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C.J. QUINN

Balham, London


There were several jewel shop robberies over the week end. At Balham, a London suburb, some men got away m an automobile with $750 worth of rings and pendants from the premises of C.J. Quinn, watchmaker and jeweler. An Iron grid was wrenched off the window. The thieves waited until a patrolman had passed around the back of the “island” on which the shop is situated, and then worked with incredible swiftness. The officer heard the smash of glass and dashed back to the store only to see the raiders disappearing down the street in the faint light of dawn. The interruption, however, saved the jeweler much additional loss since the most valuable jewelry pieces in the trim were undisturbed.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd February 1928

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TURNER, WOODMAN & Co.

22, Clerkenwell Road, London


Messrs. Turner, Woodman & Company, of 22, Clerkenwell Road, London, E.C., notify us that their firm are the proprietors of all registered designs in the Blarney-Kissing-Stone Charms, of which they hold a good stock for immediate delivery.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st September 1914

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T. & A. HIRSCHFELD

Hatton Garden, London


Jewelry consisting of around 250 diamond watches, diamond rings, brooches and bracelets, and a number of loose diamonds in chamois leather wallets, was stolen during the week-end from the three-floor establishment of T. & A. Hirschfeld, manufacturing jewelers of Hatton Garden. Considerable audacity was shown by the cracksmen who evidently were of the top class and it appears that they put in the best part of the week-end on the jewelry premises, making a leisurely selection of the valuables they wanted. The fact that they moved their oxy-acetylene apparatus into the building (which is in the heart of the “Garden”) concealed in large packing cases at a time when a firm of sponge importers was moving into ground floor offices, indicates organizing ability of no mean order. Folk who saw the large packing cases being carried into the building from a motor truck naturally concluded they were part of the furnishings of the new sponge importing tenants. When the robbery was discovered Monday morning by the jewelers the five-foot six-inch packing cases containing the safe drilling implements were lying alongside the damaged safe, while empty jewel cases and pads were strewn about the floor. Only the most valuable jewelry was taken. Stock contained in rooms on other floors, and of minor value, was ignored. The jewelry taken from the safe in the main office on the first floor was worth $35,000. An electric lamp is kept burning just above the safe at night, and the safe kept close to the window so it could be seen by patrolmen in the street. It is presumed that the cracksmen worked on the safe with their apparatus (which included two five-foot cylinders of oxygen) during daylight on Saturday and Sunday, otherwise they would have been seen from the street at night time. They had made elaborate arrangements for a quick getaway in case of interruption, a back window and protecting bars having been removed, and the fire escape door on the top floor jammed open ready for instant use. The jewelry premises were closed at 1 p.m. Saturday and the first member of the firm to arrive the following Monday at 8 a.m. found the outer office door hanging from its hinges. The thieves bored a hole three inches in diameter exactly over the lock of the safe and closed it again while the metal was still hot thus causing the mechanism to “seize” and delay the police in their investigation until the safe makers could be communicated with.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th April 1928

The business of Tobias Hirschfeld and his son, Alex Hirschfeld.

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WOOLF PHILLIPS

Oxford Street, London


When a man arrested by a member of Scotland Yard’s Flying-Squad was before the Marylebone magistrate last week accused of the theft of $1,000 worth of jewelry from the home of Woolf Phillips, Oxford St. jeweler, it was stated that he returned to get the stuff stolen 48 hours previously. He got into a room by climbing the stackpipe at the rear of the house. Detectives said the jewelry was hidden in a dog kennel. Practically all of it has been recovered.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th April 1928

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JONATHAN ROSS

Hackney, London


The fourth smash-and-grab raid in the past 18 months was staged at the jewelry store of Jonathan Ross, Hackney, East London last week, but the thief got away with only $30 worth of articles, a few cheap wristlet watches. He smashed the plate glass with a brick wrapped in a cloth. The police discovered the robbery early in the morning. The last raid on this shop was a month ago when $250 worth of goods were stolen. In each raid the job was done between 6 and 7 a. m.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th March 1928

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SYMES & RAPER

422, Strand, London



Symes & Raper - London - 1856

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VICARY, DENT & Co.

29, Ludgate Hill, London


COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS

Finnigan, Wm. (trading as Vicary, Dent & Co.), 29, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C., jewellery dealer, £11 9s 6d. November 13, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th January 1915

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A.E. MERRITT

36, Rye Lane, Peckham, London


COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS

Merritt, A.E., 36, Rye Lane, Peckham, jeweller, £16 0s 3d. December 8, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st February 1915

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M. EMANUAL

Billiter Buildings, Billiter Street, London


COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS

Emanual, M., Billiter Buildings, Billiter Street, Jewellery Merchant, £31 16s 6d.. December 13, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st February 1915

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AUTOMATIC EYE-GLASS HOLDER

57, Holborn Viaduct, London



Automatic Eye-Glass Holder - London - 1903

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B. BARNETT, Ltd.

Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London


A burglar alarm that rang for an hour on the premises of B. Barnett, Ltd., jewelers and silversmiths, of Cranbourn St., Leicester Square, the other night, resulted in a cordon of police surrounding the place and conducting a detailed search of roof, basement and area. The police climbed over roofs 75 feet high and got into the jewelry basement through a neighboring building. The establishment adjoins the Hippodrome theater and one part of the roof was reached from the theater. Officers were unable to enter the jewelry premises which were securely fastened and padlocked. An attempt to get in touch with the jeweler failed, so the police remained on guard all night until the staff came on duty. No signs of a burglar could be found. The theaters were emptying at the time and large crowds collected to watch the police flashing their lamps behind chimney stacks.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th February 1928

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J. SCOTT

7, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London



J. Scott - London - 1874

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JAMES CRICHTON

St. Martin’s Court, London


The west London police took into custody this week two men who are charged with attempting to break into the jewelry store of James Crichton, St. Martin’s Court, W. C. A patrolman noticed the front railing gate of the jewelry store had been wedged open with paper and that the door of an adjoining restaurant was ajar. Getting into the basement the officer saw one of the prisoners trying to scale a window. In the rear of the: premises the other prisoner was found hidden in a cupboard. He struggled when arrested and had to be struck by the officer. The case of both men is continued.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1928

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MRS. E. ROSCOE-MULLINS

Shirley, Dollis Avenue, Church End, Finchley, London



Mrs. E. Roscoe Mullins - London - 1905

This is presumably Alice (née Pelton) (b.1856 -d.1935), the wife of the sculptor, Edwin Roscoe Mullins (b.1848-d.1907).

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S.A. CARPENTER

Acton, London


A man who entered the jewelry store of S. A. Carpenter of Acton, West London, the other evening, posing as a customer, waited his opportunity, snatched a tray of 33 rings from a counter, and dashed from the shop. The jeweler, who chased the thief unsuccessfully for half a mile, said that he was examining rings and asked to be shown some from the trim. While the jeweler was getting samples from the window the other grabbed the counter tray and ran.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th April 1928

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COUNTESS MAFFEI

3, Lower Grosvenor Place, London


Attracted by an antique pearl set consisting of earrings, a spray brooch and a necklace of old English design—all especially valuable from the connoisseur’s point of view—jewel thieves early the other morning smashed the window of Countess Maffei’s shop in Lower Grosvenor Place and confiscated the jewelry.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th April 1928

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MORTON

Islington, London


By wiring and padlocking the handles of a swing door at the premises of Messrs. Morton, Islington, North London, last, week, thieves made the manager and his staff prisoners inside the shop while they smashed the shop windows and abstracted trays of rings valued at $3,000. Four men drove up in a car while the street was thronged with shoppers. Three of them walked to the small arcade in which the shop door is situated and quickly passed a piece of wire through the two handles and padlocked it. They then returned to the sidewalk, smashed the window with a hammer to which a brick was attached, grabbed the rings, and dashed back to the car. Two entered the car which was gone before shoppers realized what was happening. The third man dodged among the shoppers and escaped across Highbury fields. By the time the staff could be released the thieves were out of sight. A neighboring storekeeper chased the man on foot but was unable to overtake him. The staff saw the robbery and was able to furnish the police with a good description of the raiders.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 26th July 1928

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WILLIAMS

233, Oxford Street, London



Williams - London - 1856

Late Catchpole & Williams.

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M. GERDER & Co., Ltd.

Halton House, Holborn, London


Four pearl necklaces, containing respectively 107, 119, 100 and 144 pearls, are missing from the showcases of M. Gerder & Co., Ltd., the pearl dealers of Halton House, Holborn. The four necklaces are valued at $25,000, and a reward of $2,500 is offered for their recovery. The pearls were missed during a recent stocktaking, although when stock was taken a month ago they were intact. The necklaces are numbered and their description has been broadcast by the police to all parts of the country.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1928

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LEON SASSIENIE

35, Charles Street, later, 16, Hatton Garden, London


Diamond merchants of Hatton Garden joined in the chase of men alleged to have stolen two or three thousand dollars’ worth of jeweled handbags from a car used by one of the travelers of L. Sassienie, Hatton Garden merchant, this week. The traveler left his car of samples in a side street while he had lunch nearby. The chauffuer was standing not far from the car when he heard the engine start. In a few seconds it shot past him with two men in the front seats. The car collided with a lorry near Hatton Garden and the men jumped out. The police, assisted by diamond men in the “Garden,” gave chase, one of the alleged offenders being caught a few blocks farther on.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th October 1926

Leon Sassienie entered his mark, 'L·S' contained within an oblong punch with clipped corners, with the London Assay Office on the 11th January 1900. The mark was defaced on the 18th January 1927.

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