Heritage Brands
Since 1475. Since 1919. Since 1928. The Heritage Brands Still Making It the Properly Old Way.
British and European craft heritage is a properly remarkable thing. A glass factory in Haute-Saône has been pressing tableware for the same village families for five and a half centuries. A cricket bat workshop in Sussex has been shaping willow since the First World War. A Burlington Arcade tailor has been outfitting royalty since 1937. A Devon ice cream maker has been working from a recipe unchanged since 1981. The Heritage Brands collection at Sostter brings together the makers who have been quietly doing the same thing — properly, slowly, by hand — for decades and in some cases centuries. The kind of brands that haven't pivoted to TikTok every quarter, haven't outsourced production to wherever's cheapest this year, and haven't compromised on materials to save a few pence. The kind of brands, in short, that make ordinary objects feel like genuinely considered ones.
The collection spans craft traditions across the UK and Europe. From France, La Rochère — the oldest continuously running glass factory in Europe, pressing hammered glass tableware in Haute-Saône since 1475. From Sussex, Newbery Cricket has been hand-shaping willow into cricket bats by the methods of John Newbery since 1919. From Burlington Arcade, Benson & Clegg has held Royal Warrants for tailoring since 1937. From Devon, Salcombe Dairy has been making ice cream from a single unchanged recipe since 1981, and Circle One Surf has been hand-shaping surfboards in Crediton since 1969. From Scotland, Selbrae House has been the Carstairs family's homeware business since 2006, and Asgard has been hand-casting Viking and Pictish replica jewellery at its Dunoon foundry since 2002. From Perth, Highland Fayre has been assembling Scottish hampers since 1985, planting a tree per hamper sold. From Catalonia, Lorena Canals has been weaving washable rugs by hand since 1990. From the Podkarpacie region of Poland, Wicker Stories has been continuing the local basket-making tradition since 1990. Each pays UK or EU tax, supports communities of skilled craftspeople, and refuses the corner-cutting that would compromise the reputations their generations have built.
Discover more from our British Makers directory at Sostter, browse our Family-Run Brands collection, or explore independent artisans in our Small-Batch Artisans edit. For considered gifts rooted in craft, see our Gifts For Him and Gifts For Her directories.
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Blue Leather Lace Up Shoes for Everyday Adventures
£70.00 GBPSAMELINBlue Leather Lace Up Shoes for Everyday Adventures
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Black Leather Casual Shoes for Everyday Wear
£70.00 GBPSAMELINBlack Leather Casual Shoes for Everyday Wear
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High Aviator Leather Boots Brown
£105.00 GBPSAMELINHigh Aviator Leather Boots Brown
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Beautifully Crafted Antique Style Leather Shoes
£70.00 GBPSAMELINBeautifully Crafted Antique Style Leather Shoes
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Winter Punk Style Leather Boots
£72.00 GBPSAMELINWinter Punk Style Leather Boots
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Granny Smith Green Leather Boots
£78.00 GBPSAMELINGranny Smith Green Leather Boots
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Pilot Boots for Everyday Adventure
£105.00 GBPSAMELINPilot Boots for Everyday Adventure
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Gray Punk Style Leather Boots
£78.00 GBPSAMELINGray Punk Style Leather Boots
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Black Leather Travel Bag 20L
£242.00 GBPPAPILLONBlack Leather Travel Bag 20L
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Black Leather Briefcase No 36
£314.00 GBPPAPILLONBlack Leather Briefcase No 36
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Leather Briefcase Number 99 in Cognac
£195.00 GBPPAPILLONLeather Briefcase Number 99 in Cognac
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Beautifully Crafted Black Leather Briefcase
£137.00 GBPPAPILLONBeautifully Crafted Black Leather Briefcase
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Dark Brown Briefcase No 35 Leather Work Bag
£314.00 GBPPAPILLONDark Brown Briefcase No 35 Leather Work Bag
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Small Black Shoulder Bag 37
£78.00 GBPPAPILLONSmall Black Shoulder Bag 37
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Cognac Leather Briefcase No 21
£137.00 GBPPAPILLONCognac Leather Briefcase No 21
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Cognac Leather Briefcase Number 35
£314.00 GBPPAPILLONCognac Leather Briefcase Number 35
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Dark Brown Leather Briefcase 21
£137.00 GBPPAPILLONDark Brown Leather Briefcase 21
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Red Leather Briefcase No 21
£137.00 GBPPAPILLONRed Leather Briefcase No 21
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Black Leather Briefcase Number 35
£314.00 GBPPAPILLONBlack Leather Briefcase Number 35
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Black Leather Briefcase No 99
£195.00 GBPPAPILLONBlack Leather Briefcase No 99
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Briefcase Number 20 in Cognac Leather
£213.00 GBPPAPILLONBriefcase Number 20 in Cognac Leather
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Mens Full Grain Leather Belt with Ratchet Buckle
£31.00 GBPPAPILLONMens Full Grain Leather Belt with Ratchet Buckle
£31.00 GBP
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