Medals illustrating various scientific subjects, by E. Thomason, English, mid-19th century Wh.4511

Abstract

• This set of sixteen Scientific and Philosophical Medals, each three inches in diameter, were sold with a magnifying glass in a book-shaped leather and velvet case. They were first advertised in 1829 by the Birmingham manufacturer, Edward Thomason. The son of a buckle manufacturer, Thomason had been apprenticed to Boulton & Co. at the Soho Foundry in 1785, before taking over his father’s business and expanding to the manufacture of buttons, jewellery, cutlery, medals and other base and precious metal ‘toys’.