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Wikipedia: Matthew Boulton, FRS (3 September 1728 – 17 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills. Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.
![[Boulton-produced 1797 "cartwheel" twopence piece]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cartwheelrev_s.jpg "Boulton-produced 1797 \"cartwheel\" twopence piece")
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![[John Wilkinson, as depicted on a 1793 halfpenny token struck by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wilkinsontoken_s.jpg "John Wilkinson, as depicted on a 1793 halfpenny token struck by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint")
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![[Boulton 1790 Anglesey halfpenny]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Anglesey_1790_Rev_400_281_29_s.jpg "Boulton 1790 Anglesey halfpenny")
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![[Wedgwood button with Boulton cut steels, circa 1760]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Merfamily_wedgewood_cut_steel_f_26b_semivertical_s.jpg "Wedgwood button with Boulton cut steels, circa 1760")
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![[Ormolu tea urn by Boulton & Fothergill]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ormoluteaurn_s.jpg "Ormolu tea urn by Boulton & Fothergill")
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![[Boulton & Fothergill Sheffield plate beer tankard, late 1760s]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sheffieldplatebeertankard_s.jpg "Boulton & Fothergill Sheffield plate beer tankard, late 1760s")
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![[Boulton & Fothergill church flagon in sterling silver, 1774]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Flagonb_s.jpg "Boulton & Fothergill church flagon in sterling silver, 1774")
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