Land of the Dragons

The Tudor Mint is a collectibles designer and maker. Originally based in Shirley, Solihull it was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Watson Group Ltd. until 2007 when the brand was sold to the Xystos group. Their range consists mainly of dark, antique styled collectibles including the best selling dragon range called Myth and Magic. The products are all hand painted and are usually finished usually with gold or silver plating which produces either a dark gothic effect (Myth and Magic) or brighter effect (Crystal Mementos). Following the transfer of ownership, many of the ranges were retired, with only two ranges being retained and marketed still.

This information is taken from Official Handbook of the Myth and Magic Collection. ISBN . 

The Watson Group was founded in the jewellery quarter at Hockley, one of the older settlements in the Birmingham, England, conurbation, in 1915. Birmingham, from shortly after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, was a major centre of engineering where skills were developed to make a wide variety of products using both base and precious metals. The manufacture of jewellery was, even at that time, already well established and respected when the city was first granted permission by the Goldsmiths' Company to use its own hallmark on its gold- and silverware. Without this mark (an anchor), which confirmed the quality of the gold or silver content, articles made from these metals could not be sold legally.

Walter Archibald ('Archle') Parker Watson had been a practicing jeweler for several years before he sold his business to Augustus Harry Power and Clarence Oswald Flint in 1914; they retained the founder's name when they changed the method of trading from that of a partnership into a limited company. W.A.P. Watson Limited was born. The new business, which originally employed six people, concentrated on the skilled manufacture of costume jewellery. This remained the mainstay of production until the 1970s. Watson's introduced a trade name for their range - Exquisite Jewellery - in order to foster customer loyalty. Business expanded steadily between the two World Wars, resulting in a move (in 1934) from the original premises at Northampton Street to Great Hampton Street, both within the jewellery quarter, where the accommodation was more spacious. By this time, there were 125 employees. Premises were also acquired in nearby Mary Street specifically for producing crested souvenirs. Eventually, Augustus Power's sons Wallis and Jack succeeded to the business as Joint Managing Directors.

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