Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/197 - SEARLE AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/197

Title

SEARLE AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1896-1968 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

25 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Searle and Company Limited, jewellers and silversmiths, were established in the City of London in 1893. They have specialised in antique and modern jewellery and silverware, handling corporate commissions, heraldic engraving, repairs and restorations, and making hand and machine-made wares. The company originally had premises at 80 Cornhill, moving to 78 Lombard Street in 1896, and 1 Royal Exchange in 1933 where they remain as of 2008.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/197 1896-1968 Collection 25 production units. Searle and Co Ltd , jewellers and silversmiths

Searle and Company Limited, jewellers and silversmiths, were established in the City of London in 1893. They have specialised in antique and modern jewellery and silverware, handling corporate commissions, heraldic engraving, repairs and restorations, and making hand and machine-made wares. The company originally had premises at 80 Cornhill, moving to 78 Lombard Street in 1896, and 1 Royal Exchange in 1933 where they remain as of 2008.

The customer ledgers, Ms 31811 Vols 1-19 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Searle and Co Ltd in November 1989 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2001. Ms 31811 Vols. 20-25 were deposited by the company and catalogued by Richard Wiltshire, Senior Archivist-Business archives in December 2008. No other records were deposited. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The records of Searle and Company Limited, jewellers and silversmiths, comprising customer ledgers recording sales to private clients 1896-1968.

24 HOURS NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR ACCESS TO THESE RECORDS.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Searle and Company Limited hold further records. They also hold the first customer ledger which precedes the deposited volumes held at LMA.

For a detailed history see Never more than 100 yards: the history of a City jewellers : Searle and Company, 1893-1993 by Reginald Bridges. Rochford :Rochford Press, [1993], held by the Printed Books Section of the Guildhall Library, Pam 21804.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

January to May 2011. Skilled personnel Metal workers Silversmiths Information sources Documents Business records Jewellery Handicrafts Metallurgy Metalworking Silversmithing People People by occupation Personnel Workers Skilled workers Craft workers Jewellers Searle and Co Ltd , jewellers and silversmiths City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The customer ledgers, Ms 31811 Vols 1-19 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Searle and Co Ltd in November 1989 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2001. Ms 31811 Vols. 20-25 were deposited by the company and catalogued by Richard Wiltshire, Senior Archivist-Business archives in December 2008. No other records were deposited. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The records of Searle and Company Limited, jewellers and silversmiths, comprising customer ledgers recording sales to private clients 1896-1968.

24 HOURS NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR ACCESS TO THESE RECORDS.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Searle and Company Limited hold further records. They also hold the first customer ledger which precedes the deposited volumes held at LMA.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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