Physical description
With lid, handle attached, hanger loop on handle
Inscriptions & markings
On side of boiler;
CLARK & CO.
On base of boiler;
CLARK AND CO.
4 GALL
Further markings indecipherable
Subjects
References
- Shakespeare Foundry T. & C. Clark & Company Limited, based at Shakespeare Foundry, was founded in 1795 by Thomas and Charles Clark, and grew to be one of the largest iron foundries in Wolverhampton. They were from an old Wolverhampton family and became a large employer. Charles Clerk became mayor of Wolverhampton in 1860 after being a member of the Corporation since its formation as a municipal body. He became a Councillor, Alderman, and later Chief Magistrate.
