Philips Of Liverpool Manufacturers Of Tools

[turast]

I've bought an auction lot of wood-carving / turning chisels. Among them is a set of very handsome ebony-handled chisels bearing the stamp PHILIPS LIVERPOOL. I've been unable to track this firm down, or, indeed, any other examples of these tools on e-bay. Can anybody enlighten me with a bit of the history? It may not even be Liverpool in England.

[stewey]

Perhaps the stamped "PHILIPS LIVERPOOL" is what is known as a private label, meaning that the tools were made by a company for another business by the name of Philips. For example, I have an old pocket watch which is marked on the dial "FELT BROTHERS TORONTO". The watch was made by a major watch making company as advertising for the Felt's business.

[Famous5]

Or maybe Philips was the original owner of the tools and they were marked in case they got lost or borrowed

[stewey]

Turast, did either of theses answers help? Did you find any more information regarding the tools? Are you still around?

[turast]

Thank you for trying, but neither of the answers helped really, I'm sorry. From experience, it is definitely a manufacturer's mark, and normally they can simply be traced by using Google. I'm convinced there must be somebody out there who knows of this manufacturer, but, so far, I've come up with a big fat zero. I'll put feelers out every couple of weeks.