Small, Thomas, 18 King St, Covent Gdn, papier mâché manufacturer (1833–40). Successor to Henry Clay. In March 1833 the business was trading as Thomas Small & Son, ‘Manufacturer of Paper Tea Trays &c.’. The Earl of Surrey was in this month supplied with ‘Paper Tea Trays, Waiter, Knife Trays’ costing £15 18s. The firm claimed appointment to ‘her Majesty & the Royal Family’, and on 31 March 1840 supplied the Crown with a japanned circular table ‘Rich Gold & Flower Ornament’ at £15 5s, a japanned paper inkstand with inlay at £2 10s and a further ‘Paper Japan Inkstand Buhl’, at £2 2s [Windsor Royal Archives, account bks 1833– 41; Arundel Castle records, A2045]