Thomas Iliffe
of Birmingham
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the Premises, by THOMAS WARREN and SON, THIS DAY and TO-MORROW, the entire Stocks in Trade of Mr. THOMAS ILIFFE, Button-maker, in the New Hinckleys, Birmingham, consisting of the under-mentioned Articles, viz.
FINISHED GOODS.— Plain and dyed Coat, Breast and Links, mostly for the Foreign Trade; common Horn Coat, Breast, and Peas; ..... UNFINISHED GOODS. - An immense quantity of Steel Buttons, in the rough, Ditto of Coat, Breast, Pea, and, Link Steels, Ditto of Copper and Platina fancy Buttons, Ditto of Marina and Metal Cups and Bottoms, ....
And on Wednesday, the 11th of June Inst. will also be Sold by Auction, the whole Collection of Very valuable Shop Tools, among which the following are in compleat good Order, viz. - A very powerful Button Stamp, with a cast Iron Block, two other Stamps with Wood Blocks; several one and two-sided piercing Stamps, and Tools; a very capital oval and round Dye Lathe, a ditto joggling Engine Lathe, a ditto hubbing Engine Lathe, several center, drilling, turning, edging; grinding, and polishing Lathes, three compleat full Sets of horn Button Presses, with 44 Pairs of Coat Dies, 75 Pairs of Breast ditto, 47 Pairs of Pea ditto, Furnaces and other Appurtenances; a large Japanning Stove, with Iron boors ....'[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Aris's Birmingham Gazette - 9 June 1783