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Copy of typescript 'A Brief History of Armitage Shanks' (1972), copy of typescript notes 'Short History of the [Shanks] Company' (undated), copy of typescript notes on the 'Shanks Tubal Closet' (undat ...
MS 8316
Description Copy of typescript 'A Brief History of Armitage Shanks' (1972), copy of typescript notes 'Short History of the [Shanks] Company' (undated), copy of typescript notes on the 'Shanks Tubal Closet' (undated) and copy of typescript 'Notes on the different characteristics of Shanks Earthenware, Vitreous China and Fireclay' (undated)
Date c. 1972
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number MS 8316
Category Manuscripts
Scope and Content Typescript item showing how the separate companies of Armitage (pottery, 1817, Armitage in Staffordshire) and Shanks (plumbing business, 1825, Paisley, Renfrewshire) became Armitage Shanks (1969) and taken over by Blue Circle Industries (1980), owned by Ideal Standard Industries (in 2024).
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