The Celnik family, which was apparently Jewish, originally came from Poland. Before the First World War, the Celniks settled in Glasgow and became involved in the cutlery and jewellery trades. In 1920, Celnik Bros Ltd was listed in Glasgow as an electro-plater at Oswald Street. Later the Celniks moved to London, where they became linked with a German family, the Sippels. At the start of the 1930s, the Sippels were UK agents for the latest German technologies in the manufacture of flatware (spoons and forks) by using hu....