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Title: 1833 Duty paid by Glassmakers England, Scotland and Ireland Parliamentary papers
Post by: flying free on December 04, 2021, 11:47:17 PM

This is a good list of the glassmakers and their districts in England Scotland and Ireland in 1833:

I'm shocked at how high the duties are generally but especially Chance.
Page 74 onwards

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GU0SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=rice,+harris,+%26+co+birmingham&source=bl&ots=bXEQA2YWS-&sig=ACfU3U11WCdmxNfLfkuMoEpZq89suHx-LA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiS88KzqMv0AhVVgFwKHWr6CwM4ChDoAXoECAwQAw#v=onepage&q=rice%2C%20harris%2C%20%26%20co%20birmingham&f=false

Title: Re: 1833 Duty paid by Glassmakers England, Scotland and Ireland Parliamentary papers
Post by: Paul S. on December 05, 2021, 11:35:14 AM

It's often a surprise to be reminded how far back into the C19 Chance were working  -  and a smaller than imagined amount paid by Sowerby who, fortuitously or otherwise, didn't really get going on  a large scale until after the repeal of the glass tax in 1845.           Imagine how much they would have been clobbered for if the tax had remained in place throughout the C19.
Probably most of the tax went to pay for what seemed like an endless round of military conflicts with all and sundry, and of course the extravagant life style of the House of Hanover.

thanks for posting m.