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

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/197

Titre

SEARLE AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1896-1968 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

25 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

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.

Histoire archivistique

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

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

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

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées