In 1792 house painter Wiert Willem Sikkens started the production of Sikkens lacquers in the town of Groningen. He used a small gateway in the Groningen town wall as a boiler house and for sales, he bought a property on  Herestraat, the best shopping street in the town. In the peacefully situated lacquer boiler house he had no trouble from busybodies and he troubled no one. In the busy Herestraat, he sold glass, wood and tools as well as paint and lacquer to fellow painters and others. The son of the founder, Geert Willem, took the company over, and in 1837 he also involved his brother-in-law Willem Penaat in production. They chose G.W. Sikkens & Co. as a name, and this became a synonym for quality and craftsmanship.

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