Bisset's Magnificent Directory: Jones, Smart & Co., Glass Manufacturers (Plate W)

Plate W in James Bisset's Magnificent Directory (1800).

A page from Bisset's Magnificent Directory printed in 1800 depicting glass blowing at Jones, Smart and Co. who were glassmakers at Aston Hill in Birmingham.

1767 Sketchley Directory (selected pages)

James Sketchley's 1767 Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall Directory.
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Below are selected pages from Sketchley's Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall Directory published in 1767. This was the third directory that James Sketchley published, but the first known to survive.

The pages included are those listing the trades most associated with Birmingham, which include: Bellows Makers; Black, White and Jobbing Smiths; Buckle Cutters; Buckle Makers; Button Makers; Candlestick Makers; Chape Makers, Filers and Forgers; Comb Makers; Corkscrew Makers; Engravers and Chasers; Enamel Manufacturers; File Cutters and Makers; Glass Pinchers; Japanners; Jewellers; Lapidaries; Painters; Platers; Stampers; Steel Snuffer Makers; Sword Cutlers; Thimble Makers; Toy Makers; Watch Chain Makers; and Watch Key Makers.

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1774 New Birmingham Directory

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