[W&B] another loupe - Sinclair

[Ralph & Bobbi London]

On Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 01:05  AM, David Silver wrote:

> Thanks for the look-up.  So 9-10 Charing Cross was only used in 1926?

Yes, that's the way I read the text, unless either or both of the two 
1926 dates are more mistakes that you said were in the book.  The item 
was made in 1926, but it could have been sold in a later year.

> Amazing.  How often do you get a basically generic camera accessory 
> that
> you can positively date to an exact year of origin?

By origin, you mean date of manufacture, not necessarily date of design 
and creation.

Ralph

> Lucky me.  Was that a
> change of factory or administrative offices (or the two combined)?  I 
> have
> the British makers book around here somewhere, but, like over 90% of my
> collection and resources, it must be stored away because it's not 
> shelved
> in my computer room.  When I was using it initially, I didn't find it 
> to
> be a terribly useful text, plus I caught a number of mistakes.  But in 
> the
> absence of a more comprehensive or updated work, it will have to do.
>
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Ralph & Bobbi London wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at 08:52  PM, Milan Zahorcak wrote:
>>
>>> I'd guess early 1900s, but I know very little about the UK makers . 
>>> . .
>>> who's our UK/Sinclair expert?
>>>
>>> Eric, I think you have the Channing & Dunn book.  Does it list
>>> addresses and
>>> dates?
>>
>> Yes, it does -- both.  Quoting from the Channing and Dunn book, p. 
>> 116,
>>
>> SINCLAIR & Co. LTD, [JAMES A]
>> 54 Haymarket, then 3 Whitehall, London SW
>>
>> Established in 1903, initially at Haymarket SW, then in 1926 moved to
>> the Whitehall address (Note: When they first moved you will find this
>> site named as 9 & 10 Charing Cross Road but, in 1926, it was renamed 
>> as
>> 3 Whitehall, SW).
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>>>> A very nice piece, and quite distinctive compared to other GG
>>>> viewers. Sinclair had style!  My example is marked slightly
>>>> differently than yours. It has:
>>>>
>>>>  James A. Sinclair & Co., Ltd.
>>>>  9-10 Charing Cross
>>>>  London, S.W.1.
>>
>>
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