IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-201
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WILLIAM PARKER AND SON
Date(s): 1788-1800
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): William Parker and Son | glass sellers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Parker was a glass seller at 69 Fleet Street from 1763. From 1772-84 the firm was known as William Parker and Company and from 1785-97 as William Parker and Son. In 1798 his son Samuel took over the business and traded as Parker and Perry, glass manufacturers, from 1803-18.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of William Parker and Son, glass sellers, comprising letters from customers ordering glassware. The letters are largely from aristocratic and gentry customers and may have been kept for that reason.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 envelope containing 15 double sheets and 4 sheets.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
These letters were bought from a dealer.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The whereabouts of other records of this firm are unknown.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.