Soho Manufactory medal, reverse
This medal was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint as a form of promotion. The obverse shows Boulton himself and the reverse the Soho Manufactory.
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
An early photograph of the Soho Manufactory.
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
This photograph of the ground plan of the Soho Manufactory in Handsworth was taken c.1900, though the plans themselves are dated 1788.
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth, engraved by Francis Eginton and published by J. Bisset of Birmingham in his 'Magnificent and Grand National Directory', 1800. The caption lists the products of the 'Annex'd ...
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
Old smelting furnace used by Boulton, Watt and Murdock at the Soho Manufactory, Handsworth. Erected in 1762 by Matthew Boulton it was demolished in the 1860s.
Soho Mint
Photograph 'In the Mint' from page 73 of an album of 75 photographs of Soho Foundry, taken prior to the sale of the works to W. & T. Avery, circa May 1895.
This photograph is from a volume in the Boulton ...
Soho Mint
Photograph of the 'Hydraulic Presses in Mint' from page 74 of an album of 75 photographs of Soho Foundry, taken prior to the sale of the works to W. & T. Avery, circa May 1895.
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Soho Mint
Photograph of the 'Packing Room in Mint' from page 75 of an album of 75 photographs of Soho Foundry, taken prior to the sale of the works to W. & T. Avery, circa May 1895.
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Soho Mint
Photograph 'In Mint' from page 76 of an album of 75 photographs of Soho Foundry, taken prior to the sale of the works to W. & T. Avery, circa May 1895.
This photograph is from a volume in the Boulton ...
Soho Mint - Catalogue of Machinery and Plant
This sale catalogue appears in its entirety, page by page.
'A Catalogue of the Valuable Machinery and Plant of the Soho Mint... to be Sold by Auction... on Monday, April 29, 1850.' Includes: coining ...
Soho Mint medal, obverse
This medal was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint around 1803 to promote his minting machinery. It has also been suggested that he wished to reord his achievements in developing the machinery ...
Soho Mint medal, reverse
This medal was produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint around 1803 to promote his minting machinery. It has also been suggested that he wished to reord his achievements in developing the machinery ...
Soho Pool
A poster advertising the delights to be had at Soho Pool. This pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho House. His grandson Matthew Piers Watt Boulton moved away from Birmingham, ...
Soho Pool, Knibbs Boating Lake
This photograph of Knibbs Boating Lake, Soho Pool was taken by by Mrs Brittain.
Soho Pool had formed part of Matthew Boulton's landscaped park around Soho House. His grandson Matthew Piers Watt Boulton ...
Stock of wines in Mr Boulton's cellar by John Phillp
This pen and ink design is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. ...
Terrace of thirty three storey houses with central carriage arch by John Phillp
It is likely that this pen and ink with watercolour elevation of terraced houses was drawn from imagination rather than life. It is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by ...
The Drawing Room, Soho House
This view of Soho House, the former home of Matthew Boulton was taken when the house was in use as a hotel. What had been Boulton's Drawing Room was used as the hotel dining room.
The chimneypiece ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed the ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They were horizontal ...