Frances and Owen Gibbons - Gibbons, Hinton & Co - Eight sketch and scrap books ranging from the late 19th into the early 20th Century, the first with a marbled paper cover inscribed to the interior Made for Messrs Maw & Co, Benthall Works, Broseley by me to 1881, Owen Gibbons, the interior pages containing various gummed paper cuttings of tiles, some with annotated notes detailing colourways and variations alongside confirmation of him having designed them and various Maw & Co black and white and colour advertisements, the second inscribed Edward Gibbons, older brother of O&F Gibbons containing botanical pencil sketches and drawings, local scenes of Hagley dated Aug 8th 1891, Old Swinford Church, Stourbridge Aug 10 1891, The Poplars Wordsley Aug 10 1891, bottle kilns in Wordsley 1891 etc, the third album inscribed The Work of the late Owen Gibbons with pencil drawn and coloured copies of Regency fashion plates, the forth inscribed F Gibbons, South Kensington Museum containing pencil sketches of pieces in the museum, studies of animals and portraits, the fifth album inscribed Owen Gibbons 1894 containing pages of pencil notes and pages of pencil tile designs, the sixth inscribed Francis Gibbons, South Kensington Museum 1881 containing pages of pencil tile and cornicing designs, sketches of pieces in the museum and various portraits, the seventh entitled A tour of the Continent by your humble servant Francis Gibbons, dated 1893 containing pages and pages of script writing, sepia photographs and pressed flowers detailing his travels, the final eight album entitled Design 1902 O.G contains watercolour drawings of tile and furniture designs with annotated notes alongside drawings of glass and window designs.

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