Onyx Art Co
of Airdrie, Scotland. Telephone: Airdrie 3393. Cables: "Onyxartco"
1938 A visit to Britain by Ernst Silber in July led to the relocation of the Burg family, who had been art goods manufacturers in Vienna, to Scotland. Forbidden to take money out of Austria, they nevertheless managed to transport some of the machinery used in carving and turning ornaments and started in business making statuettes, book-ends, ashtrays, inkstands and clocks in bronze, rare woods, and onyx.[1]
1939 The Onyx Art Company Limited was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £3,000, to carry on business as goldsmiths, silversmiths, gem merchants, watch and clock makers[2]
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of a wide range of High Class Fancy Goods in "Onyx" Alabaster, Bronce: Clock Cases, Lamps, Bookends, cigarette boxes, Photo Frames, Writing Sets, Ashtrays, Powder Bowls, Bronce Figures, exclusive Designs and original Models. (Olympia, 1st Floor, Stand No. G.2072) [3]
1985 The company went into voluntary liquidation.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Bellshill Speaker 28 July 1939
- ↑ The Scotsman 29 July 1939
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair p205
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/21734/page/731
- National Records of Scotland BT2/1987/21162/1