The brand name Zenette was owned by the Collins family. Their business was styled as C.H. Collins & Sons Ltd. This post includes the inventors names, patents, patent drawings and history relating to this firm.
At the British industries Fair of 1929 they were listed as manufacturers of “Collar studs, sleeve links, ...powder boxes & compacts.”
From the mid 1920s to 1940 Zenette branded compacts were often decorated with highly stylized Art Deco designs.
In 1904 Francois Coty founded his company in Paris.
His dream was to revolutionize perfume making.
In 1908, Coty relocated his manufacturing headquarters to Suresnes.
The manufacturing firm of Aide Brothers silversmiths is said to have been established in 1879.
The firm was incorporated in 1906 joining the firms of McKewan & Adie (manufacturing jewellers, gold and silversmiths) and Edward Souter Barnsley (box and case makers).
We have included an illustrated timeline which includes patents and patent drawings.
