Henry C. Stephens
57 Aldergate Street, London E.C.1.
Stephens' of Highbury, London
1832 The company of Henry Stephens was founded when Henry Stephens developed a blue-black writing fluid.
1837 Stephens was granted patents for manufacturing colour matter, and also for ink stands or ink holders and pens for writing.
1864 Henry Charles Stephens, the son, took over the family business after the sudden death of his father
1872 Factory and offices were moved from Aldersgate Street to 275 Holloway Road, Holloway
1892 Factory moved again to nearby Gillespie Road, close to Arsenal station.
By 1912 the business of Henry C. Stephens Ltd was run by Henry Charles Stephens and his son Michael Edmund Stephens[1]
1925 Public company
1953 Gillespie Road, Highbury, London, N.5. Manufacturers Of Fountain Pen and Writing Inks, Adhesives For Home and Office, Carbon Papers, Typewriter Ribbons, Stamp Pads, Sealing Wax, Crayons, Fountain and Ball Pens, Propelling Pencils.
1961 Manufacturers of writing, drawing and marking inks of all descriptions, recorder and industrial stamping inks; fountain pen ink; ballpen ink; stamp pads and endorsing inks; adhesives; adhesive tapes; stapling machines; staples; carbon paper; typewriter and other machine ribbons; chalks; crayons and sealing wax. 400 employees. [2]
By 1967 owned Waterman Pen Co. The Equity Corporation of American owned 68 percent of the ordinary shares. The company was making substantial losses.
1967 Acquired by Royal Sovereign Pencil Co[3]
Maker of Ste-Fix Vegetable Glue.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 06 February 1912
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times May 26, 1967
- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5