William Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army. With still a wife and four children to support, he went from one town to another selling toy figure - 'young lambs.' With white cotton wool for fleeces spangled with Dutch gilt, red paint for cheeks and black spots for eyes, horns of twisted shipping tin. Date: 1825