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Image: Title page of Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham The… read more »

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »

Image: Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace, Lichfield Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 2. Anna Seward and Lichfield Society So, how… read more »

Image: Plan of Birmingham, drawn by J. Sherrif of Oldswinford, late of the Crescent Birmingham. J Bisset, Bisset’s Magnificent… read more »

DUDLEY CHEESE FAIR. WHEREAS great Complaints have arisen from exposing of Cheese to Sale, and weighing the… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »

Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 The manufacture of glass… read more »

Buildwas Abbey was taken over by Henry VII in 1538 and fell into a picturesque ruin. The… read more »

Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »

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

Image: Factors or Commercial Agents in Birmingham with a view of the Crescent and Wharf. J Bisset, Bisset’s Magnificent… read more »

The Ironbridge Gorge from Lincoln Hill showing the River Severn, the town of Ironbridge and evidence of… read more »

Image: Advertisement for J Taylor, Gold and Silversmith, Jeweller, Tortoiseshell and Ivory Box and Toy Manufacturer, Birmingham. J… read more »

Advertisement, Men and Things of Modern England… The New Illustrated Directory… (Birmingham, M Billing, 1856)

Directions to Mr Boulton for making a Tea Vase. Friend Boulton take these ingots fine From rich… read more »

Front cover of Needle-Making Illustrated and Explained: A Guide through Washford Mills, Redditch Title page of Needle-Making… read more »

Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 ELECTRO-PLATING It would be… read more »

A heart-shaped seal matrix made of clear white glass, bearing a design of roses. This signet matrix,… read more »

An oval signet matrix made of clear white glass, dating from c 1800. The matrix is stamped… read more »

A rectangular signet matrix made of amber glass, c 1800. This matrix features the female figure of… read more »

A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, created c 1800, with a design of a dog near a… read more »

A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, created c 1775. The matrix is decorated with an image of… read more »

A rectangular signet matrix of opalescent white glass, featuring a design of an early type of railway… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix of opaque pale blue glass, dating from c 1825, and bearing a design… read more »

An oval seal matrix of amber-coloured glass, with a design of the head of the young Queen… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix of clear white glass, with a design of horses, created c 1800. Seal… read more »

A seal matrix of octagonal shape, made of purple glass with a design of the head of… read more »

A seal matrix, rectangular in shape, of dark green bloodstone. It features the head of Joseph Priestley,… read more »

A rectangular signet matrix of purple glass, featuring the head of Joseph Priestley, facing right. The matrix… read more »

A circular blue glass seal matrix, bearing a design of a male figure with his arms raised,… read more »

A rounded rectangular signet matrix made of purple glass. This matrix bears an image of a mirror,… read more »

An octagonal clear white glass signet matrix, dating from c 1800. The matrix bears a plough design,… read more »

A circular seal matrix of clear white glass, with an image of a sailing ship and the… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix of purple glass, bearing a design of a signet and the inscription ‘PUSH’,… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix of clear white glass, featuring a thistle design encircled by an inscription. This… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix of purple glass, bearing a thistle design. The inscription, which encircles the thistle,… read more »

A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, with a tree design and an inscription above it. This matrix… read more »

An oval seal matrix of clear white glass, created c 1800, featuring a moulded triple head design… read more »

This signet matrix is of blue glass, and has a design of two hearts upon an altar,… read more »