OUR STORY

T H Findings Ltd is a longstanding  supplier of components (Findings) to the jewellery, 
giftware and allied trades. The late Thomas Harris originally founded the company as a manufacturer of costume jewellery for the wholesale trade following the end of World War II. 

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Towards the end of the sixties and early seventies gemology gained in popularity. People wanted to cut their own stones and Mr. Harris, who had until this point been selling his finished costume jewellery pieces with set glass and semi-precious stones, found a new demand for his jewellery setting components. Manufacturers of stones, ceramics, enamels and other materials as well as worldwide  Lapidary Shops bought his mounts in large quantities and used them to create pieces of thier own. 

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The first printed catalogue soon followed and was sent to the Lapidary trade where it was warmly recieved. It's success contributed signifiacntly to the expansion of the business, allowing for growth and diversification of  the range through the introduction of base metal findings, 9ct gold and 925 sterling silver findings.
 

In 1975 Mr Harris sadly passed away. Prior to this he had been working on his own range of mounts, some of which are still stocked in the shop to this day! Following his passing  the business changed ownership to Mr. Hermesmeier, a Jewellery worker based in London who had been looking for a venture of his very own.

The business name was changed from Thomas Harris (Birmingham) Ltd.  to  T.H. Findings Ltd and relocated to it's present premises, 42 Hylton Street, in the heart of  Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, in 1986. Mr Hermesmeier kept the tradition of the printed catalogue alive, creating each master copy by hand using traditional printing methods prior to the introduction of modern day editing software.

 

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