British Ship Lamp Manufacturers

Bocock and Wilkinson were founded in 1890 in Birmingham at '123 GT. Hampton Street' and they started manufacturing ship lights in 1900.
In 1909 they moved to Mott street, and later the company's name changed to Bocock & son, probably due to Wilkinson leaving the company.
Around the 1930s, the name changed again to George Bocock And Co Ltd. They are especially known thanks to their trademark, Seahorse.

William Harvie & Co LTD were Scottish and English manufacturers of ship lamps from Glasgow and (later) Birmingham. The company started around 1868 in Glasgow, 222 Broomielaw street, Scotland. The first known information from William Harvie is from 1868, thanks to the invention of several improvements with the construction of lamps, lanterns, and lenses.

In 1873 the company moved to 128 Garthland Drive in Glasgow. They simultaneously partnered with Malcolm Graham & Co, a grease manufacturer. At the beginning of the 20th century, it moved to Birmingham. They possibly merged with George W. T. & Co. Ltd, but it's for sure that they at least worked together.

Richard Irvin was born in 1853 and secured his first job in the fishery industry at the tender age of 11. By 1870, he formed a company that operated a significant fishing fleet. Which had bases in South Shields and Aberdeen and shipyards in Peterhead.

They also owned a dry dock business, ice-making plants, and ship repair businesses in Scotland and England. Irvin also had an extensive manufacturing supply of maritime equipment. Lastly, they operated a fishing enterprise in South Africa.

Joseph Atkey and his wife Christian Pascall established Pascall Atkey, ship's chandler at West Cowes in 1799. Known for ironmongery, brass forging, and compass making, Pascall Atkey is considered the oldest ship and yacht supplier in the UK.
Besides ship lights, they also produced ocean cooking apparatus, coal-burning heaters, and compasses. The company was in the Atkey family until 1960, it has been sold, but it's still active and open. It is currently established at 30 High street in Cowes.

The Lampads were companions of Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft and crossroads. They were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty in the Titanomachy. They bear torches and accompany Hecate on her night-time travels and hauntings. Some accounts tell how the light of the Lampads' torches had the power to drive one to madness. They also serve as handmaidens to other Underworld goddesses, such as Persephone/Proserpina. They had parties called Mysteries, and they loved to play tricks on people. Some even say that they lead travelers to their death, while others state that they helped people. The Lampads were probably the daughters of various Underworld gods, Daimones, river gods, or Nyx.

This company was founded in 1885 by Arthur Cristopher Davey. And is, more than 135 years later, still up and running. They started at Leadenhall street but moved shortly after to 88 West India Dock Road in London. Nowadays, it's located at Tenpenny Hill in Thorrington, Colchester.
They only produced maritime ship lights for decorative use. Besides ship lights, they produce and trade many other maritime items.