 | Birmingham (England) - 1830 - 308 pages
...enamels. From the " same fountain issued the painted snuff-box, at " which one servant earned £3 10s. per week by " painting them at a farthing each. In his shops " were weekly manufactured buttons to the amount " of £300, exclusive of other valuable produc" tions."... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...other valuable articles; and eighty guineas have been given him for a single toy made at his shop. He died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of 200,000/. PTW Curious Chair.—At Longford Castle, \ shire, there is a steel chair, remarkable for... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...a smile, " he plainly saw he could not reside in Birmingham for less than £200 a day." Mr. Taylor died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of £200,000. When he wrote, he ranked as first in pre-eminence the BUTTON. This beautiful ornament, says... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...a smile, " he plainly saw he could not reside in Birmingham for less than £200 a day." Mr. Taylor died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of £200,000. The active power of genius, the instigation of profit, and the affinity of one calling to... | |
 | White, Francis, & co - Warwickshire (England) - 1850 - 996 pages
...smile, that " he plainly saw he could not reside in Birmingham for less than ¿£200. a day." Mr. Taylor died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of ¿£200,000. The toy trades first made their appearance in Birmingham at tbe beginning of Charles II.'s... | |
 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 304 pages
...much in steel buckles for shoes. To him the gilt button owed its introduction and chief prosperity. He died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of £200,000.} He *The original firm was Messrs. Green and Price (Cambridge Street), afterwards Theodore... | |
 | Harry Howells Horton - Birmingham (England) - 1853 - 310 pages
...much in steel buckles for shoes. To him the gilt button owed its introduction and chief prosperity. He died in 1775, at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of £200,000. J . He •The original f.im was Messrs. Green and Price (Cambridge Street), afterwards Theodore... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 418 pages
...button, the japanned and gilt snuff-box, with the numerous race of enamels ; also the painted snuff-box He died in 1775 at the age of 64, after acquiring a fortune of ¿200,000. His son was a considerable sufferer at the time of the riots in 1791.' — A Brief History... | |
 | Veitch, Henry Newton - Hallmarks - 1908 - 398 pages
...same fountain issued the painted snuff-box, at which one servant earned three pounds ten shillings per week by painting them at a farthing each. In his shops were weekly manufactured buttons to the amount of ^800, exclusive of other valuable productions. One... | |
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He died in 17-75, at the age of 64; after acquiring a fortune of 200.000/. 