B.J. Talbert andAlfred Waterhouse. They made silverwork forWilliam Burges, and in the early 1870s forWilliam Butterfield. The company had an agent, Henri Collet, inParis.[1]
The company were represented at all the major exhibitions, winning many medals, including at: London (1851, 1862); Paris (1855, 1867, 1878);Dublin (1855, 1865); andPhiladelphia (1876).[1]
The firm was disestablished shortly beforeWorld War I in 1913.[2]
There are two memorials executed by the firm in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire. Brass Cross on a marble tablet 1890 to Canon Henry Parry Liddon D.D., D.C.L. (1829–1890). Brass memorial on slate to Admiral John Fulford R.N. (1809-1888)
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