Coach Makers Inventory (1 results)

Folio (410 x 160 mm), 19 pages of inventory, verso of last leaf blank, stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers, corners a little dog-eared. A fascinating insight into the stock of a late eighteenth-century coach maker. The inventory was taken by Spurrier & Phipps of Copthall Court, Thorognorton Street, at which they valued the entire stock at £2782,4s. It supplies details of items in the coach makers workshop, timber lofts, harness loft, painters loft, wheelers shop, blacksmith shop, and stables. All the various pieces for making a coach are listed, along with harness etc. Mr Waterfield also hired horses and an inventory of these and the people who hired them are also listed.…