Bradbury & Co
Exhibition Medals & Awards
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Bradbury & Company gained a huge number of Prize Medals at the various Exhibitions and Shows that were held both in Great Britain and Internationally. These Exhibitions were extremely popular in Victorian times and the Company was justifiably proud of its Medals. Sadly though even these have been forgotten and the Medals lost. Below is a list of Exhibition Medals that we have managed to identify as having been gained by Bradbury and Co, it is incomplete and again we would ask if you come across any information to please contact us.
EXHIBITION MEDAL TABLE
| YEAR | EXHIBITION | MACHINE | AWARD | COMMENTS | 1865 | OLDHAM | For Collection of Sewing Machines | SILVER | Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society Agricultural Show 30th August |
1867 | LIVERPOOL | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | Royal Agricultural Show 15th July |
1867 | MANCHESTER | BELGRAVIA
Valuable improvements in sewing machines |
FIRST (SILVER) | Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society GREAT CENTENARY AGRICULTURAL SHOW 27th, 28th, 29th August |
1868 | SOUTHPORT Stand 91 |
BELGRAVIA & Collection of Sewing Machines |
SILVER | Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Scociety Agricultural Show 1st, 2nd, 3rd September |
1868 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) | Agricultural Show 17th September |
1868 | MANCHESTER | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) | Horticultural Exhibition ?
May |
1868 | LIVERPOOL | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) | - | 1868 | ROCHDALE | BELGRAVIA | FIRST Highest Money Prize |
13th Annual Show Whitworth & Rochdale Agricultural Society 19th August |
1869 | ACCRINGTON Burnley Road |
BELGRAVIA exhibited by Wilkinson Brothers |
FIRST | Agricultural Show 1st April |
1869 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | SILVER | 11th Annual Show Middleton Agricultural Society 16th September |
1870 | WHITWORTH | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | Agricultural Show | 1870 | ROCHDALE | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | Agricultural Show | 1870 | MIDDLETON The Glebe Ground |
BELGRAVIA Collection of sewing machines |
SILVER | Agricultural Show 21st & 22nd September |
1871 | WIRRAL (Claughton) | BELGRAVIA & Collection of sewing machines |
SILVER | Wirral Agricultural Society 30th August |
1871 | LIVERPOOL Parliament Fields |
BELGRAVIA sewing & fret carving machine |
MEDAL | Agricultural Show Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society 5th, 6th, 7th September |
1871 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | SILVER | Middleton Agricultural Show 20th & 21st September |
1872 | LYONS | BELGRAVIA | GOLD SILVER |
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE et INTERNATIONALE Public admitted 4th June (delayed from 1st May) Official opening 7th July |
1872 | PARIS | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) SECOND (BRONZE) |
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE de PARIS These Medals are later refered to as Gold & Silver |
1873 | VIENNA The Prater |
BELGRAVIA | GRAND MEDAL | WORLDS EXPOSITION 1st May - 2nd November The Company gained three other Awards. |
1873 | NORTHAMPTON | LETTER H | FIRST | LEATHERWORK EXHIBITION 17 July - 23rd August |
1873 | ROCHDALE | ? | TWO SILVER | Agricultural Show 20th August |
1873 | TODMORDEN Roomfield |
Letter S | FIRST & SECOND | 4th Annual Show Vale of Todmorden Agricultural Society 6th September |
1873 | WARDALE Roomfield |
Letter S | FIRST & SECOND | Wardale Agricultural Show 10th September |
1873 | MIDDLETON Roomfield |
Excellence of Sewing Machines | GOLD | Middleton Agricultural Show 17th & 18th September |
1874 | LONDON South Kensington |
? | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of all FINE ARTS, INDUSTRIES & INVENTIONS 2nd April - 31 October |
1874 | ROCHDALE | Collection of Sewing Machines | GOLD MEDAL & SILVER CUP |
Rochdale Agricultural Society 19 August |
1874 | MIDDLETON | New Patent Sewing Machines Valuable Improvements |
GOLD SILVER |
Middleton Agricultural Show | 1874 | TODMORDEN Roomfield Lane |
Sewing Machine | FIRST & SECOND | 5th Annual Show Vale of Todmorden Agricultural Society 5th September |
1874 | MANCHESTER Stalybridge |
Sewing Machines | FIRST SILVER | Annual Show of Stock & Implements Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural and Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society 9th - 11th September |
1874 | MANCHESTER Royal Pomona Gardens Stand 112 |
BELGRAVIA & Collection of Sewing Machines |
GOLD & SILVER | Manchester & Salford Great Fat Cattle Show High Class Bazaar & Exhibition 20th - 24th November |
1875 | ROCHDALE | Letter S? | FIRST | Rochdale Agricultural Society 19th August |
1875 | OLDHAM | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | MIDDLETON | Letter S? | FIRST | - | 1875 | STOCKPORT | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | MANCHESTER Royal Pomona Palace |
? | GOLD | MECHANICAL & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION May |
1875 | PARIS
Palais de l'Industrie Champs Elysees |
? | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 10th July to 15th November |
1876 | PRESTON | Medium Sewing Machine For Improvements in Sewing Machines |
