Joseph Robinson
An advertisement appeared in the Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware’s Whitehaven Advertiser, on Wednesday the 1st of April 1789, for the sale of Joseph Robinson’s brass foundry in Penrith. Joseph’s widow Elizabeth appears to have...
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Brass Welsh Miner’s ‘Twist’ Storage Tin
Materials: brass with thin sheet iron inner compartment. Dimensions: height 15 cm / 6 in, diameter 6.5 cm / 2.5 in. Place of Origin: UK. Date: late 19th to early 20th century. Retailer: Daniel...
Baron Scheffer
An interesting article appeared in the Newcastle Courant on Saturday the 30th of March 1754. Although Baron Scheffer was a Swedish diplomat and not directly involved in the production of metalware, he made an...
Noah Bloomfield
Noah Bloomfield was a bell-founder in Ipswich during the 18th century. He posted an advertisement in the Ipswich Journal on the 29th of October 1763 pointing out that he had purchased the Ram (possibly...
John Pounden and Samuel Onge
The following advertisement was posted in the Dublin Courier on Monday the 8th of June 1761.
Robert Wells
On Saturday the 11th March 1769, Robert Wells posted the following advertisement in the Oxford Journal: Robert Wells clearly produced a wide range of metalware at the Bell Foundry at Aldbourne, Wilts, but he...
Patrick Pounden & James Bibby
On Tuesday the 12th September 1758, Pue’s Occurrences published an advertisement for Mountrath Ironworks who’s foundry was located in Church Street, opposite the Church Gate, Dublin. Over 50 years later, during 1810, a descendant...
Joseph Blenkinsop & Ralph Harle
On Saturday 4 April 1741, the Newcastle Courant newspaper published two notices concerning the foundry at Skinners Burn, Newcastle. It appears that the foundry at Skinners Burn had been in existence for some years...
