Hunt and Roskell (1843-1897), Late Storr & Mortimer and Founded by Paul Storr in 1819, Jewellers & Goldsmiths To The Queen and Royal Family 1st. Ann’s Square, Manchester & 156 New Bond Street, London, wide 18k gold bracelet in a delicate crisscross design with woven gold borders and set with 192 cabochon turquoise jewels, original signed crisscross embossed brown leather presentation box also with gold embossed initials of A.E.S. on the cover, c. 1875
Jewellers and Goldsmiths to Queen Victoria. Successors to Mortimer & Hunt on the retirement of John Mortimer but still trading until 1876. Hunt & Roskell, a firm of manufacturing and retail jewellers and silversmiths, was founded by Paul Storr in 1819, trading as Storr & Co. (1819-1822), Storr & Mortimer (1822-1838), Mortimer & Hunt (1838-1843) and then Hunt & Roskell (1843-1897). Hunt & Roskell had retail premises at 156 New Bond Street and a manufactory at 26 Harrison Street, near Clerkenwell. John Samuel Hunt, who had assisted Storr from the start, continued as a partner until his death in 1865. J. S. Hunt was then succeeded by his son, John Hunt (d.1879). Robert Roskell, formerly a watchmaker and merchant of Liverpool, joined in 1844 and remained in the firm until his death in 1888. In 1889 the firm was taken over by J.W. Benson and continued in business as Hunt & Roskell Ltd.
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