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Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

1780-1800

Token, copper, 29mm diameter. Bank token

1800

Felt on mahogany board

1780-1800
Copying desk, with lock and key, by J. Watt & Co., Soho manufactory, Soho, Birmingham, England, 1780-1800

Copying desk

1780-1800
Pair of candlesticks, Sheffield plate by Boulton and Fothergill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c.1765

Pair of candlesticks Sheffield plate by Boulton and Fothergill, Birmingham

circa 1765
Set of four silver frame and blue glass lined salt cellars, by Boulton and Fothergill, Soho Manufactory, Soho, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1776

Set of four silver frame and blue glass lined salt cellars

1776
Silver inkstand, with glass and silver ink wells, by Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1803. The inkstand consists of sand and ink wells as well as a taper and snuffer for heating the sealing wax.

Silver inkstand

1803
Coin, copper, 40mm diameter. Regal two pence, 1797. 'Cartwheel'. The Royal Mint, 1797, Regal twopenny piece. Obverse Bust of George III etc. Reverse Britannia etc. Notes This was twice the weight of the penny (1977-2381/147), made at Soho Manufactory

Regal two pence coin, 1797.

1797
Silver medal struck at Soho Mint to commemorate victory at Trafalgar, 1805.

Silver medal struck at Soho Mint to commemorate victory at Trafalgar

1805
2d ‘cartwheel’ coin, gilt, made by Soho mint 1797. The gilt versions of the standard copper coin were intended as marketing tools by Matthew Boulton, and were circulated to movers and shakers alongside the circulation version.

Coin

1797
Silver epergne with glass-lined bowls by Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1806

Silver epergne with glass-lined bowls by Matthew Boulton

1806
Two small Georgian solid silver spoons by Boulton & Fothergill, hallmarked 1773 - the first year of the Birmingham Assay Office which Matthew Boulton helped establish. John Fothergill was Matthew Boulton's initial partner at the Soho manufactory.

Two silver spoons from the first year of the Birmingham Assay Office

1773