Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The Boston directory. [1852], 1852

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1Pierce's Elliptical Air-Heater and
2VENTILATING FURNACE,
3PIERCE'S
4BRICK AND PORTABLE FURNACES,
5Pierce's Double Oven Cooking Range,
6DUNKLEE'S BOSTON CASKET COOK STOVE,
7Fashion of Troy Cook Stove, Dunklee's Token Cook Stove,
8Parlor and Chamber Grates; Furnace Registers of all
9Sizes, VENTILATORS of all kinds,
10Penrhyn Marble Mantles or Chimney Pieces, Pier Slabs, &c.
11FOR SALE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY
12B. W. DUNKLEE,
13Nos. 59 & 61 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass.
15KING & HAVEN,
16BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS,
17No. 22 Court Street,
18D. P. KING,
19JOHN HAVEN, JR.,
20BOSTON.
21Particular attention paid to furnishing orders
22from the country.
23SCHOOL & MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
24STATIONERY, &c.
25ON THE MOST LIBERAL TERMS.
26AUCTION SALES EVERY EVENING.
28NEW ENGLAND LABORATORY.
29PREMIUM FIRE WORKS
30FOR SALE AT 149 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON.
32JAMES G. HOVEY,
33Pyrotechnist to the City of Boston for several years, having received a GOLD MEDAL
34at the Fair of the Mass. Char. Mech. Association for the best
35FIRE WORKS
36Exhibited on Boston Common, also, having furnished from new, original and
37BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS,
38The only successful exhibitions to the City Authorities of Boston since 1846, offers, with confidence, to the public, as being
39superior to all others, at WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, every variety of Exhibition and Sale Work, manufactured
40at his own Laboratory, and warranted the VERY BEST that can be procured. This being the
41First Established & Largest Pyrotechnical Laboratory in New England,
42Committees and Traders will have the opportunity of selecting from the most extensive assortment to be found.
43FANCY PIECES AND MOTTOES
44FURNISHED IN EVERY VARIETY OF COLORED LANCE WORK, AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
45LABORATORIES AT CAMBRIDGEPORT AND BRIGHTON, MASS.
46ALL ORDERS ADDRESSED TO
47JAMES G. HOVEY, 149 Washington Street, BOSTON.
49GAS FIXTURES,
50SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HOUSES,
51SUCH AS
52CHANDELIERS,
53BRACKETS,
54PENDANTS, &c.,
55Manufactured by
56A. J. GAVETT,
5712 Hawkins Street, Boston.
58HOUSES
59Furnished with Pipes.
60Copper, Brass & Composition
61CASTINGS of all kinds.
63NEW AND IMPROVED
64CHIMNEY PIECES AND PIER SLABS,
65MANUFACTURED OF STONE BY THE
66PENRHYN MARBLE COMPANY.
67These Chimney Pieces and Pier Slabs are new and beautiful
68articles; superior in appearance and finish to any others in
69the market; can be made of any dimensions, and are sold at
70low prices. They are very highly polished; retain their beauty
71much longer than the common Marble, and are not injured or
72defaced by coal gas, smoke, or acids.
73Architects, builders and others, are invited to examining them.
74Samples may be seen at the stores of
75L. HERMAN, Nos. 61 & 63 Congress Street;
76B. W. DUNKLEE, Nos. 59 & 61 Blackstone Street;
77MILES PRATT, Nos. 25 & 27 Blackstone Street;
78And at the Office of the Company,
79NO. 81 CORNHILL, (UP STAIRS.)
80Pier Slabs furnished with Bronzed & other kinds of Brackets.
81JOSEPH STORY, Agent.

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