Medal Commemorating the Death of Matthew Boulton, obverse
This medal was produced by Matthew Robinson Boulton to commemorate his father.
The obverse shows Boulton based on a wax portrait by Peter Rouw. Below this there are two cherubs with a model or drawing ...
Medal commemorating the death of Matthew Boulton, reverse
This medal was produced by Matthew Robinson Boulton to commemorate his father.
The obverse shows Boulton based on a wax portrait by Peter Rouw. Below this there are two cherubs with a model or drawing ...
Medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales
This medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales (later George IV) to Pincess Caroline of Brunswick was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint.
This image shows the medal itself, ...
Medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales, obverse
This medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales (later George IV) to Pincess Caroline of Brunswick was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint.
The obverse shows the Prince and Princess. ...
Medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales, reverse
This medal commemorating the marriage of the Prince of Wales (later George IV) to Pincess Caroline of Brunswick was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint.
The obverse shows the Prince and Princess. ...
Ormolu and blue john ewers by Boulton and Fothergill
This pair of ormolu and blue john ewers was made by Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill at the Soho Manufactory. The Earl of Sefton paid £14.14.0 for a similar pair in 1772. Few examples of this particular ...
Ormolu vase perfume burner by Boulton and Fothergill
This ormolu and blue john perfume burner was made by Boulton and Fothergill at the Soho Manufactory.
Perfume burners or cassolettes became fashionable during the eighteenth century and were used to ...
Pattern Halfpenny (obverse)
Matthew Boulton was lobbying the British government from the mid 1780s to allow him to produce the national coinage. He eventually succeeded and went on to produce the cartwheel penny from 1797.
This ...
Pattern halfpenny, reverse
Matthew Boulton was lobbying the British government from the mid 1780s to allow him to produce the national coinage. He eventually succeeded and went on to produce the cartwheel penny from 1797.
This ...
Pen and ink drawings of eagle perched on finial by John Phillp
The purpose of these pen and ink sketches of an eagle with outspread wings perched on a finial is not clear. They may be sketch designs for a piece of metalwork to be prodyced at the Soho Manufactory.The ...
Pencil design for Bank of England Banknote by John Phillp
This pencil design for a Bank of England banknote is by John Phillp. He designed coins, tokens and medals which were struck at the Soho Mint. There are no suggestions of plans for producing bank notes ...
Penny token showing the abolition of slavery, obverse
Although dated 1807 this token was struck in 1814 and issued in 1815. Around 50,000 were produced at the Soho Mint for the Macauley and Babington trading establishments in Sierra Leone.
The obverse ...
Penny token showing the abolition of slavery, reverse
Although dated 1807 this token was struck in 1814 and issued in 1815. Around 50,000 were produced at the Soho Mint for the Macauley and Babington trading establishments in Sierra Leone.
The obverse ...
Plan of rooms at Soho House
This dimensioned plan (not to scale) of the principal rooms at Soho House was presumably produced when new carpets were being ordered. It may date to 1808 when another plan of the Dining Room was made ...
Plan of Soho
A nineteenth century plan of Matthew Boulton's Soho by then in the ownership of his son, Matthew Robinson Boulton. The Mint is clearly visible to the right of the factory. By 1788 Boulton had six presses ...
Plan of the Dining Room at Soho House
This plan of the Dining Room at Soho House was made when a new carpet was being planned (probably by Matthew Boulton's son Matthew Robinson Boulton as Boulton himself was ill). The door is at the right ...
Pooley's Cotton Mill
Drawing of the parallel motion, February 1798.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine for a cotton mill. It was ordered by John Pooley and his partners for their cotton mill in Hulme, South Manchester ...
Proof Cartwheel 2d (obverse)
This is a proof cartwheel twopence made at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint in 1797. A proof was made from a new, polished die onto a specially prepared blank, in this case gilt copper. Proofs were often ...