SILVER | Preston Agricultural Show June |
1878 | PARIS | ? | GOLD | EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE de PARIS 1st May to 31st October |
1879 | PARIS | ROTARY | GOLD | EXPOSITION des SCIENCES APPLIQUE A ' LINDUSTRIE |
1879 | YORK | Ingenuity of design, Novelty of Construction, General usefulness |
FIRST Grand Prize & Certificate |
YORKSHIRE FINE ART & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 7th May - 8th November Stand 70 Main Corridor |
1879 | Shrewbury | Collection of Sewing Machines Exhibited by Della Porta |
First Class Honourable Mention | Shropshire & West Midland Agricultural Society July |
1879 | Oldham | Collection of Sewing Machines | SILVER | 6th Annual Show 4th August |
1880/81 | MELBOURNE Carlton Gardens AUSTRALIA |
ROTARY A1 REPAIRER |
GOLD SILVER |
EXHIBITION of INDUSTRY & ART 1st October 1880 to 20th April 1881 In total 8 awards were given to the Company |
1881 | JARROW | ROTARY | SILVER & Certificate of Merit |
Durham County Agricultural Show April |
1881 | ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 21st July 1881 In addition 4 other medals awarded. |
1881 | PERTH AUSTRALIA |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 21st November to 31st December |
1882 | Sunderland, Skating Rink, Hudson Road |
ROTARY | Silver | SUNDERLAND INDUSTRIAL, DOMESTIC, SCIENTIFIC & SANITARY EXHIBITION 18 February - 4 March |
1882 | Jarrow | ROTARY | Certificate of Merit & Silver |
April 1882 |
1882 | Peterborough | ROTARY | First Prize & Bronze |
April 1882 |
1882 | Darlington | ROTARY exhibited by J. A. Chapman & Co |
Silver | Darlington Exhibition,Industrial Department MAY - June 1882 |
1882 | Wirral | Silver | Agricultural Show June 1882 |
1882 | Bedford | Silver | Bedford Leigh Agricultural Show August 1882 |
1882 | LOCAL EXHIBITIONS | ROTARY | FIRST | Awarded 10 First Prizes at Local Exhibitions | 1883 | LONDON Horticultural Galleries, South Kensington |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION 12th May to 31 October |
1883 | HUDDERSFIELD | ROTARY | GOLD | TECHNICAL SCHOOL & MECHANICS INSTITUTE EXHIBITION December |
1884 | HUDDERSFIELD | Sewing Machines | GOLD | HUDDERSFIELD FINE ART & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION January |
1884 | ORMSKIRK | ? | HIGHEST AWARD (SILVER) |
AGRICULTURAL SHOW 30th July |
1885 | LONDON Albert Hall Galleries South Kensington |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of INVENTIONS 1st May 1885 to 15 August 1885 (Medal awarded on 12th Aug) |
1886 | LIVERPOOL Waventree Park |
ROTARY | HIGHEST AWARD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of Navigation, Travelling, Commerce and Manufacture 11th May - 8th November |
1887/88 | DUNDEE Drill Halls Parker Square |
Sewing Machines | First Class Certifuicate | DUNDEE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (Exhibition of Industry) 13th December- 4th February |
1890 | EDINBURGH Mercheston |
Rotary | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of Industry, Science & Art 1st May to 1st November |
1893 | ALTRINGHAM Drill Halls Parker Square |
Sewing Machines | First Prize | ALTRINGHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW 28th September |
1896 | LIVERPOOL
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? | HIGHEST AWARD | |
1901 | BIRMINGHAM Bingley Hall |
? | GOLD | BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION 26th August to 2nd November |
NOTES
1873 13 First Prizes
1883 Special Certificate of Merit awarded by the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (Glasgow Meeting)
1888 Feb 1st the Company had been awarded 12 Prize Medals and 6 Certificates of Merit for the Rotary.
1888 - April 1890 12 Gold Medals since 1879
1890 Dec - 1893 13 Gold Medals since 1879
1893 March Over 200 First Prizes awarded to the Company.
1901 May 13 Golds for sewing machines
1903 to at least June 1904 in total the Company had been awarded 200 First prizes including 14 Gold for its Sewing Machines.
1905 March more than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1908 January more than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1910 More than 300 first prizes had been awarded.
In addition to receiving Medals for its Sewing Machines the Company was also awarded Medals for its Motor Cycles.
By 1906 it had been awarded 5 Gold Medals and by 1909 this tally had increased to 18.
1883 Special Certificate of Merit awarded by the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (Glasgow Meeting)
1888 Feb 1st the Company had been awarded 12 Prize Medals and 6 Certificates of Merit for the Rotary.
1888 - April 1890 12 Gold Medals since 1879
1890 Dec - 1893 13 Gold Medals since 1879
1893 March Over 200 First Prizes awarded to the Company.
1901 May 13 Golds for sewing machines
1903 to at least June 1904 in total the Company had been awarded 200 First prizes including 14 Gold for its Sewing Machines.
1905 March more than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1908 January more than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1910 More than 300 first prizes had been awarded.
In addition to receiving Medals for its Sewing Machines the Company was also awarded Medals for its Motor Cycles.
By 1906 it had been awarded 5 Gold Medals and by 1909 this tally had increased to 18.
