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82 Sydney Street and 328, Stanstead Road, London and Bristol
Stenning & Seaton - London - 1893
Stenning & Seaton were noted as exhibitors at the Tasmanian Exhibition, held at Launceston in 1891-92, the firm being represented by Herbert Seaton, and at the South African and International Exhibition, held at Kimberley in 1892.
£8000 ROBBERY - LONDON JEWELLERY FIRM - WORK OF EXPERT GANG
London, Monday - One of the cleverest safe breaking feats within the knowledge of Scotland Yard resulted in the loss of pearls, diamonds and other jewellery by Leighton Brothers, New Bond-street, valued at £8,000. The safebreakers made a hole in the roof and lowered themselves down into the premises. They cut the safe with a oxy-acetylene blowpipe. Two men, believed to be connected with a gang of expert cracksmen, and to have been in England only a fortnight, are being sought after.
Source: The Maryborough Chronicle - 30th November 1927
By cutting a hole through the floor of a cloak room in a dental suite above the antique and silverware shop of Leighton Bros., New Bond St. W., thieves obtained access to the jewelry safe, the back of which was cut open and $35,000 worth of gems removed, last week. The thieves evidently hid themselves and their apparatus in the cellar of adjoining premises. After cutting a large hole in the floor of the cloak room they lowered themselves and their apparatus into the room below by webbing straps. Watchers presumably were posted in the street outside to give warning of any likely interruption. The shop in which the safe stood is brilliantly illuminated at night by electricity. There were nearly 50 cases of valuable jewelry inside the safe. Antique plate and valuables standing near the safe and worth $100,000 were untouched. Some of the diamond bracelets in the safe were worth $2,500 each. Other articles included diamond watches, brooches, rings, pearls and gold and platinum bracelets. Scotland Yard is investigating the robbery. A few weeks ago news was received at the Yard that a well-known jewelry establishment in the West end was going to be robbed. It was kept under observation, and nothing happened. Official photographers have visited the scene of the New Bond St. coup, and some important fingerprints are reported to have been recorded. The Yard is aware that a gang of international safe breakers is now in England.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd December 1927
New methods of smash-and-grab were listed by motor bandits in London recently when they attached a hook to the grille guarding jewels in a window, and then drove away, pulling the grille out of its sockets.
The premises were those of Messrs F. J. Bravinigton, Ltd., Wardour street, Soho, and the bandits imprisoned most of the staff.
Driving in a red saloon car, the raiders had brought with them hooks and ropes. While the staff was inside they tied up the door, one end of the rope being fastened to the door and the other end to a hook in the wall.
The bandits then smashed the window and secured a hook in the grille which protects the main display of jewellery. Next they tied the other end of the rope to the car and the grill was practically torn completely from its fastenings as they drove away.
A large number of people had collected and the bandits, becoming alarmed, disappeared among the crowd. Had the raid been successful, jewellery valued at over £3000 would have been stolen. As is happened, the bandits dropped some of the articles which they had seized. These were picked up by passers-by.
SMASHED A SHOP WINDOW ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF A DIAMOND TIARA
A poorly-clad man made an attempt to steal a valuable diamond tiara from the window of Messrs. Cornell and Higgins, jewellers, of 137, Strand. While numbers of people were passing the shop he struck the centre pane with an iron bolt, making a hole about the size of a closed fist. Immediately opposite the hole was a diamond tiara valued at £180. He put his hand through the hole, and was about to withdraw the tiara when an assistant ran out and held him.
In taking his hand from the hole the man cut his wrist so severely that he had to receive medical treatment at King's College Hospital.
There were about £10,000 worth of goods in the window at the time.
31, Northampton Square, later, 9, Cyrus Street, Clerkenwell, London
Lewis Nightingale (30), watch-case maker, was recently sentenced to three months hard labor for obtaining money by means of fraud, by professing to tell people's fortunes by astrology. Advertisements were inserted in the papers, and a number of people were foolish enough to send stamps in reply to them. The prisoner stated that he did it to add a little to his income. He will probably think overtime at his own trade the best, whatever may be said against it.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - 1st October 1892
Lewis Nightingale entered his marks, 'L.N' incuse and contained within an oval on the 7th March 1894. 'LN' script and contained within an oval on the 14th August 1894. 'LN' contained within an oval on the 15th October 1894.
