James Jamison and Son Ltd
Foundation date: 1920
Dissolution date: 1955
Function: Stone and monumental merchants
History or description: founded by James Jamison (1870-1959) in partnership with son William (1893-1980).
In September 1913 James and his son began business in Havelock Street, but their enterprise was interrupted by war and enlisting of william in 1915.
In the late 1920s the company developed and moved to large premises in College Park Avenue, extending to the end of Rugby Parade.
Products & Services
Total Cost of Materials
Cost: £2845
Notes: For year ending December 1934
Total Cost of Stone (560 Tons)
Cost: £1705
Notes: For year ending December 1934
Total Cost of Cement (2 Tons)
Cost: £4
Notes: For year ending December 1934
Total Cost of Sand (10 Tons)
Cost: £4
Notes: For year ending December 1934
Masonry for Building & Monumental purposes - Marble
Cost: £15
Notes: Net selling value for year ending December 1934
Masonry for Building & Monumental purposes - Slate/Other Stone
Cost: £6139
Notes: Net selling value for year ending December 1934
Work done on Monuments - Erection & Cutting Inscriptions
Cost: £66
Notes: Earnings for work done year ending 1934
Contract & Job work
Cost: £358
Notes: Earnings for work done year ending 1934
Total Value of Goods made & work done
Cost: £6578
Notes: For year ending 1934
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 19 (wage earners)
Period Start: 1934
Period End: 1934
Percentage Male/Female: 100/0
Numbers: 3 (Admin)
Period Start: 1934
Period End: 1934
Percentage Male/Female: 66/34
Locations
Ran a business at Havelock Street Belfast | View on map
1913 - 1921
Ran a business at 57A College Park Avenue Belfast | View on map
1928 (Circa) - 1955
Associated People
Worked with John Francis Davis (J.F.D. Malcolm)
Executed carving for Jamison and Son, including architectural features such as gargoyles and finials.
Worked with John Knox
1950
Knox carved 'Thrift the Gleaner', which was commissioned for the festival of Britain 1951, in the stoneyard at College Park Avenue. (Ulster folklife 2002, p. 13)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Monumental Sculptors The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1951
Listed under Monumental Sculptors The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1941
Listed under Monumental Sculptors The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1931
Listed under Monumental Sculptors The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1921-22
Sources
'Masons and Carvers', Ulster Folklife, 2002
2002
pp. 1-13
James Jamison & Son Import Duties Act Inquiry Form, 1934
1934
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1921-22
1921
p. 1393
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1931
1931
p. 1380
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1941
1941
p. 1095
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1951
1951
p. 1211
Citing this record
'James Jamison and Son Ltd', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib3_1257867913, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
