The address given for this glassworks was Aston Hill. Does anyone know where exactly this was ? The glassworks would have been very visible far afield given the size of the cone. Not heard it mentioned before. Viv.
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Jones, Smart & Co Glassworks Aston Hill
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According to Francis Buckley in his pamphlet "The Birmingham Glass Trade"(below), Jones Smart & Co were the original owners of the Aston Glass Works which was later run by Brueton Gibbins & Williams (though the order of those names seems to vary), who in 1823 were Gibbins Brothers .
The engraving in Wrightson's 1818 directory looks similar to the earlier Jones and Smart one. (this is not fully shown in the available DVDs of Wrightsons, though is in the 1969 book reprint).
The 1823 directory merely describes the firm as at the Aston Glass works. However the 1829 edition lists it as Bagot St. and the firm is listed there for some years, at a position towards the eastern end on the north side of the street. However we cannot be certain that the firm did not move and that that site is the same as the original Aston Glass works, so the original works might be somewhere else
The engraving in Wrightson's 1818 directory looks similar to the earlier Jones and Smart one. (this is not fully shown in the available DVDs of Wrightsons, though is in the 1969 book reprint).
The 1823 directory merely describes the firm as at the Aston Glass works. However the 1829 edition lists it as Bagot St. and the firm is listed there for some years, at a position towards the eastern end on the north side of the street. However we cannot be certain that the firm did not move and that that site is the same as the original Aston Glass works, so the original works might be somewhere else
i thought this had been discussed before...thread below and its very interestin
birminghamhistory.co.uk
Aston Glass Works (circa 1810)
Here are two remarkable pictures of the Aston Flint Glass Works as seen about 1810. The proprietors were Brueton and William Gibbins, members of a large and prosperous Birmingham Quaker family. [Source: Emma Gibbins (editor). Records of the Gibbins Family. Birmingham: by Cornish Brothers, 1911.]
birminghamhistory.co.uk
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Thanks Lyn. Shall merge the info here with the earlier info. The thread diverged to cover several glassworks, not just this Aston Hill one, so shall try and untangle it all later. Viv.
