William Mole’s card shows a strikingly decorative display of ornamental objects or Birmingham ware. This card also appears as a plate in Wm. West’s Birmingham Directory (see no. 264), where his entry is given as: ‘Mole, William, bronze inkstand, lamp & lustre taper stand, and incense burner, and candlestick &c, manufacturer, 21, Paradise-st.’ Pastilles were little rolls of aromatic paste, which would be burned in a pastiller to give off a pleasant fragrance.