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RD 49021
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Design representation for a glass tumbler, RD 49021, registered 17 January 1848 - Parcel 5 by John Davies, nr. Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Class 3.
Photo copyright Paul Stirling & TNA.
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On 24th January 1846, John Davis leased Wheeley's Brettell Lane Glasshouses from William Seager Wheeley for twenty-one years. In 1850, Davis formed a parnership with William Greathead and Richard Green. Greathead had worked for William Gammon, glass manufacturer of Aston near Birmingham, then from 1836 to 1843 at Hawkes' Dudley Flint Glassworks, the last two years as a partner, then following the failure of Hawkes', a further seven years at Badger's Phoenix Glassworks. Richard Green had been involved in the glass trade since joining Hawkes in 1837 at the age of fifteen. John Davis dominated the partnership. He lived with his wife and family in Brettell Lane.
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