Ash Petit and Co
From Graces Guide
Ash Petit and Co were at Navigation Street, Birmingham from 1850-1862.
- Joseph Petit was responsible for the workshop as a tool maker and manufacturer. Ash is believed to have been responsible for the financial side of the business.
- Ash disappeared and the partnership was dissolved in February 1862.
- 1861 The company's agent in Vienna was Carl Kuhn and he became worried when no pens arrived from Ash Petit. He sent his son-in-law Charles Brandauer over to Birmingham and he agreed to finance and build a new factory in New John Street West if Joseph Petit would run it for him.
- C. Brandauer and Co produced steel pens from their purpose built factory for over a hundred years. The Petit family have managed and owned the company to this day.
Sources of Information
- [1] The Pen Room