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1; 660124 - A town talks, jewellery city : [Birmingham]. - 1954
1; 661663 - An exhibition of jewellery, silverware, plated ware, horological and fancy goods of Midland manufacture at Messrs. Lewis's Ltd. Bull Street, Birmingham [Sept.-Oct. 1958]. - 1958
2; 149598 - BURRITT (E) An account of the Brades steel and iron works, (Oldbury), being an extract from "Walks in the Black Country and its green borderland" 8pp. - nd
2; 662479 - The Midland iron industry in the early eighteenth century : the background to the first successful use of coke in iron smelting. - 1960
2; 662618 - The old Bloomfield ship : [an allegorical poem in praise of the Iron Works]. - 1859
3; 453060 - Cook (M) The development of the non-ferrous metal industries in Birmingham. Chairman's address to the Birmingham Local Section of the Institute of Metals 31st March 1936. (Kynoch Press) 16pp. 1936. Metal Trades. - 1936
3; 493274 - Harcourts Ltd. Chains for air ships, aeroplanes, sea planes, semaphores and ships' telegraphs. A catalogue. Port. Illus. 12pp. c.1916. Metal Trades. - 1916
3; 526753 - Vittoria Street School. Classes for light metal trades. Prospectus 1941-2 – In City of Birmingham Education Committee. School for Jewellers and Silversmiths. Abridged prospectus, 1941-2 –. 1941 –. Metal Trades.
3; 663132 - [UNLOCATED] Close on a century's progress : [a brief history of Barker & Allen Ltd.] Birmingham, metal mills with a world connection. - 1935
4; 149588 - Green, Cadbury and Richards, button makers, Birmingham. An advertising booklet. 20pp. 1876?.
4; 662061 - The button manufacture of Birmingham. - 1852
4; 662861 - [A short account of Edward Armfield & Co. Ltd. : with biographical notes on A.A. Perkin]. - 1950
6; 539269 - Constitution and rules of the Staff Committee, Fort Dunlop. - 1942
6; 756069 - How the great companies are run. No. 1, The Dunlop Rubber Company. - 1966
7; 625989 - New materials for industry : third Chance memorial lecture delivered before the Birmingham and Midland Section of the Society [of Chemical Industry] Jan. 24, 1951. - 1951
8; 443337 - Paper production for stationery and wrapping. Report on a paper read at a Birmingham meeting of the British Industrial Purchasing Officers' Association. From Industry Illustrated. June 1935. 1935. JOHNSON (G.B.C.). - 1935
8; 528543 - A critical examination of one aspect of paper control by C.H. Foyle, Boxfoldia Ltd. Typescript. 30pp. 1941. FOYLE (CHARLES HENRY). - 1941
8; 624953 - The Kalamazoo workers' handbook. - 1952
8; 662398 - Forty years 1921-1961 : commemorating the 40th anniversary of Boxfoldia Ltd. - 1962
8; 662782 - Chocolate box beauties. - 1963
8; 663499 - English paper trays, 1790-1815 : their decoration and design from contemporary records. - 1967
8; 663500 - The paper king of Birmingham : [the story of Henry Clay]. - 1968
9; 411816 - The Trade Associations of Birmingham brick masters, 1864 - 1933. (Menton) Port. 1933. STEPHENSON (ALBERT HENRY). - 1933
11; 72224 - Rules of the proposed Master Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association. 7pp. 1875. Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association (Birmingham Master). - 1875
11; 370745 - Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association composite exhibit, British Industries Fair (London) 1930. List of exhibitors. 20pp. 1930. Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association (Birmingham). - 1930
11; 466254 - The manufacture of wrought plate in Birmingham. A paper read to the Birmingham Archaeological Society, March 18th 1904. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Society. Illus. 25pp. 1904. WESTWOOD (ARTHUR). - 1904
11; 553782 - Notes of information for those interested in silver and Elkington plate : [lists of hall markes and maker's marks]. - 1924
11; 576162 - A record of achievement : [the work of Elkington & Co., Ltd. during the war, 1939-45]. - 1946
11; 660834 - English cloisonne enamels [with references to Birmingham and Elkington and Co.]. - 1957
11; 662087 - Craftsmanship plus organisation : [a history of A. Edward Jones Ltd.]. - 1960
11; 663358 - [Catalogues of church and domestic silverware]. - 1968
