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Scope and Content
Diploma for a sliver medal awarded to Paton & Son for their soap economiser.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Grimshaw Brothers & Company Ltd Biography Biography
Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.
Paton and Son Biography Biography
c1770-1920, textile company, Alloa, Scotland Founded by John Paton as John Paton, Son and Co. Alexander Paton later joined the firm and it became Paton and Son. The company merged with J. and J. Baldwin and Partners in 1920 to become Patons and Baldwins.
Liverpool International Exhibition Biography Biography
1886, trade exhibition, Liverpool, England.

Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
System of arrangement
artificial