Arthur Maw
1834–1911
Tile maufacturer. Younger brother of George Maw, with whom he established the encaustic tile company Maw & Co., in Broseley, Shropshire, in 1850. Factory premises in Benthall, Shropshire, opened 1852 Company’s work took first-class prizes at international exhibitions from 1862 onwards. Author of the article ‘Encaustic tiles’ for the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1875–89).
Sources
‘Biographical notes’, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 12 October 2018)
Messenger 1970
Bibliography
Messenger, Michael. 1970. Maws of Jackfield are no more. Shropshire Magazine, June 1970, pp. 24–5.
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