Victoria and Albert

Victoria and Albert, copper prize medal of the Great Exhibition, 1851, by William and [reverse] L. C. Wyon, to "T. Houldsworth & Co, Class XI, conjoined busts left, rev the Continents watch Britannia award Industry with a prize; with their companion prize medal for the 1862 International Exhibition, by L. C. Wyon (Class XVIII), both 77mm (Allen HP-A010, SK A001). Extremely fine. (2) T. Houldsworth & Co, Manchester, for exhibiting "Yarn" and "Cotton Thread" respectively. The Houldsworth Mill (later the Broadstone and Houldsworth Mills), was alongside the Stockport Ca