Images of J. R. Gaunt's Factories
Hi Peter
What a wonderful piece of history you have there! Is this also from one of the Gaunt pattern books, or is it part of something else? Lovely depictions of both the Warstone Parade/Pemberton Street Factory and the Soho Sword Works – the one of the Birmingham site apparently shows the Works before the 1912 fire, and is similar to something btns sent me. There’s also quite a difference in how this appears here and how what is presumably the same factory was shown in the 1896-7 advert that was in Peck’s Circular, probably due to how it had been enlarged and developed by Gaunts since they took it over from David Faris in 1894. Excellent stuff – many thanks for sharing this with the rest of us.
Best regards
Martin
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