Trades, Industries & Manufacturing

Image: Penny featuring a bust of Joseph Priestley on one side, and on the other side an apparatus… read more »

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

Darwin writes to Watt to request some details of the Boulton and Watt steam engine for his… read more »

Darwin tells Boulton he has become involved with founding a philosophical society at Derby and encourages Boulton… read more »

Darwin writes to Boulton about Richard Arkwright’s difficulties over patents for his machinery. —————————————- Derby Jan 26-85… read more »

Darwin writes to assure Boulton of the care being taken of a servant of Boulton’s, Mr Laws.… read more »

To the Friends of the Monthly Meeting at Birmingham:— RESPECTED FRIENDS, I have been visited on the… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Glass made in furnaces,… read more »

Image: A display at Bewdley Museum of items from Lowe’s Rope and Twine Manufactory. The firm was founded… read more »

Image: An exterior view of buildings at Lowe’s rope manufactory. Much of the firm’s production took place in… read more »

Image: Brinton’s Carpet factory, 1870 Brinton’s Carpet Factory, Vicar Street, Kidderminster, 1870. Print taken from a watercolour. By… read more »

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

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

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

Image: Sweetmeat Basket, Boulton & Fothergill, 1774 This basket was possibly designed by Robert Adam. The body is… read more »

Image: Medallion of the Hudson’s Bay Company. 1820. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. An example of the high… read more »

Stebbing Shaw’s The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (1798 and 1801) is a major source not only for the… read more »

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

Image: Medallion of Alexander I, Emperor of all the Russias. 1812. Image from: Birmingham Assay Office (256) The coronation… read more »

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

Image: Richard and Edward Peyton, Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and… read more »

Image: Milward’s Needle and Fish-Hook Manufactory, Redditch Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern… read more »

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

This design is made using a filigree technique.

Image: Photo taken about 1940. The photo shows two full open pots after cooling and just prior to… read more »

Image: Photo taken about 1940. The same furnace as on photo 2. This shows an empty pot… read more »

Image: Photo taken about 1940. This two pot furnace accommodated 38” diameter covered pots. The furnace number is… read more »

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

These silver buckles are fitted with steel latchets or fasteners.

These silver buckles have an embossed design and are fitted with steel latchets or fasteners.

The group with a shepherd playing his pipe to a sleeping shepherdess is a good example of… read more »

Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery A mother-of-pearl button, produced around 1795, and engraved with concentric… read more »

Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.

Image: Manufacture of Rolled Plate Glass.  Chance Brothers & Co., Limited, 100 Years of British Glass Making… read more »

POETIC SURVEY ROUND Birmingham, &c. ————————- Poetic Survey Around Birmingham Suppose some TRAV’LLERS, at an Inn set… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Electro-Plating The origin of… read more »

Image: Wedgwood’s factory at Etruria in Staffordshire. The Useful Arts and Manufacturers of Great Britain of Great Britain Vol.… read more »

Image: Photo taken during 1945-1946 during the demolition of Number 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. It shows the… read more »

Image: Photo taken during 1945-1946 during the demolition of Number 3, 8 and 12 glasshouses. The rectangular chimney… read more »

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