Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,640 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Brasso

From Graces Guide
October 1908. Brasso.
Advertising sign.
Advertising sign.
December 1908.
November 1926.
November 1963. Brasso and Silvo.

Brasso has been in use for over 100 years.

1904 Reckitt and Sons' senior traveller, W. H. Slack, visited the company's Australian branch, where he discovered a metal polish in use. Samples from Australian and US producers were then analysed by Reckitt's chemists, and by 1905 liquid polish under the trademark Brasso was being sold, initially to railways, hospitals, hotels, and large shops.

The polish grew in popularity in England, eventually replacing the previous paste-style polishes. It has undergone very few changes in both composition and package design over the past century. The cans are often collected as a typical example of classic British advertising design.

1926 A product of Reckitt and Sons

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