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trade/industry

Also known as: trade/industry; trade; production; industry
Related terms: society/human life; applied/decorative art; exhibition
Scope note: Trade and industry are defined very broadly here. For example, some of the Narrow Terms (e.g. 'sewing') are examples of trades in the sense of skilled handicrafts.
Narrower terms: advertising; agriculture; basket/basketry; coal industry; coffee production/trade; coin/medal production; commerce/finance; construction; crane; demolition; diamond industry; engineer; glass production; industrial building; industry/industrial production; palm oil industry; panning; peat production; printmaking/printing; rubber industry; slave/slavery; steel production; tea production/trade; textile/cloth production; timber production/logging; toll-house; tool/implement; whaling; workshop

501 related objects

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.39 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.279.3 |
Cultures/periods: PersianIslamic |
Production date: 1610 |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (province)

album; painting

Museum number: 1984,0124,0.1.31 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

almanac; print

Museum number: 1879,1109.54-63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BockPublished by:James Ross |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:Hobart

badge

Museum number: 2005,0302.4 |
Production date: 1938

badge

Museum number: 1994,1010.1 |
Production date: late 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1993,0803.6 |
Production date: 1990 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1989,0710.3 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge; pin

Museum number: 1985,0705.4 |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge; pin

Museum number: 1993,0803.5 |
Production date: 1990 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1993,0803.4 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 2005,0401.3 |
Production date: early 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1994,0827.1 |
Producer name: BIOG153909 Made by:Badges Plus Ltd |
Production date: 1994 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1990,0532.1 |
Producer name: BIOG153909 Made by:Badges Plus Ltd |
Production date: 1990 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.1 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.4 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1977 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.13 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1986 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

badge

Museum number: 1991,0524.1 |
Producer name: BIOG153909 Made by:Badges Plus Ltd |
Production date: 1991 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.11 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1984 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1987,0709.1 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1987 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.3 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1976 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.10 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1983 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1995,0809.1 |
Production date: 1995 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge; pin

Museum number: 1985,0713.4 |
Producer name: AUTH231656 Made by:John H Pinches |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

badge

Museum number: 1985,0713.2 |
Producer name: BIOG89689 Made by:Davis Badge Co Ltd |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1988,1123.2 |
Production date: 1988 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1988,1123.1 |
Production date: 1988 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 2005,0308.30 |
Production date: c1980s |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1986,0618.9 |
Production date: 1982 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1994,1010.2 |
Production date: late 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1985,0713.1 |
Producer name: BIOG89689 Made by:Davis Badge Co Ltd |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1989,0710.1 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1989,0710.4 |
Producer name: BIOG153909 Made by:Badges Plus Ltd |
Production date: 1976 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.2 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.6 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1979 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.12 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1985 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0408.3 |
Producer name: BIOG69370 Made by:Fattorini & Sons (Bradford) |
Production date: 1930s |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.8 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1981 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1992,0720.1 |
Producer name: Made by:Badges Plus LtdDesigned by:Roy Adams |
Production date: 1992 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1986,0618.7 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1980 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 1992,1119.1 |
Producer name: BIOG153909 Made by:Badges Plus Ltd |
Production date: 1992 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

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Museum number: 2012,4216.3 |
Production date: 1965 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 2010,4217.2 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Title: Badge |
Museum number: 2010,4059.4 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1993,0803.2 |
Production date: 1993 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1993,0803.1 |
Production date: 1993 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1988,1123.3 |
Production date: 1988 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1985,0646.1 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1989,0710.2 |
Production date: late twentieth century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Museum number: 1986,0618.5 |
Producer name: BIOG99716 Made by:Thomas Fattorini Ltd |
Production date: 1978 |
Production place: Made in:Birmingham (West Midlands)

badge

Museum number: 1985,0713.5 |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Title: Badge |
Museum number: 2010,4059.5 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1985,0713.3 |
Production date: mid 20th century |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1981,1122.294 |
Authority: BIOG111054 Issuer:Leeds & West Riding Banking Co |
Production date: 1835-1846 |
Production place: Issued in:Leeds (West Yorkshire)

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.681 |
Authority: BIOG112874 Issuer:North Wiltshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1835-1877 |
Production place: Issued in:Melksham

banknote

Museum number: 1984,0605.381 |
Producer name: BIOG185664 Printed by:British American Bank Note Company Limited |
Authority: BIOG227509 Issuer:Mechanics Bank |
Production date: 1872 |
Production place: Issued in:CanadaPrinted in:Montreal

banknote

Museum number: 2006,0718.2 |
Authority: BIOG116791 Issuer:Union Bank of Burma |
Production date: 1987 |
Production place: Issued in:Burma

banknote

Museum number: CIB.10731 |
Authority: BIOG103509 Issuer:Bangladesh Bank |
Production date: 1974 |
Production place: Issued in:Bangladesh

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4160.44 |
Authority: BIOG111735 Issuer:Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
Production date: 1960 |
Production place: Issued in:Hungary

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4154.3 |
Authority: BIOG114254 Issuer:Reichsbank |
Production date: 1910 |
Production place: Issued in:Germany

