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Brass Trade

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    Brass founders from Bissetts

    The Brass House, Broad Street, Birmingham from Bisset’s Magnificent Guide, or Grand Copperplate Directory….(Birmingham, 1808). The Brass… read more »

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    Innovation in the Midlands Brass Industry

    Caption: An original Boulton and Watt Engine from The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, second part (London,… read more »

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    Metal Rolling

    Image: Charles Clifford, Rolling Mills, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England,… read more »

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    P. Aitchison and Co, Brass Founders, Sheffield

    The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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    The Brass Industry and Brass Workers in Birmingham

    Caption: Brass Door Furniture from William Tonks and Sons, Catalogue of the Various Kinds of Work (Birmingham, 1880), p 318.… read more »

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    The Early Brass Trade

    Caption: The brazier was one of the specialised workers in the brass trade. He made kettles, pails, candlesticks… read more »

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    The Origins of the Brass Industry in the Midlands and Birmingham

    Caption: Image of a brassworker with a crucible from The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, second part… read more »

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