British manufacturer
Serving schools for over 100 years
Autumn 2025

Thomas Fattorini are a 190+ year old family run and owned manufacturing business based over three sites in the UK. We specialise in the design and manufacture of beautifully crafted bespoke items in all materials from precious metals to plastics. Our ethos is to make it once and make it well.
If you would like to know more about our company you can visit our main website “about us page” here. This page includes a “timeline” starting from 1826, when Antonio Fattorini was trading as a jeweller, to more recently when Prince Charles came to visit our factory. The timeline includes entries such as:
2019 – Wimbledon coin toss
2018 – Student Medal design for the World Indoor Athletics Championships
2018 – Remaking of the Cockerel for Rugby League World Cup Trophy
2017 – Eco, or not Eco – that is the question..
2014 – Royal visit to our factory
2011 – A School Badge in space
1980 – Arabian delights
1974 – the first Telex
1972 – Tutankhamun
1964 – New badge born
1941 – The Blitz
1939 – The time capsule
1937 – Winston Churchill invoice.
1912 – Wake up!
1868 – Skipton Shop
1826 – Antonio
If you do find the timeline interesting or relevant, you are welcome to use the contents for educational purposes.
For example .. See a school badge in space here
Examples of our historical product leaflets
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