General view of shop front of Hamilton & Inches, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
B 64281
Description General view of shop front of Hamilton & Inches, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Date 1895
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number B 64281
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 13117/4
Copies SC 683618
Scope and Content Hamilton & Inches, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, No 88 Princes Street, Edinburgh Hamilton & Inches, founded in 1866 by Robert Kirk Inches and his uncle, James Hamilton, opened their new premises at No 88 Princes Street, Edinburgh, in 1888. The exterior of the shop was photographed in 1895 by the photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. The premises occupy part of a late 18th-century building, with a 19th-century shop front built out at ground level. The royal crest indicates that the firm were appointed 'goldsmiths, silversmiths, clock & watchmakers to Her Majesty' Queen Victoria. Hamilton & Inches opened a shop in Princes Street in 1866, selling jewellery and repairing watches and clocks. In 1888 they incorporated the old firm of Robert Bryson & Sons, and expanded into new premises that included their own craftsmen's workshop. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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