A sherd of stoneware bottle containing leather sauce – a cleaning agent and polish invented by ironmonger Isaac Earlysman Sparrow (1793-1830) in 1826.
On 23 June 1823 Sparrow made a balloon ascent with the aeronaut Charles Green in Oxford. Sparrow subsequently issued tokens depicting a hot air balloon and renamed his Bishopsgate premises Balloon House (source).
Found 6 November 2021
ID: 90054
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