J. G. Graves Ltd
John George Graves was born on 22 August 1866 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, the son of Thomas and Julia Graves. In 1880, he was apprenticed to a German émigré watchmaker in Sheffield and by the end of the decade had launched his own business as a watchmaker in Furnival Street. By the early 1890s, he had expanded into jewellery, silver smithing, and cutlery in Arundel Street.Graves was a merchant, who recognised the potential of ordering products (watches, cutlery, and hardware) by post. In 1897....
