This Sheffield family business, of cutlers and flatware manufacters, was started in Sheffield by Richard Creswick, founder partner of Fenton, Creswick & Co (Matthew Fenton, Richard Creswick and William Watson), all active silversmiths and Sheffield platers and among the first to enter their mark at the Sheffield Assay Office in 1773.
Thomas & James Creswick, son and father partnership, registered their first Sheffield plate mark 1811, the trademark crosskeys logo. Nathaniel Creswick’s mark was registered 1819. The firm later became Creswick & Co circa 1860.