Saltaire Collection

Items

• 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 Salts 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'.
• 2018.3.10: Grace Salt (1779 - 1854)

  Oil painting of Grace Salt (nee Smithies) who was the wife of Daniel Salt (the Wool Stapler) mother of Sir Titus Salt. Mrs Salt is dressed in a bonnet with a silk shawl decorated with flowers over her dress.
• 2018.3.13: Grace Salt (1779 - 1854)

  Photocopies of oil paintings of Daniel & Grace Salt
• 2018.3.18.1: Near Tunbridge Wells, Kent

  Framed original drawing by Sir Titus Salt as pupil at Mr Harrison's academy - 'Near Tunbridge Wells, Kent'
• 2018.3.18.2: Dismasted Greenlander

  Framed original drawing by Sir Titus Salt as pupil at Mr Harrison's academy - 'Dismasted Greenlander'
• 2018.3.19.1: Will of Daniel Salt

  Copy of the will of Daniel Salt & codicil to the will dated 14th December 1843. Daniel Salt (6.5.1781 - 28.12.1843) was a wool stapler and was the father of Sir Titus Salt. His wife was Grace Smithies who Daniel married in 5.7.1802.
• 2018.3.21: Marriage Certificate of Titus Salt Jr. & Catherine Crossley

  Certified copy of Marriage Certificate of Titus Salt Junior & Catherine Crossley, which took place in the New Church Square Road, Halifax.
• 2018.3.24: Cheques book

  Cheque book with a plain cover numbered 4684/4713 containing unused cheques for The Bradford Bank Company Limited Bradford. There are also 5 loose blank cheques, which all appear to have been taken from this book. The cheques are headed Milner Field with the Salts crest to the left of the check. The book is in the name of Titus Salt Junior. As Titus Salt Junior died in 1887 and this book has never been used by him, its likely that it was issued to him in the 1880's just before he died.
• 2018.3.27: Brass plate

  Brass plate for printing Titus Salt's Coat of Arms possibly used on the cheque books or family books.
• 2018.3.28: Probate papers for the estate of Grace Salt

  Probate papers for the estate of Grace Salt. Grace Salt was married to Daniel Salt and was Sir Titus Salts Mother.
• 2018.3.29: Probate of the Will of Grace Salt

  Copy of the Probate of the Grace Salt's Will. Grace Salt was married to Daniel Salt and was Sir Titus Salts Mum.
• 2018.3.9: Daniel Salt (1781 - 1843)

  Oil painting of Daniel Salt who was the husband of Grace Salt and the father of Sir Titus Salt. Daniel Salt was originally a farmer and set up in business as a wool stapler.
• 2018.36.12: Catherine Salt

  Framed Photograph of Catherine alt (nee Crossley, wife of Titus Salt Junior.) as an elderly woman
• 2018.36.13: Catherine Salt

  Original Photograph of Catherine Salt (nee Crossley wife of Titus Salt Junior) as an elderly woman. She is sitting at a desk with a candle and a fabric covered book.
• 2018.40.16: Collection of papers relating to Daniel Salt

  Collection of papers & letters relating to Daniel Salt, coffee planter of Jamaica. Including his will dated 1806, an inventory of his property (including his Slaves) details of a legal argument relating to his will and legal correspondence dated 1821 - 1822. Daniel Salt was the great Uncle of Sir Titus Salt.
• 2018.40.2.1: Will of Sir Titus Salt

  A leather bound copy of the Will of Sir Titus Salt, this was created by the solicitors, possibly to give to the Executors. The dates of the documents and the executors names are laid out on the front page. The will is laid out with the wording in one column and a précis of the paragraph on the right hand side.
• 2018.40.2.2: Will of Sir Titus Salt

  An original copy of the Will of Sir Titus Salt, this was created by the solicitors, possibly to give to the Executors. The dates of the documents and the executors names are laid out on the front page. The will is laid out with the wording in one column and a précis of the paragraph on the right hand side. It has its original envelope date stamped Bristol and is sealed with red sealing wax and an alpaca stamp.
• 2018.40.22.1: Catherine Salt's Day Book (1866-1917)

  Mrs [Catherine] Titus Salt's inventory and day book, leather bound hand written. Dates of entry range from 1866 to 1917. Although later entries are in a different hand includess some loose notes and list
• 2018.40.22.2: Catherine Salt's Will

  Draft of Catherine Salt's Will which was inside Catherine Salt's Day Book (2018.40.22.1)
• 2018.40.6: Will of Titus Salt Junior

  A photocopy of the will of Titus Salt Junior with the envelope