Erwood, Solomon, 3 Brownlow St, Holborn, London, billiard table maker (b. 1741–d. 1813). Trade card [Landauer Coll., MMA, NY] reads ‘Maces, Cues &c. on the shortest Notice.’ Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1778 for £400 of which utensils and stock accounted for £200; and on 15 January 1808 for £800, £600 on utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 270, p. 97; vol. 441, ref. 812556] Submitted a bill to Mr Hill on 21 December 1780 for eight billiard maces and case. [Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Leigh receipts DR 18/5] In December 1791 Solomon Erwood was paid £27 16s 6d by the 5th Duke of Bedford by order of Henry Holland, the architect, presumably for a billiard table for Woburn. [Bedford Office, London] A billhead [Banks Coll., BM] is dated 24 June 1807. Death, aged 72, reported in Gents Mag., March 1813. He was succeeded by James and Alfred Erwood.