At Brentford, on the 16th ult., a young man, giving the name of Charles Fitcher, of 72, St. Margaret's Grove, Twickenham, was charged, on his own confession, with stealing a silver watch, placed in his possession to repair. Police-constable Cox, 13 T, stated that while on duty at Brentford Police Station, on Friday, the prisoner entered, and said he wished to be charged for pawning a number of watches which had been left with him to clean and repair by several persons. He stated that he had lived at Twickenham for a month, and then took fifteen pawn-tickets (produced) from his pockets. These related to gold and silver watches, which had been pledged by prisoner at Hammersmith, Brentford, Hounslow, and Twickenham. Prisoner said be had pledged the watches to keep himself, as he was unable to collect debts due.—Remanded.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd July 1888
At Marlborough-Street Police-court yesterday William Harrison, 39, a homeless gardener, was charged with stealing, on June 17, two pearl necklaces, worth £6, belonging to Alfred Abrahams, a jeweller, of 17, Green-street, Leicester-square. Harrison, who was then employed as porter, was sent with the necklaces to Mrs. Sinzenich, of 11, Warwick-street, Regent-street. He returned without a receipt for the necklaces, and explained that the lady was out. A few days later Mrs. Sinzenich called, and said that the necklaces had not been delivered. The police were informed, with the result that the necklaces were found to have been pledged. The prosecutor said that Harrison had hitherto borne a good character, but had allowed himself to be led away by bad companions and drink. Mr. Fenwick remanded the prisoner for a week.
17 & 19, Beer Lane, Great Tower Street, and 20 & 21, London Street, Fenchurch Street, and 33, Walbrook, London
W.J.Carroll - London - 1909
W.J.C - London - 1912
London, May 10.—The recent silver displays in the retail jewelry stores here have focussed the attention of the jewel thieves on this medium of value with the result that several clean-ups of silver have been made throughout the country the most important being that at the jewelry store of Messrs. W. J. Carroll, the Beer lane jewelers here. Nearly every article of silver of any value at all was cleared from this place the other night and carried away. All the glass show cases were emptied and every drawer in the place ransacked. An attempt had been made to force a large double-door safe. The attempt was unsuccessful, the safe being too much for the thieves. The jewelers are congratulating themselves on this fact since the safe contained diamonds of great worth. The silver goods stolen included every known specimen of the jeweler's art from valuable filigree work to chased and hammered articles, and watches and cigaret cases. Jewelers exhibiting high-class silverware in their window displays are now taking extra precautions with their goods since it is anticipated the jewel thieves may give silver a good run for a change from precious stones and gold goods. Messrs. Mappin and Webb, the big jewelers here who always make a big display of silver plate, have for some years taken the precaution of having uniformed guards strolling up and down the sidewalks that run two sides of their city store rooms.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th May 1922
Established in 1837.
Walter James Carroll entered his marks, 'W.J.C' contained in various cartouches, with the London Assay Office, on the 10th October 1907, 16th June 1908, and on the 27th August 1908.
Trained in Finland and now located in North Wales, Rauni Higson was recently commissioned by the Goldsmiths' Company to make a commemorative silver cup to mark the official commissioning of the new aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales into the Royal Navy.
Rauni Higson was the maker of the 'Mountain Burn' rosewater dish, which she made for the Goldsmiths' Company in 2015, and a Loving Cup produced more recently for the Clothworkers’ Company.
Her silver is represented in the National Museum of Wales as well as in the Goldsmiths’ Company's own Collection.
The business of Cornelius Joshua Vander (Vanderpump), successors to the business of Martin Goldstein, earlier, Macrae & Goldstein, earlier, Alexander Macrae.
The body of Alfred Hofmeier, aged 24, of Moore-park-road, Fulham, who was in business as a watchmaker and jeweller in Oxford-street, London, was found decapitated on the South-Western Railway on Saturday morning.
Source: The Flintshire Observer - 26th August 1909
