Kent
250 years of tradition
G B Kent & Sons Ltd, manufacturers of brushes since the eighteenth century, is one of the oldest established companies in Great Britain.
Kent Brushes was founded in 1777 by William Kent in the reign of George III. It holds a pre-eminent place in the history of brush making, with an unbroken record of excellence in the quality of production, which has been recognised by the granting of Royal Warrants for nine reigns. The Kent family continued to run the company for six generations until 1932 when the last of the three Kent brothers passed away. Then Mr Eric L.H Cosby, owner of Cosby Brushes Ltd, entered into an association with G.B Kent & Sons. This started a new chapter in Kent's long history, and since then, Kent Brushes has been under the creative and dynamic direction of the Cosby family.
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