Deykin and Harrison
of Venetian Works, 5 and 6 Jennens Row, Dale End, Birmingham, buttons manufacturer
of Jennens Row, Birmingham. T.A.: Electroplate, Birmingham
1781 Business established as gilt button makers and carried on by James Deykin and William Henry Deykin
1848 Dissolution of the partnership between James Deykin and William Henry Deykin, of Birmingham, Button Manufacturers[1]
1854 Introduced production of electroplated wares. The firm traded as J. & W. Deykin (buttons) and Deykin & Sons (electroplated wares) under the partnership of James Deykin and William Redfern Deykin.
1877 The production of buttons ceased. Dissolution of the Partnership between James Deykin and William Redfern Deykin, carrying on business at Jennens-row, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, as Button Manufacturers, under the style or firm of J. and W. Deykin, and as ElectroPlaters, under the style or firm of Deykin and Sons. The said business of Electro Platers would be carried on by William Redfern Deykin in partnership with Charles Preston, under the style or firm of Deykin and Sons.[2].
1895 The firm became Deykin & Harrison, under the partnership of William R. Deykin and Walter Andrew Harrison.
1907 the business was transformed into a limited liability company under the style Deykin & Harrison Ltd.
1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of everything in Medium-class Electro-Plate, including Spoons and Forks; also Sterling Silver. "Venetian Silver" and Britannia Metal Goods. (Stand No. D.13)
The firm was active until the late 1930s.
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1922 British Industries Fair Page 23
- [1] Silver collection