Leuchars London

Original Leuchars and Son, Geffroy successor bill, with Paris and London addresses, handwritten transaction and revenue stamp.

Archive Record 015: A Leuchars and Son Paris Bill, 1893

A Paris bill bearing the Leuchars and Son, Geffroy name connects 2 rue de la Paix with a London corresponding house and a handwritten transaction apparently dated May 1893.

Leuchars & Son bill to C. Philipson, dated 1 March 1877, with printed London and Paris addresses and handwritten cigarette-case work.

Archive Record 014: A Leuchars & Son Bill, 1 March 1877

A receipted bill dated 1 March 1877 records work on a silver cigarette case and apparent monogram engraving, placing an individual client beneath the printed London and Paris addresses.

Three-quarter editorial reconstruction of a closed black leather correspondence box with two top slots and a central brass handle.

Archive Record 012: A W. Leuchars-Labelled Correspondence Box

A labelled correspondence box offers a study of papers, practical organisation and the distinction between a case and its marked lock.

Editorial reconstruction of a rectangular glass box with silver-gilt mounts, three-quarter view.

Archive Record 011: A Leuchars-Stamped Orléans Wedding-Gift Box, 1899

A silver-gilt-mounted glass box stamped Leuchars & Son Geffroy Sr Paris was catalogued as Prince Henri d’Orléans’s 1899 wedding gift to Jean and Isabelle d’Orléans.

Editorial reconstruction of an open black leather travelling case with an olive fitted interior, silver-mounted glass vessels, a carriage clock and grooming tools.

Archive Record 010: An Aucoc-Marked Travelling Service with a Leuchars-Geffroy Clock

A French travelling toilet service with Aucoc maker’s marks and a Leuchars-Geffroy carriage clock reveals how fitting, manufacture and retail identity could meet within one complex case.

Editorial reconstruction of a carved wooden cabinet photograph album with D K initials and a silvered clasp.

Archive Record 009: A Leuchars Cabinet Photograph Album

A carved cabinet-photograph album in the Science Museum Group collection connects a Leuchars-marked Piccadilly clasp with Victorian portrait collecting and personal memory.

Editorial reconstruction of an oval oak auxiliary table with four caster legs.

Archive Record 008: Two Leuchars Tables at Łańcut

Two Leuchars-marked English auxiliary tables at the Castle Museum in Łańcut connect compact furniture, Paris retail and the Potocki family's purchases.

Rectangular glass jar with a hinged silver-gilt cover bearing Crown Prince Gustaf’s crowned monogram.

Archive Record 007: Crown Prince Gustaf’s Leuchars Travelling Service, 1878

Livrustkammaren preserves Leuchars-marked components from a travelling dressing service used by Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden, dated principally to 1877–1878.

Clear glass crow-form vessel with chased silver head, two feet and tail against a black background.

Archive Record 006: The Leuchars Crow Claret Jug, 1881

Registered in December 1881, the Leuchars crow claret jug combined a clear-glass body with modelled silver and parcel-gilt mounts to create a functional Victorian object in avian form.

Closed black lacquer medicine chest with floral and bird inlay and aged brass fittings.

Archive Record 005: A Leuchars Medicine Chest, c.1830

The Science Museum Group preserves a decorated medicine chest associated with Leuchars of London, dated circa 1830 and fitted with twelve glass bottles from Dinneford of New Bond Street.