A Goodbrand & Co yarn tester, Manchester, circa 1900.

Dial marked: GOODBRAND & Co. Ltd., MAKERS 19, VICTORIA ST., MANCHESTER.

Dial with brass bezel, scale of 0 – 200 lbs.

Height: 106 cm.

Width: 60 cm.

Depth: 23 cm.

Goodbrand & Co Ltd was established in around 1876 as Goodbrand & Holland. The company exhibited at the 1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition in Manchester under the name Goodbrand & Co, and from this time to the partnership being dissolved. By around 1900, the works had moved to Britannia Foundry, Stalybridge, with an office maintained at 19 Victoria Street in Manchester. The company manufactured or supplied a diverse range of equipment from delicate instruments used for testing textiles to steam pumps, fuel economisers and steam engines.