A. Briton

A. BRITON, Boot Maker, 36, Queen Street, Glasgow.

    For the long period of thirty years past, the notable establishment conducted by Mr. A. Briton has held its own amidst the keen competitive activity of its most powerful rivals in trade, and to-day maintains its prestige as one of the leading houses in the City in connection with the manufacture of high-class boots and shoes.

    The premises occupied by Mr. Briton are centrally situated at 36, Queen Street, in near proximity to the Royal Exchange and George Square, comprising handsomely appointed shop of commodious proportions presenting convenient facilities for the effective display of the superior goods submitted for inspection. These include a splendid assortment of ladies’ and gentlemen’s walking, riding, and dress boots and shoes of the highest quality of material and finished workmanship, and in all the most fashionable styles selected from the most eminent English and Continental makers. A leading speciality of the productions of the establishment is the famous Highland Brogues, which are unrivalled for comfort of wear for the tourist and sportsman. Mr. Briton pays special attention also to the manufacture of his renowned hand-sewn boots for gentlemen, which are supplied at the reasonable price of 22/6 per pair, and are unequalled in the trade for style, fit, and durability of wear.

    A large “bespoke” trade is cultivated by the proprietor, whose clientele in this department includes the leading resident nobility and gentry in the City and surrounding districts. A branch establishment has been opened by Mr. Briton in the rising south suburban district of Shawlands, which, in the elegance of its appointments and the splendid stock of goods on offer, vies with the Queen Street emporium in its effective arrangement and rapidly growing popularity with the elite of that fashionable district. The services of an adequate and efficient staff of assistants and competent workmen are employed in the business, which is admirably organised in every department, and under the personal direction of the courteous principal fully sustains the high reputation it has so long and deservedly enjoyed as one of the leading houses in the trade in the City of Glasgow.

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