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Cutting 3 of 10. Handwritten and printed ink on parchment. Reads "March 18 1789, Thomas Gibbard, (No.28) Clerkenwell Close."

DP 440035

Description Cutting 3 of 10. Handwritten and printed ink on parchment. Reads "March 18 1789, Thomas Gibbard, (No.28) Clerkenwell Close."

Date c. 18/3/1789

Collection Copies from the papers of Ian Gordon Lindsay, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 440035

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Lists items: 24 boxes and 24 cases, coming to a weight of 43oz 6 dwts. Reverse is blank. This item is likely from a historic ledger or business receipts. Thomas Gibbard was a watchmaker active in London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with an address listed at Clerkenwell Close. He became a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company on 7 December 1785. [source: Struthers, Rebecca; 'Unravelling the myth of the "Dutch forgery": The production, trade and dissemination of grey market watches in Europe, 1750-1820' (PhD Thesis, 2017 ed.) https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/9554/1/Unravelling%20the%20myth%20of%20the%20%27Dutch%20forgery%27.pdf. Accessed 26 November 2024]

Accession Number 2024/99

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2761912

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