I've got a J Taylor and Son 14" backsaw that I like quite a lot. A few
months ago, I did a little digging on the Taylor company and found this:
Taylor Brothers made a wide variety of saws marketed under numerous brands
including: Tayor Brothers, J. Taylor and Son, Joseph Taylor, J. & I. Taylor,
Adelaide Saw Works, Melvin, Adelaide, Advance, and Smithson.
They were located at the Adelaide Works, on Moubray Street.
FWIW,the lamb is called a Paschal lamb.It is often used in English
heraldry and coats of arms of various English towns.The Paschal lamb
always carries a flag or banner and it represents faith,innocence
and bravery amongst other things.
The flag is held by a curled front leg and is not really stuck
through the lamb's neck.Generally the flag depicted will be
St.George's cross which is the Flag of England (not Britain) and
is a red cross on a white background.
Ken in TN
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Steve Lineback wrote:
> Galoots
> I was getting together some of my better backsaws for a little sharpening
> session and found an oddity. I have a 14 inch brass backed saw marked J
> Taylor and Son Sheffield and Advance. There is a running horse logo with a
> halo over the horses head and a lance or flag. The only info I could find
> was Jim Crammond post about finding a 28" rip saw back in 2002 and an old
> e-bay sale listing. Its in very nice shape and after much head scratching
> remember buying it at one of Martins auctions several years ago. Any guessed
> as to age or how long the company was in business and for how long. Any help
> would be welcome.
> Steve
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