Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

For information you'd like to share - Post it here - not for questions
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

GARRARD & CO., Ltd., Crown Jewellers, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, 24, Albemarle Street, and 17, Grafton Street, London, W.; Manufactory, 1, 2 and 3, Avery Row, Grosvenor Street. Indian Branches at Calcutta and Simla. Hours of Business: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Established in 1721 by George Wickes, " Ye King's Arms," Panton Street. Partnership Successions: (I) Edward Wakelin, 1747; (2) John Wakelin, 1776; (3) John Wakelin and Robert Garrard, 1792. By the descendants of the last-named the business has been carried on to the present date. Incorporated as a Private Limited Company in 1909. Directors: Sebastian Henry Garrard, Henry Charles Pearson, Henry John Bell, Maurice Whippy Garrard, Charles Edwin Newbegin. The firm is one of the very oldest in the trade. First Royal Appointment to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II., A.D. 1139. Appointed Crown Jewellers to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, also to His late Majesty King Edward VII., and to Their Majesties the King and Queen, the appointment entailing supervision of the Regalia, &c. The celebrated diamond, the " Koh-inoor," was recut on the premises in 1852, the first facet being cut by the great Duke of Wellington. Supplied the Queen's Crown worn by Her Majesty at Westminster Abbey; also the Imperial Crown worn by H.M. the King at the Delhi Durban Premises: Extensive Showrooms at above address, and Factory seating 120 workpeople. Specialities: Fine Diamond and Coloured Gem Jewellery and Pearls of the highest class only. Are also Manufacturers of Gold and Silver Plate and Artistic Productions in both gold and silver, and of the Insignia of all the principal Orders of Knighthood. Connection: World-wide. Royal Warrant: Special Warrant Goldsmiths and Jewellers to the Crown and to their Majesties King George V., Queen Mary, and Queen Alexandra. Telephones: Nos. 757 and 758 Regent. Telegraphic Address " Empearl, London."

Source: Whitaker's Red Book of Commerce or Who's Who in Business - 1914

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard Ltd. - London - 1913

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard Ltd. - London - 1911

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard Ltd. - London - 1911

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard & Co. Ltd. - London - 1959

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard & Company - London - 1913

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard & Co. Ltd. - London - 1922

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

THE CUPS FOR ASCOT - 1922


Image

The cups for Ascot - 1922, The Gold Cup, The Royal Hunt Cup, and The King's Gold Vase, were designed and manufactured by Garrard and Co., Ltd.

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

THE ROYAL HUNT CUP - ASCOT- 1922


Image

The Royal Hunt Cup for 1922 is a two-handled flask-shaped cup and cover in the style of the French Renaissance. The body is ornamented with spiral fluting, swags and scroll work. The handles are formed by two winged female figures resting on laurel roll and terminating in mask, from which spring two dolphins, one on either side. The cover, which is decorated with acanthus leaves, carries the winged horse Pegasus striking the rock. It was made by Messrs. Garrard and Co., Limited, 24, Albemarle Street, London, W.1.

Source: Country Life - 24th June 1922

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard & Co. Ltd. - Calcutta - 1914

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard & Co. Ltd. - London - 1959

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard's - London - 1928

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

Image
Garrard Ltd. - London - 1911

Trev.
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 62157
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Information Regarding Garrard & Co.

Post by dognose »

A former king’s courier, William F. Macartney, was sentenced at the Old Bailey this week to nine months in the second division for an unsuccessful raid on a window containing nearly $85,000 worth of jewelry, the property of Garrard & Co., the Albemarle St. jewelers. Macartney denied that he smashed the plate glass window in an attempt to get at the gems. He said he ran after the culprit along with other people on the sidewalk and that in the general scramble he was held and turned over to the police, the guilty party getting away. During the war he was governor of an island in the Aegean Sea.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th March 1926

Trev.
Post Reply

Return to “Contributors' Notes”