John Anstie brushed metal plaque

Devizes, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

This building was erected in 1785 by John Anstie for the manufacture of woollen cloth. It was one of the first cloth factories in the West of England. The tympanum sculpture above commemorated this and illustrates some of the processes, machines and materials involved. These are described below. 1.

A shepherd 2. Sheep 3. Shears 4. Anstie's coat of arms 5. Wiltshire's horned sheep skull 6. Anstie's house portico 7. Sheep dog 8. 18th century gentleman 9. Carding engine 10. Fulling stocks 11. 18th

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