Farrow and Jackson
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Farrow took part in the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851. His advertisement in the Exhibition Guide shows how his manufacturing and distribution business had branched out, describing him as “Ironmonger, Smith, Brazier, Tinman, and Gas-Fitter; Manufacturer of Machines, Tools, and Utensils for the Wine and Spirit Trade”.Official Catalogue, Great Exhibition, 1851 {https://books.google.ca/books?id=OfMHAAAAQAAJ} |
Farrow took part in the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851. His advertisement in the Exhibition Guide shows how his manufacturing and distribution business had branched out, describing him as “Ironmonger, Smith, Brazier, Tinman, and Gas-Fitter; Manufacturer of Machines, Tools, and Utensils for the Wine and Spirit Trade”.Official Catalogue, Great Exhibition, 1851 {https://books.google.ca/books?id=OfMHAAAAQAAJ} |
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At this time he was offering for sale a wide variety of lab equipment, bottling and corking apparatus, cellar lamps and candlesticks, woodworking tools, glass [[pipettes]] and [[India rubber]] hoses. |
At this time he was offering for sale a wide variety of lab equipment, bottling and corking apparatus, cellar lamps and candlesticks, woodworking tools, glass [[pipettes]] and [[India rubber]] hoses. |
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Farrow presented his bottling and corking machine at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1855, and his “Patent Elutriator, for Decanting Wine, &c.”Journal of the Royal Society for the Arts Tenth Exhibition of Inventions, 1858 at the Royal Society's 1858 Exhibition of Inventions. |
Farrow presented his bottling and corking machine at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1855, and his “Patent Elutriator, for Decanting Wine, &c.”Journal of the Royal Society for the Arts Tenth Exhibition of Inventions, 1858 at the [[Royal Society]]'s 1858 Exhibition of Inventions. |
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Few items from that time can be found marked with Farrow's name. [[Porcelain]] labels for wine bins and three types of [[corkscrew]] have survived. |
Few items from that time can be found marked with Farrow's name. [[Porcelain]] labels for wine bins and three types of [[corkscrew]] have survived. |
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Richard Brooker Jackson died in 1891. |
Richard Brooker Jackson died in 1891. |
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The title page of Farrow & Jackson's comprehensive 1894 catalogue describes them as "Manufacturers of Iron Wine Bins, Cellar and Bar Fittings, Bottle Wax, Seals, &c., Aerated Water and Beer Carbonating Machinery, Patent Beer Raising Apparatus, Brewers' and Bottlers' Requisites, &c." It displays their [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|Royal Warrants]] to supply cellar equipment to [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]]. |
The [[title page]] of Farrow & Jackson's comprehensive 1894 catalogue describes them as "Manufacturers of Iron Wine Bins, Cellar and Bar Fittings, Bottle Wax, Seals, &c., Aerated Water and Beer Carbonating Machinery, Patent Beer Raising Apparatus, Brewers' and Bottlers' Requisites, &c." It displays their [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|Royal Warrants]] to supply cellar equipment to [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]]. |
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In 1897, Farrow & Jackson became a limited liability company with Algernon Brooker Jackson as managing director. |
In 1897, Farrow & Jackson became a limited liability company with Algernon Brooker Jackson as managing director. |
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