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Description: | After the repeal of the soap tax in 1853, the British soap trade flourished. Soap was initially produced locally by chemists, druggists and grocers, and was kept in large blocks from which smaller wedges would be cut. Larger manufacturers started to mass-produce soap using new technologies and improvements in the science of soap making and so for the first time, everyone could afford to buy it. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Medicine And Healthcare Science And Technology Hygiene Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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