T.R. CAMPBELL
75, Paisley Road West, Govan, Glasgow
The business of T.R. Campbell, at 75, Paisley Road West, has been acquired by Mr. R. Gilmour of 48, Kirkland Street, Glasgow, who will carry it on under the original name on his own account. Mr. J.W. Campbell has retired.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1962
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W.L. THOMSON
25, Union Street, Glasgow
W.L. Thomson - Glasgow - 1922
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25, Union Street, Glasgow
W.L. Thomson - Glasgow - 1922
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NATHANIEL HUNTER
Greenock
Example of the work of Nathaniel Hunter of Greenock:
Nathaniel Hunter's working period was thought to be 1775 - 1834.
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Greenock
Example of the work of Nathaniel Hunter of Greenock:
Nathaniel Hunter's working period was thought to be 1775 - 1834.
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GEORGE McHATTIE
Edinburgh
Example of the work and mark of George McHattie:
GMH - Edinburgh - 1823
George McHattie was in partnership with George Fenwick (I) trading as McHattie & Fenwick from c.1799 - c.1807.
George McHattie died in April 1828.
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Edinburgh
Example of the work and mark of George McHattie:
GMH - Edinburgh - 1823
George McHattie was in partnership with George Fenwick (I) trading as McHattie & Fenwick from c.1799 - c.1807.
George McHattie died in April 1828.
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GEMS IN SCOTLAND
It will probably surprise some people to learn that one does not need to leave the Homeland to find gem-stones. Almost anywhere on the higher Grampians topazes and amethysts can be found on the surface, as free and as easily as in far Brazil, Burmah, Ceylon, or Australia. The beautiful sherry wine-colored stone is known locally as the cairngorm, but it is really a topaz, and some of them are equal in value almost to the best Oriental stones, says a writer, in the Dundee Advertiser.
Gamekeepers and others who roam the hills often stumble across clusters of cairngorms, but few realize the value of their find, and the conglomeration of faceted crystals is usually kept or given away as a curio, or sold to the nearest jeweler for what he will give. The latter gentleman sends the crystalline mass to the lapidaries in Birmingham, where they are cut, mounted in cheap or expensive settings, and returned. When the season comes round, visitors from all parts of the world buy the finished article in the form of brooches, pendants, or some other form of adornment. The writer has picked up many good stones on Ben-y-Vrackie, in Perthshire.
The amethyst is found in great profusion in some parts of the ranges flanking the Tay and Tummel Rivers. It is found in pieces of port wine tinged quartz, which obviously must have become detached from some larger formation hidden under the surface in the vicinity.
The famous pearl beds of the Highland rivers provide pleasant employment for hundreds of people who love the open air life, and a profitable holiday occupation for those city dwellers who spend their Summer vacation in Central Perthshire. The pearl shells are found embedded in the pebbly beds of the rivers and picked up by a long notched stick. Many valuable pearls are yielded by these fresh water oysters, the supply of which seems to be inexhaustible.
In many of the burns and smaller streams which feed the Tay between Aberfeldy and Dunkeld enormous quantities of small garnets can be picked up from the sands, or broken out of their matrix boulders, which come down in flood-time from formations in the higher altitudes, not known.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 18th March 1925
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It will probably surprise some people to learn that one does not need to leave the Homeland to find gem-stones. Almost anywhere on the higher Grampians topazes and amethysts can be found on the surface, as free and as easily as in far Brazil, Burmah, Ceylon, or Australia. The beautiful sherry wine-colored stone is known locally as the cairngorm, but it is really a topaz, and some of them are equal in value almost to the best Oriental stones, says a writer, in the Dundee Advertiser.
Gamekeepers and others who roam the hills often stumble across clusters of cairngorms, but few realize the value of their find, and the conglomeration of faceted crystals is usually kept or given away as a curio, or sold to the nearest jeweler for what he will give. The latter gentleman sends the crystalline mass to the lapidaries in Birmingham, where they are cut, mounted in cheap or expensive settings, and returned. When the season comes round, visitors from all parts of the world buy the finished article in the form of brooches, pendants, or some other form of adornment. The writer has picked up many good stones on Ben-y-Vrackie, in Perthshire.
The amethyst is found in great profusion in some parts of the ranges flanking the Tay and Tummel Rivers. It is found in pieces of port wine tinged quartz, which obviously must have become detached from some larger formation hidden under the surface in the vicinity.
The famous pearl beds of the Highland rivers provide pleasant employment for hundreds of people who love the open air life, and a profitable holiday occupation for those city dwellers who spend their Summer vacation in Central Perthshire. The pearl shells are found embedded in the pebbly beds of the rivers and picked up by a long notched stick. Many valuable pearls are yielded by these fresh water oysters, the supply of which seems to be inexhaustible.
In many of the burns and smaller streams which feed the Tay between Aberfeldy and Dunkeld enormous quantities of small garnets can be picked up from the sands, or broken out of their matrix boulders, which come down in flood-time from formations in the higher altitudes, not known.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 18th March 1925
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GOLDSMITHS HALL, Edinburgh, 13th Nov. 1784.
The Incorporation of GOLDSMITHS and GOLDSMITHS COMPANY of the City of Edinburgh, having taken into consideration the Act of Parliament passed in the 24th year of the Present Majesty’s reign, entitled, "An Act for granting to his Majesty certain duties on all gold and silver plate imported, and also certain duties on all gold and silver plate made in Great Britain," did, agreeably to the said Act of Parliament, appoint Mess. John Clark and George Auld their assay-masters, or any one of them, to attend at their assay-office above the Goldsmiths Hall, Parliament-square, Edinburgh, at the usual stated times; to receive all parcels of Gold or Silver that shall be sent there to be touched, assayed, or marked, in terms of the said Act of Parliament; the persons bringing the same to they said office paying to the assay-master acting for the time the duties appointed by the said act to be paid to them for his Majesty’s use, and complying with the requisites of the said act, and paying the usual fees for touching, assaying, and marking Gold and Silver. And they appoint public notice hereof to be given in this manner in the Edinburgh newspapers, to all concerned, that no person may pretend ignorance of the same.
Extracted from the minutes of the said incorporation, by
SAM. MITCHELSON Junr, Clerk.
Source: The Caledonian Mercury - 15th November 1784
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The Incorporation of GOLDSMITHS and GOLDSMITHS COMPANY of the City of Edinburgh, having taken into consideration the Act of Parliament passed in the 24th year of the Present Majesty’s reign, entitled, "An Act for granting to his Majesty certain duties on all gold and silver plate imported, and also certain duties on all gold and silver plate made in Great Britain," did, agreeably to the said Act of Parliament, appoint Mess. John Clark and George Auld their assay-masters, or any one of them, to attend at their assay-office above the Goldsmiths Hall, Parliament-square, Edinburgh, at the usual stated times; to receive all parcels of Gold or Silver that shall be sent there to be touched, assayed, or marked, in terms of the said Act of Parliament; the persons bringing the same to they said office paying to the assay-master acting for the time the duties appointed by the said act to be paid to them for his Majesty’s use, and complying with the requisites of the said act, and paying the usual fees for touching, assaying, and marking Gold and Silver. And they appoint public notice hereof to be given in this manner in the Edinburgh newspapers, to all concerned, that no person may pretend ignorance of the same.
Extracted from the minutes of the said incorporation, by
SAM. MITCHELSON Junr, Clerk.
Source: The Caledonian Mercury - 15th November 1784
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