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The company was stablished in 1976 when the founder, Ron Carr, left his factory position in Sheffield to craft silver jewellery full time from his garage.
Despite continued growth and expansion, Carrs still remains an independent, family-run company, with a strong sense of tradition and the determination to secure the business for generations to come, manufacturing a range of traditional silver and silver plated gifts and commemorative items.
The business is proud of its 'Steel City' of Sheffield roots and being part of a rich and intricate manufacturing history, playing a part in preserving the city’s illustrious cutlery and silverware heritage.

Born in 1937, in Kirkwall, Orkney, Ola Gorie studied at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen, from where she graduated in 1960. On her return to Orkney where she set up her studio, three jewellery shops in Kirkwall agreed to sell her designs. When she took over her own shop, success came quickly. Her early designs, the first to be originated in Orkney since Viking times, drew heavily on Orkney's Norse Heritage featuring images such as the Maes Howe Dragon, inspired by Viking graffiti in a Neolithic tomb. Her jewellery found quick acceptance both locally and, by the end of the sixties, across the country. Commissions for one-off pieces came from The Queen Mother, Liberty, the British Museuem and the House of Commons among others.
By the time of her retirement from business, in 1997, Ola Gorie employed as many as 55 staff, and her jewellery was exported around the world. The business is now run, on a smaller scale, by Ola Gorie's daughter, textile designer Ingrid Tait, and operates out of the same premises the family business has occupied since 1859.
Ola Gorie was awarded an MBE in 1999.

Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2006 with a BA Honours in Silversmithing and Jewellery and went on to complete a MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London in 2012. Jennifer is also undertaking a part-time practice-led PhD exploring how craft and design processes of re-making/reconstruction can be used to reinterpret and gain new perspectives on historical objects. Through her own practice she produces objects in a range of materials using techniques, which move in and out of the hand-made, and digital.

Graduated from GSA in 2019 and continued at the School as an Artist in Residence. Goldsmiths Company 'New Designers' award in the same year.
Her Degree Show, entitled 'Momento Vivere' (remember to live) celebrated foodstuffs and the relationships that emerge through the sharing of meals, and included a selection of pieces inspired by cabbage leaves. A popular form in porcelain, particularly majolica, these works also echo Dutch Still Life painting, another source of inspiration.

Rebecca Little worked in Glasgow for some time, but is now based in her native Bermuda. She is a graduate of UCCA Farnham (BA in 2006) and the Bishopsland Educational Trust (2006-7), where she was awarded a Gold Bursary. She has also been awarded prestigious bursaries from the Goldsmiths Company and The Goldsmiths Fair.
An established designer, she specialises in making intricate designs in silver and 18 carat yellow gold, simulating the texture and shimmer of woven fabrics. Little also introduces oxidised silver and stones to her pieces to create depth and contrast.

Nan Nan Liu moved from Luo Yang, China, to England where she attended a foundation course at Dudley College then perfected her skills with John Bartholomew and Malcom Appleby. Now, her work – objets d’art and accessories made from layers and layers of paper and silver and “a lot of soldering” – is inspired by nature: the age rings in trees, the forms that water can take, hair and even smoke.
Liu’s creations in silver and gold are collected worldwide, privately and by institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and Goldsmiths' Company.

Eva Lynch is a traditional silversmith based in South East Ireland designing and making large and small works in all precious metals. She won a bursary from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1999. Since then, she has worked and taught in Scotland, Ireland and India. In 2005 she was based at the WASPS factory in Glasgow.

Studied silversmithing and jewellery at Glasgow School of Art and specialized in hand raising, a traditional skill involving the use of a variety of hammers and steel formers.
In 1984, she set up her workshop near Fionnphort on the Isle of Mull. One of her first commissions was a set of six hand raised silver and gold whisky tumblers and a water jug for use in the Glasgow City Chambers.
A fluent Gaelic-speaker, Eleanor has a special interest in Celtic design.

Born in Tobermory on Mull, Alexander Ritchie 0riginally trained as a marine engineer, the first twenty years of his adult life took him across the world with the British India Steam Shipping Company. It was not until he was in his 40s in the mid-1890s that he decided to take a break and enrol at the Glasgow School of Art. It was at the School that he met his future wife, Euphemia Catherine Thomson (1862- 1941) where their contemporaries included Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Jessie M King. Marrying in 1898, the Ritchies moved to the island of Iona and opened a shop and silversmithing workshop. Their business prospered and the couple became known for their "Iona Celtic Art" range, taking inspiration from Celtic culture and basing some of their designs on the carved stones found on Iona. Alongside souvenirs for visiting tourists, they produced a range of other works of art, some produced in factories in England using the Ritchies designs

A graduate of Gray‘s School of Art, Aberdeen, Sheana Stephen lives and works in Edinburgh. She first exhibited at an Edinburgh Festival exhibition in 1971 and has since shown her work throughout the UK and Europe. Some of her most prestigious commissions include making a brooch which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II, and in 2005, she was commissioned by the Scottish Geological Society to design and make a piece of jewellery to launch The Geology Festival. The piece, in silver and set with Scottish stones, was auctioned to raise money for Maggie’s Centre.

After studying for a City and Guilds qualification in Advanced Silversmithing in Belfast in 1968, Williamson went on to complete a B.A in 3D Design at Central School of Art and Design, London, graduating in 1974. He has held exhibitions throughout the UK and his work can be found at galleries in the UK and Europe including the V&A. He describes his work as revolving around the art and craft of silversmithing with functionalism being paramount. Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen (MSDC).

Lucy Woodley graduated from Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen in 1992 where she studied jewellery. She ran a successful jewellery business for 20 years based in the Highlands and now concentrates on sculptural works for galleries and private commissions.