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De Courcy made whistles for 45 years , He started working at [[J Hudson & Co]] at 1883 and became a foreman . |
De Courcy made whistles for 45 years , He started working at [[J Hudson & Co]] at 1883 and became a foreman . |
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He left to form his own whistle making brass foundry at 1888. Being an engineer |
He left to form his own whistle making brass foundry at 1888. Being an engineer De Courcy was very creative in making new designs and registering new patents for whistle construction . |
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He was in fact the only whistle maker beside Hudson to |
He was in fact the only whistle maker beside Hudson to successfully cross the heights of Victorian era into World war I and onward. |
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onward. |
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His personal connections with retailers - Distributors all over the globe are well reflected in body stamps |
His personal connections with retailers - Distributors all over the globe are well reflected in body stamps |
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found on his whistles . |
found on his whistles . |
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The British whistle scholar Martin Gilchrist who wrote the three important books about whistles was still able to meet |
The British whistle scholar Martin Gilchrist who wrote the three important books about whistles was still able to meet the family descendants but unfortunately, in 1969 Alfred's family had burnt all the papers & catalogs that have remained. |
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the family descandants but unfortunately, at 1969 Alfred's family had burnt all the papers & catalogs that have remained. |
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== Patents & Registered Designs == |
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Revision as of 01:36, 9 March 2009
A De Courcy & Co. (Alfred De Courcy 1866 - 1931) was a Birmingham whistle maker from 1888 to 1927. He was the largest whistle maker beside J.Hudson & Co. from 1906 until 1927 when Hudson bought out the whistle making part of the company .
Address ; 28 Mary Steet (1888). Police Whistle works, 20 Frankfort Street (1904). Orphanage Road ( 1924).
Whistle Maker
De Courcy made whistles for 45 years , He started working at J Hudson & Co at 1883 and became a foreman . He left to form his own whistle making brass foundry at 1888. Being an engineer De Courcy was very creative in making new designs and registering new patents for whistle construction . He was in fact the only whistle maker beside Hudson to successfully cross the heights of Victorian era into World war I and onward. His personal connections with retailers - Distributors all over the globe are well reflected in body stamps found on his whistles . The British whistle scholar Martin Gilchrist who wrote the three important books about whistles was still able to meet the family descendants but unfortunately, in 1969 Alfred's family had burnt all the papers & catalogs that have remained.
Patents & Registered Designs
| Patent | Number | Year | Title |
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| Patent | # 9499 | 1905 | Call combined with a penknife |
| Patent | # 26019 | 1905 | 4 Piece + top fitting london style escargot-type |
| Patent | # 3725 | 1906 | Diaphragm & Partition |
| Patent | # 924 | 1907 | 4 piece Glasgow style escargot-type |
| Patent | # 8452 | 1908 | Internal strengthening pieces |
| Patent | #553181 | 1909 | Top cap shaped as a scout's hat |
| Patent | # 10035 | 1909 | bosun whistle construction |
| Patent | # 17165 | 1913 | Diaphragm & partition |
| Patent | # 20 | 1915 | Diagphragm, stop-blank |
| Patent | #101303 | 1916 | Two-piece top |
| Patent | #122572 | 1918 | Escargot-type Body edges fold over barrel sides |
| Patent | #700191 | 1923 | Compass mounted on the call's side |
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- 553181 1909
- 700191 1923
Models & Whistle Types
De Courcy made most of the Proffesiomal whistles - whistles ( Beufort, Escargot -Type , Round Pea whistles , Compostion-type, Bosun calls, Double Barrel), with hundreds of models sizes and designs .
Alfred De Courcy whistle catalog shows numerous types of whistles .
Body Stamps
De Courcy Did not stamp whistles with his company name prior to 1906 but prior to this year supplied many orders to railway, Police, Army, Navy, Asylums, Fire Brigades, sporting goods companies , arm distributors & hardware stores as well as for other makers as W Dowler & Sons and B Lily & Sons. Many of his whistles prior to 1906 are easilly identified by shape, construction and characteristic designs .
While his Buisness and reputation grew his first stamped whistles A De Coursy & Co. Frankfort Street Birmingham in 1906.
It would be beyond the scope of this page to list all while some are still being discovered by collectors , here are some samples ; Stampsd on GSWs Edinburg Police , Liverpool city police (Also marked with a crest at back ), Leeds Police, Wallasall Police , Westmorland Constabulary, W.R.C., Derby Borough Police , Westmorland Constabulary, Lancshire County Constabulary GPO General Post Office) The City Patent Whistle The City Police The City Police or Fire Whistle Boy Scouts whistles (GSW Type) The Scout, Girl Guide , The Boy Scouts , Bukta
Stamps on Escargot type whistles; Abbey Cyclone, The Thunderer ,The Thunderer Patent,LYR, L&NWR, LMS, GNR, Army ordnance mark 1916 , 1917 . 1918
Stamps on Round whistles for B Lily & Sons, The assistance.
Distributors & wholesellers
T Dyke & Co. London, E. Milns & Co., Millard Bros. London, Ellis Bros Hong Kong, Marvie & Cooke Shanghai, L E Trent & Co. London, Bate & Co. B'ham, Gammage London, Henry Riely Constitution Hill Birmingham (escargot-type). Samuel Parks & Co. (Railway escargot-type)
After 1927
De Courcy stock of whistles purchased by hudson at 1927 was restamped and so rare whistles made by De Courcy and stamped by Hudson exsist . ||