LOEWENTHAL & HESSE
A partnership between Edward Loewenthal of Germany, a button manufacturer, and Max Hesse. Both families were general merchants rather than glass manufacturers. Two of their registrations were in the Manchester area, but later ones were in London.
2 JULY 1869
Design Number
230631
A circular glass button decorated with a drawing of an early bicycle.
29 AUGUST 1870
Design Number
244354
A circular glass button, possibly frosted, with a simple wheel pattern.
SLACK & BROWNLOW
Operating from the Canning Works in Hulme, Manchester, this company specialised in water sanitation and filtration systems. One of their company vans can be seen in a photograph at the Manchester Archives. The company eventually moved out of Manchester and a little of their later history in Tonbridge is discussed here.
12 FEBRUARY 1877
Design Number
307674
A decorated filter jug made of two or three parts.
(registered by Frederick William Brownlow)
18 JANUARY 1878
Design Number
317822
An aquarium and fernery combined. This looks like it was made in two pieces. The bottom piece is shaped like a wide celery vase. The centre of the vase contains a long twisted stem on which sits a small bowl which is level with the top of the vase. The second piece is effectively an oval lid to put over the top of the other piece. Put together the item is shaped a bit like a fat torpedo.
CAROLINE AMELIA ELIZABETH SWALLOW
Born in Newcastle circa 1822, Mrs Swallow was living in the Salford area by the time of the 1881 census. Her husband was a cotton dealer.
12 OCTOBER 1880
Design Number
356515
A rather strange object and it is not at all clear which bit of it is made out of glass. We have a metal base on which rests something looking halfway between a cake and a deep crusty pizza decorated with flowers! In the centre stands a Greek pillar with an inscription on the base which has been crossed out. The inscription reads "To the memory of the officers and men of the army and navy <some words unreadable> 1878 and 1879". Overhanging the pillar is a large fern or palm tree.
EMIL AUGUST THOMSON
There are only two guys named Emil Thomson on the census. One was a servant in London and the other was a Norwegian sailor in the Manchester area who was in his early twenties at the time of this registration. Neither seem all that convincing but in the absence of other evidence we'll have to say this was registered by the Norwegian...
20 JULY 1877
Design Number
312061
Described as an ornamental design for a gum or mucilage bottle