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Chalmers & Robinson Jewellers & Goldsmith, -

Make & Sell all Sorts of Jewellers work Funeral & Motto Rings, &c Likewise Sell all Sorts of Plate, Watches, Silver Plated, Steel & Metal Buckles, Combs, Cutlery, Hardware, Spectacles, Rules, Mathematical Instruments, &c. NB Buys Jewels, Old Gold & Silver Watches, Old Lace &c

CHALMERS, George; and ROBINSON
London,
At the Golden Spectacles, in Sidneys Alley, Leicester Fields,
[from 1773]
Engraved trade card, loss to lower right and upper corners.
200 by 155mm. (7.75 by 6 inches).
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Opulent trade card in the highest rococo style, the asymmetrical cartouche dripping with all examples of a wide range of Chalmers and Robins's wares: dividers, rulers, telescopes, cups, ink wells, jugs, jewels, coffee pots, spectacles, cutlery, cruets, fobs, buckles, rings, platter and pendants.

There are three trade cards in Heal collection for Chalmers & Robinson, giving their addresses as at the Ring & Cup in Walkers Court, Berwick Street, Soho, from 1760; the...

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BM Heal 67.75

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