Leuchars & Son

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.