Frederick Walton and Co
of Old Hall Japanning Works, Wolverhampton
Frederick Walton had taken over his father's japanning business and expanded the range of products into general metalware, becoming a leading maker of dish covers, patent coffee pots, etc. [1]
1856 Patent to Frederick Walton, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the invention of "an improvement or improvements in papier mache trays."[2]
1857 Patent to Frederick Walton, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, Manufacturer, and John Pinson, of Wolverhampton aforesaid, Machinist, in respect of the invention "new or improved machinery for stamping or raising metals."[3]
1867 Patent to Frederick Walton, of the Old Hall Works, Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, Manufacturer, in respect of the invention of "improvements in apparatus for making infusions of coffee and other infusions."[4]
1869 Patent to Frederick Walton, of the Old Hall Works, Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, Manufacturer, in respect of the invention of "improvements in coal vases."[5]
The business, but not the premises, seems to have been acquired by others, eventually becoming part of John Marston's business