Thomas Bond
Active: 1861 - 1881
Function: Carvers, gilders, picture frame, and looking glass makers
History or description: Thomas Bond was born in Weymouth, Dorset c.1824. He established a business as a carver and gilder in Birmingham in the 1860s and then relocated to Hulme in Manchester before 1871. By 1881 he was describing himself as an 'artistic gilder'.
Locations
Address 85 Radnor Street Hulme Manchester | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 27 Arnott Street Hulme Manchester | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Business located at 57 Holloway Head Birmingham | View on map
1861 (Presumed)
Business located at Great Colmore Row Birmingham | View on map
1866 (Presumed)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Gilder'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Gilder Journeyman'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Artistic Gilder'
Listed in Morris & Co. Commercial Directory and Gazetter of Warwickshire with Birmingham, 1866 Morris & Co. Directories
1866
Listed as 'Carvers and Gilders'.
Listed under Wood Carvers Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1861 Corporation Directories
1861
Listed under 'Carvers, Gilders, Picture Frame, and Looking Glass Makers'.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 2136 folio 15 page 24
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 4003; Folio: 110; Page: 9; GSU roll: 846102
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 3934 folio 137 page 48
Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1861 Corporation Directories
1861
p. 417.
Citing this record
'Thomas Bond', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1212418356, accessed 23 May 2022]