11; 663514 - The art of close plating [with references to Birmingham silversmiths]. - 1968
12; 206888 - Business training of jewellers. Interview with Professor Ashley. From Modern Business. 1908. HORTON (J). - 1908
12; 446099 - Holden (H.H.) Jewellery, enamelling, silversmithing and kindred trades of Birmingham. Printed at the Birmingham School of Printing. Illus. 8pp. 1930. Jewelley and Plate. - 1930
12; 535693 - Ginder (J.C.) Birmingham, Ltd. A personal service from the house of J.C. Ginder, Birmingham Ltd. A descriptive booklet. Ports. Illus. 20pp. 1940. Jewelley and Plate. - 1940
12; 663171 - Articles on the Birmingham Jewellers and Silversmiths Association and the jewellery trade in Birmingham. - 1946
13; 589877 - 1847-1947 : the centenary of N.C. Reading & Co. Ltd., 33-35, Hall Street : [a short history of the firm]. - 1947
13; 662876 - Links with the past : [a brief history of the firm]. - 1955
13; 663070 - Collins' progress, 1883-1949 : the story of C.H. Collins & Sons Limited, stud and cuff link manufacturers. - 1949
14; 302656 - Numismatic circular (A.R. Thomas'), New Street, Birmingham. Number 15 (March 1882) 4pp. 1882. - 1882
14; 326870 - Richards (T.B.) Matthew Boulton's Medal on the reconquest of Naples in 1799, and of certain events in connection therewith. By A Birmingham Observer (pseud. i.e. T.B. Richards) Also of Lord Nelson's reception at Birmingham in 1802. With a facsimile of a letter by Lord Nelson and references to the Birmingham Assay Office. Edited by A. Westwood. Illus. 15pp. 1926. Assay Office. - 1926
14; 326980 - Matthew Boulton's Medal on the reconquest of Naples in 1799; and of certain events in connection therewith, by a Birmingham Observer (pseud.); also of Lord Nelson's reception at Birmingham in 1802. With a facsimile of a letter by Lord Nelson, and a supplement. Edited by A. Westwood. Illus. 20pp. 1926-28. RICHARDS (THOMAS BINGHAM). - 1928
14; 330096 - Matthew Boulton's "Otaheite" Medal, distributed by Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1772. By A. Westwood. Illus. 11pp. 1926. WESTWOOD (ARTHUR). - 1926
22; 449927 - Dean (A.R.) Ltd. A few designs for handmade hammered iron and copper work. c.1900. Metalwork. - 1900
22; 505159 - Thos. Whitfield & Co., manufacturers and wrought iron frying pans, ladles, bowls, cooking utensils, portable and other furnaces etc. Catalogue. 24pp. 1867. Whitfield (Thos.) & Co.. - 1867
23; 662909 - Copy [of] certificate of incorporation of William Garfield Limited, 24th September 1898. - 1898
24; 662672 - Reports and accounts - 1903-1910
31; 512940 - Samuel Booth & Co., Cheapside Works, Birmingham. Catalogue of chandeliers. 9pp. Illus. 1898. BOOTH (SAMUEL) & Co. - 1898
31; 662212 - Catalogue of plant, tools, finished and unfinished stock of A. Sanders, chandelier & gas fittings manufacturer : Hockley Street Works, Birmingham, Sept. 23 & 24th, 1907. - 1907
31; 663110 - Prospectus and memorandum of association. - 1890
33; 413836 - Chromium plating. (Coleman & Appleby, Ltd.) Illus. 8pp. 1933. SANDIFER (DOUGLAS ALBERT NEVILLE). - 1933
33; 660623 - Painting and protections of aluminium alloys. - 1956
34; 497954 - Pioneer work in the forging of duralumin. A brief history of a company (T. Smith and Sons of Saltley, Ltd.) concerned in forging the first age-hardening light alloy. From Ligh Metals. March 1939. GROOM (E.J.). - 1939
34; 663107 - History of the manufacture of nickel and cobalt : a paper intended to have been read in the economic section of the British Association, September 1865. - 1865
39; 662609 - Elegance for the mantelpiece : [M.] Boulton's Blue John garnitures. - 1963
306; 282717 - A brief survey of the scheme of industrial and scientific research in relation to the non-ferrous metals industry. 6pp. 1919. Metals Research Association (British Non-Ferrous). - 1919
306; 284355 - A brief survey of the scheme of industrial and scientific research in relation to the non-ferrous metals industry. 10pp. 1920. Metals Research Association (British Non-Ferrous). - 1920
306; 313164 - British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. Circular and Reprint series. No. 2 etc. (Birmingham) 1922 etc. 4pp. - 1922
306; 662205 - [Membership circular 1919]. - 1919
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