Kent & Son Seal, Image by StuE, Found by PWS
Found in the Colchester region, 17mm.
(G).B.KENT & SON curved across top edge with A.B. 1777 across the middle and LO(ND)ON curved below - letters in brackets missing. Other side has BRUSH above and FACTORY below. Across the centre is 1777 with some indecipherable inscription before it.
G B Kent & Sons Ltd, manufacturers of brushes since the eighteenth century is one of the oldest established companies in Great Britain.
Kent Brushes (as they are now more commonly known) was founded in 1777 by William Kent in the reign of George III. Kent holds a pre-eminent place in the history of brush making, with an unbroken record of excellence in the quality of its production which has been recognised by the granting of Royal Warrants for nine reigns.
The Kent family continued to run the company for six generations until 1932 when the last of the three Kent brothers passed away. This is when Mr Eric L.H Cosby, owner of Cosby Brushes Ltd, entered into an association with G.B Kent & Sons. A new chapter was then opened in Kent's long history, and since that time the company has been under the creative and dynamic direction of the Cosby family. Link
