In 1816 Jospeph Tomkinson of Stoke on Trent was described as a "soapwork engraver". The occupation could possibly be the coating a sheet of metal with soap and then etching a design into the soap and then applying acid to eat the design into the metal. If this is the case could Joseph have worked in printing? I haven't been able to find a complete definition of the occupation and would be grateful for assistance. Don Tomkinson

Could it have anything to with soapstone sculpting? Ian Fairclough Donald Tomkinson wrote: >In 1816 Jospeph Tomkinson of Stoke on Trent was described as a >"soapwork engraver". The occupation could possibly be the coating a >sheet of metal with soap and then etching a design into the soap and >then applying acid to eat the design into the metal. If this is the >case could Joseph have worked in printing? > >I haven't been able to find a complete definition of the occupation >and would be grateful for assistance. > >Don Tomkinson > > > >==================================== >WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ >ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >