Saltaire Collection
Item set
- Identifier
- COL54
- Title
- Saltaire Collection
- Description
- The core collection. If an item is not in one of the other collections then it is in this one.
- Type
Items
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2015.1: Dayton tea pot Teapot, taken to Dayton as a wedding gift for Percival and Eva (nee Hanson) Johnson. Percy was involved in the financial management of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company set up by the directors of Sir Titus Salt (Bart), Sons and Co Ltd. Eva was the youngest daughter of William Hanson, the head of the engineering department at Salts Mill. The Saltaire historians Dave Shaw and David King visitied Dayton to research its history and were given the teapot to to give to Eva's great-nephew Donald Hanson, who had been the chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Slats Mill as a working textiles business. Donald donated the teapot to the collection, as he considered it 'a known 19th century artefact that binds the communities of Saltaire & Dayton'. -
2017.2: Sir Titus Salt and sons: A farming legacy Recounts the interest of Sir Titus Salt and some of his sons in agriculture and farming. Includes Sir TItus's continuing interest in this area; his fourth son Herbert who became a gentleman farmer rather than going into the textile business; and TItus Salt Junior's establshment of a 'model farm' next to his grand new house at Milner Field. -
2017.3: Bingley: A living history History of Bingley fom the middle nineteenth century to the early twenty first century. Has four sections: Governance including Chronological Time Lines - Change; Photographs of Bingley Town Centre Capturing the Changes; Places and People Places; Living History. Inlcudes some details on Milner Field, the home of TItus Salt Junior. -
2018.1: Silver salver for Samuel Wilson The Auction house described the salver as a ' George III Silver presentation Salver by David Bell [small DB silver mark], London [sheild silver mark] 1761 [F silver mark] of circular form with a gadrooned and shell border, raised on three scroll feet, later presentation inscription and floral engraved field diameter 30 cm, weight 27oz. -
2018.12: Saltaire village plan Hand-drawn copy of a plan of Saltaire village and mill, based on late 19th century drawing. Undated. -
2018.14: The Silentman Poster for 'The Silentman', a play by Ian Byfield, produced by the Saltaire Youth Theatre, mid-late 20th century. -
2018.2: 1887 Jubilee Exhibition medallion On the front: picture of Victoria Hall, surrounded by the words 'The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' with '1887' at the base. On the reverse: Head of Queen Victoria.