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Title
Mosaics of Trades
Date
1998–1999
Medium
vitreous ceramic mosaic
Accession number
GL1_JC_S023
Acquisition method
commissioned by Gloucester City Council
Work type
Panel
Owner
Gloucester City Council
Custodian
Gloucester City Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
each panel has an inscription round the central design, associated with each trade: Market Trader - FOR THE NEARBY STOCKS THE 13TH CENTURY FISH MARKET COULD PROVIDE PUNGENT MISSILES. Bell Founder - BELL WALK TOOK ITS NAME FROM WILLIAM HENSHAWS BELL FOUNDRY WHICH OPENED IN THE 16TH CENTURY Butcher - UNTIL THE BUTCHER ARRIVED THE LANE WAS SO NARROW AND HIS BACK SO WIDE THAT THE OX WAS STUCK FAST Cordwainer - IN NORTHGATE STREET IN THE 14TH CENTURY CORDWAINERS MADE GOODS OF LEATHER Pinner - 1744 PIN MAKING WAS GLOUCESTERS MAIN INDUSTRY EMPLOYING WOMEN AND CHILDREN Weaver - BY THE 15TH CENTURY THERE WERE ENOUGH WEAVERS IN TEH CITY TO FORM A TRADE GUILD Apothecary - APOTHECARY IN THE 17TH CENTURY THE OLD BELL INN WAS BUILT FOR THOMAS YALE ALDERMAN Draper - CROSS KEYS LANE ONE CALLED SCRODDELONE WAS A CENTRE FOR THE CLOTH TRADE IN THE 10TH CENTURY