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4160.43 |
Authority: BIOG111735 Issuer:Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
Production date: 1960 |
Production place: Issued in:Hungary

banknote

Museum number: 1984,0605.1893 |
Authority: BIOG109319 Issuer:Hauptverwaltung der Staats-Schulden |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Issued in:Prussia

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1981,1122.680 |
Authority: BIOG112874 Issuer:North Wiltshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1835-1877 |
Production place: Issued in:Melksham

banknote

Museum number: 1980,1130.487 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1880 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote

Museum number: 2005,0824.216 |
Authority: BIOG103656 Issuer:Bank of Zambia |
Production date: 1989-1991 |
Production place: Issued in:Zambia

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4228.8 |
Producer name: Issuer:Goscote Colliery & Iron FoundryMade by:Goscote Colliery & Iron Foundry |
Authority: BIOG108818 Issuer:Goscote Colliery & Iron Foundry |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Issued in:Walsall

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4198.68 |
Authority: BIOG105827 Issuer:Clydesdale Bank Ltd |
Production date: 1930 |
Production place: Issued in:Glasgow

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4157.6 |
Authority: BIOG114254 Issuer:Reichsbank |
Production date: 1939 |
Production place: Issued in:Germany

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.295 |
Authority: BIOG111054 Issuer:Leeds & West Riding Banking Co |
Production date: 1835-1846 |
Production place: Issued in:Leeds (West Yorkshire)

banknote

Museum number: CIB.10730 |
Authority: BIOG103509 Issuer:Bangladesh Bank |
Production date: 1973 |
Production place: Issued in:Bangladesh

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1986,1158.5 |
Authority: BIOG103541 Issuer:Bank of Ghana |
Production date: 1984 |
Production place: Issued in:Ghana

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4054.26 |
Authority: BIOG180658 Issuer:Marseille, Chambre de Commerce |
Production date: 1914 |
Production place: Issued in:Marseille

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1981,1122.682 |
Authority: BIOG112874 Issuer:North Wiltshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1835-1877 |
Production place: Issued in:Westbury (Wiltshire)

banknote

Museum number: CIB.17465 |
Authority: BIOG119816 Issuer:Government of Portugal |
Production date: 1921 |
Production place: Issued in:Angola

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.451 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1880-1899 |
Production place: Issued in:Morley

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.453 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1880 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

bill-head; letterhead

Museum number: Heal,85.42 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1745

card

Museum number: EA87999 |
Production date: 1940 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cairo

coin

Museum number: 2001,0311.19 |
Producer name: BIOG139647 Designed by:Marjolaine Lavoie |
Authority: BIOG69033 Ruler:HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom |
Production date: 1999 |
Production place: Minted in:Royal Canadian Mint

container

Museum number: EA87530 |
Production date: 1940s |
Production place: Retailed in:Alexandria (Egypt) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Alexandria (Egypt)

drawing

Museum number: Cc,2.224 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1725-1837

drawing; album

Museum number: 1928,0310.94.1-205 |
Producer name: After:Heinrich FüllmaurerAfter:Albrecht Meyer |
Production date: 1560

drawing

Museum number: 1948,1009,0.61 |
Producer name: BIOG13584 Ascribed to:Riza-yi 'Abbasi |
Cultures/periods: x23245 Safavid dynasty |
Production date: 17thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (province)

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.520 |
Producer name: BIOG128178 Drawn by:Ellis Silas |
Production date: 1921-1924 |
Production place: Made in:Trobriand Islands

drawing

Museum number: 1880,1113.5855 |
Producer name: BIOG48636 Drawn by:Charles Tomkins |
Production date: 1798

gaming-piece; spintria

Museum number: 1940,0401.69 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC

love token

Museum number: 1952,0904.221 |
Authority: BIOG214126 Issuer:Charles Roe |
Production date: 1789 1790 |
Production place: Minted in:MacclesfieldMade in:Bolton

manuscript; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,85.41 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Scribe:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

medal

Museum number: 1906,1103.758 |
Producer name: Designed by:Louis BottéeDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Louis Bottée |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 1907,1001.3 |
Producer name: BIOG109562 Made by:Steven Cornelisz. van Herwijck |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: 1979,1012.280 |
Producer name: Designed by:Louis BottéeDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Louis Bottée |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 1870,0507.10080 |
Production date: 1670 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: 2007,4042.8 |
Production date: 1881 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1925,0703.49 |
Producer name: Designed by:Louis-Felix ChabaudDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Louis-Felix Chabaud |
Production date: 1886 1889 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 1937,1202.1 |
Production date: 1753 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1947,1009.258 |
Production date: 1937 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: 1920,0233.46 |
Producer name: BIOG218736 Designed by:Ziegler |
Production place: Made in:Germany

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.106 |
Producer name: BIOG103035 Designed by:Robert Arondeaux |
Production date: 1702 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: 2006,0143.4 |
Producer name: BIOG147114 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Jean-Bernard Descomps |
Production date: 1935 |
Production place: Made in:France

medal

Museum number: 1978,0712.38 |
Producer name: BIOG117480 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Johann Cornelius Wienecke |
Production date: 1915 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands