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The History of Molineaux & Webb
The story of this firm, and others from Manchester and Warrington, is in the process of being turned into three hardback reference books.
Book 1: Percival Vickers Victorian Glass: The Story of Manchester's Largest Flint Glass Works
RELEASED JUNE 2026 and available from Amazon worldwide sites
Book 2: To cover Burtles Tale, Butterworth Brothers, Ker Webb, Thomas Kidd, John Derbyshire.
Aiming for Q1 2028
Book 3: To cover Molineaux Webb, and wrapping up with Warrington and St. Helens pressed glass makers.
Aiming for late 2029 / early 2030.
Company history in ten chapters
See how the Warrington glass manufacturers stuck together to the end with the monuments of the Molineaux, Webb, Ellis, Percival and Woolfall families.
Images taken at the Manchester General Cemetery.
A comprehensive list of designs registered by Manchester glass companies
(includes photos and links to images where available)
A discussion of the Molineaux & Webb pattern book covering company designs from approximately 1830 to 1870
Ancoats Glass Exhibition of 2016
Shown during the Manchester Histories Festival, this exhibition showcased the Victorian Ancoats glass manufacturers
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