Information Regarding Edwin W. Streeter

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Streeter & Co. Limited - London - 1903

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The Burmah Ruby Mines. — In reply to a question by Sir R. Lethbridge in the House of Commons last month as to whether the Government recognised the preferential claim of Messrs. Streeter to a lease of the mines, and whether any report on the subject had lately been received, Sir John Gorst said the Government have never recognised any preferential claim on the part of any person to a lease of the Ruby Mines. Reports had been received, and would be laid on the table when a lease has been granted.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st December 1888

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Streeter & Co. Limited - London - 1895

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Streeter - London - 1894

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1873

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Some days ago at Arthur Pitson’s, in Bond Street (Edwin Streeter’s old place), I had the pleasure of seeing some of the latest designs for the coming season—exquisite, unset groups of gems, fastened on thick pieces of white paper, wonderful blendings of new, pale-colored stones in crescents and stars, bracelets, glittering circlets of the wine-colored topaz of India, the pale white radiance of the moon-stone, the lucky cats-eye, flanked on either side by canary diamonds—all to be produced to decoy the ducats out of the purses of visitors, who are expected in shoals this Jubilee year of grace.

Source: The American Register - 26th March 1887

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1881

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Streeter - London - 1889

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1872

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Streeter - London - 1894

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Recently there were on view at Christie’s two objects, carefully constructed by Messrs. Streeter, the eminent jewellers : one, an exact reproduction of Aaron’s breastplate ; the other, a reconstruction of the ‘ pearly gates’ after the description in the Book of Revelation.

Source: The Nineteenth Century and After - May 1905

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Mr. Streeter has had a very handsome, substantial new front put into his establishment, which I venture to think is an immense improvement on the old one. He is also booming the chrysophase, for which purpose he has had one window set apart and covered with velvet of chrysophase green. There is more novelty in the chrysophase; as an article of expensive jewelry; than in the designs in which it is made up, which are for the most part prosaic and commonplace.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st December 1892

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1877

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Streeters' - London - 1888

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1874

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Mr. Streeter - London - 1878

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Gems from Montana

Mr. Edwin Streeter is now showing at his museum in New Bond St., an interesting collection of gems, of which the most prominent are the sapphires from the Montana mines. These stones, which have attracted a good deal of attention lately, are to be seen in all their stages, from the rough pebble to the finished jewel, in various sizes and in many beautiful colors — pale straw, blue, green, violet and the red variety in ore commonly known as the ruby. The place where they are found is said to be an ancient river-bed; and not only are stones of considerable size found there, but the entire soil is a fine dust composed of tiny gems, which of course are only fit to be ground up for cutting and polishing purposes.

A curious point about the sapphires from this district is that they are all marked on both sides with a clearly defined equilateral triangle. Simply as a curiosity is shown what is said to be the largest black diamond yet discovered. It is not particularly beautiful, resembling a lump of blacklead more than anything else, but its hardness is very great. To polish it a year’s work has been sacrificed, and in reducing it from 169 3-4 karats in the rough to a brilliant of 66 karats, 150 karats of bort (impure diamond) have been used. A sister stone of 100 karats has also just reached Mr. Streeter.

Source: Saturday Review - January 1893

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Edward Pinter Committed for Trial

London, Eng., June 2. — Edward Pinter, who is charged with attempting to obtain £40,000 from Edward Streeter, the well known Bond St. jeweler and gemotologist, by means of the philosopher’s stone game, was again under examination to-day at the Marlborough St. Police Court. One witness was produced who proved that the prisoner had in April last purchased from him twelve ounces of potter’s brown gold. The prisoner was then formerly committed for trial.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 10th June 1891

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Tillotson & Son - Bolton - 1879

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James C. Thomas, once famous as Joseph Tasker, the man who bought the Agra diamond and one time owner of the Hope blue diamond, has just died. Tasker was a “jubilee plunger.” He inherited considerable wealth and one of his hobbies was the collection of diamonds. His first purchase was a model of the Holy City in gold and gems for £6,000 from Streeter, the famous New Bond St. jeweler. Then he bought a black and white pearl for £1,500. Later he bought the Agra diamond for £75,000. It cost Streeter £70,000. Tasker then agreed to pay £160,000 for the Hope blue diamond but the stone never passed since it was in Chancery and the court’s consent was not obtained. Later he bought the Stafford collection of diamonds, said to include gems of every known hue, for £50,000. He got through his fortune in ten years.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1921

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