Specimen / iron, malleable / manufacture / sample / ironstone, c

Description

A sample of calcined ironstone, in multiple pieces, one of twenty specimens illustrating the manufacture of malleable iron from the Farnley Iron Works, Leeds, mid 19th century

Museum reference

T.1860.530.6

Collection

Industry and Commerce

Object name

Specimen / iron, malleable / manufacture / sample / ironstone, c

Date

Mid 19th century

Materials

Ironstone

Physical description

Calcined ironstone

Associations

Farnley Iron Co. Ltd
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe