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Cattaneo & Co., E (1818)

Cattaneo & Co., E., 66 Hanover St, Liverpool, opticians, barometer, thermometer and looking-glass manufacturers (1818). In November 1818 advertised that they had recently moved from London and set up a business that stocked a wide range of scientific equipment, ‘Foreign & English Toys, Ladies’ French Fancy Baskets etc. Sheffield & Birmingham good of all kinds, Umbrellas, Parasols’ etc. They could supply ‘Concave & Convex Glasses & Mirrors’ and ‘Looking Glasses of all sizes & kinds’. They also offered to re-silver mirrors and frame and glaze pictures and needlework and regild frames. [Liverpool Mercury, 13 November 1818]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.