Piccadilly

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 view of an early Victorian specialist case maker's shopfront at 38 Piccadilly.

Archive Record 004: Lucy Leuchars, Case Maker at 38 Piccadilly

Lucy Leuchars is documented as a writing-desk and dressing-case maker at 38 Piccadilly. Archive Record 004 examines the directories, object label and royal association that preserve her place in the…

Official 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue entry and engraving of the dressing case exhibited by William Leuchars.

William Leuchars at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Archive Record 001 studies the walnut dressing case exhibited by William Leuchars of 38 Piccadilly at the Great Exhibition of 1851.