Another sunny but quiet day at the Dovecote. Only about 20 people visited during the afternoon, but there were some significant additions to the exhibition. Dominic Gauden brought in two boxes of picture frames that his mother had bought from a company called Matthias Watts that was based in St.Mary's Row.
Matthias Watts had a gallery and shop but also manufactured their own frames called 'Moseley Ware'.
Dominic even gave me the receipt that his mother had kept.
There were hundreds of miniature metal frames in the boxes, each with 'Moseley England ' stamped on the side.
Counting the small metal ones, I discovered there are 263 rectangular and 165 oval frames in total.
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