Belfast and London McCaw, Stevenson & Orr Ltd [ incorporated in 1889] nd 1895

72pp. Long 4to. Stapled lettered wrappers. Wrappers a little dusty and worn. Book 8 of a series? The firm were applying for a patent at the time of publication and werethen sole manufacturers of this method of transferring stained glass designs onto window glass. Period advertisements for the product were orientated to women at home for enhancing their houses with "artistic substitutes" for stained glass. John Stevenson, in 1871, set up in business in Belfast as a printer; his first partnership was dissolved after a few years, and in April 1876 he joined Alexander McCaw (d. 1878) and James Porter Orr in a partnership. The firm, known as McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, prospered and expanded into larger premises in Linenhall St.; much of the success of the Linenhall Works was based on products developed by Stevenson. He patented several inventions; in 1880, he took out a patent for coloured transparent window decorations with the trademark 'Glacier'.