JONES, WILLIAM 2 |
England, 1763-1831, MIM OIM PHIM |
Orreries, wood and paper = ADL-W83, PEA, SWE, DEU, VCW, KEN, USNM, NMM, Pym sale, Koller 11/17/75, Soth. 10/17/60, Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/76, Soth. 3/10/87, P.C. (1794), etc. |
apprenticed to his father, John Jones 2, in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1776; free of the Company in 1794; brother of Samuel Jones; pupil of Bejamin Martin; employed by G. Adams 2; partner with his father, John Jones 2, by 1784 as "Jones and Son" and "J. Jones and Son"; wrote on a new portable orrery in 1782 "invented and made by W. Jones"; a partner with his brother by 1794, as "W. and S. Jones." |
Holborn, London. |
Taylor 2(858); Wynter 1 & 2; Dewhurst; Brewington 1; NMM 2; Coffeen 9; Goodison 1; H. King 2; Court and von Rohr 3(207); J.A. Bennett 2; Yonge; ADL; Clifton 1; RSW. |
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