The business was set up in Birmingham in an area known as the Jewellery Quarter in adjoining buildings 78 and 79 Vyse Street.
The firm made a wide range of jewellery, notably swallow designs, popular during the World Wars and Egyptian style snake designs, after Egyptologist Howard Carter made ancient Egypt fashionable.
The doors were closed and locked on a Friday and the building was subsequently sold to the Birmingham City Council.
It was several years before the doors were reopened, and the council employees discovered a virtual time capsule of jewellery production, and techniques, as well as more personal work life related items some dating back as far as 1899.
[4] The museum includes a guided tour of the actual jewellery factory, showing the tools and industry-related architectural features of the trade.