Stock book (Nos. 1-8167)

Stock book of the Japanese Fine Art Depot [before 1906]/John Sparks Ltd [after 1906], dealer in East Asian art, London. Book used by the company to record goods acquired, held and sold. Covers stock numbers 1-8167, acquired June 1902-January 1910. Stock entries arranged by month of acquisition, subd...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/01/01 Open

Order number: JSP, Box 1
Date(s) of creation: June 1902-January 1910
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.01.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSP, Box 1
callnumber JSP/01/01
callnumber_txt JSP/01/01
callnumber-sort JSP/01/01
prefix_number 01
title Stock book (Nos. 1-8167)
scb_date_creation June 1902-January 1910
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description Stock book of the Japanese Fine Art Depot [before 1906]/John Sparks Ltd [after 1906], dealer in East Asian art, London. Book used by the company to record goods acquired, held and sold. Covers stock numbers 1-8167, acquired June 1902-January 1910. Stock entries arranged by month of acquisition, subdivided by source of acquisition (name of private seller, dealer or broker). Book records: stock number, description of good, Sparks’ valuation code and date of sale/disposal. Entries for June 1902-December 1906 struck through, with handwritten annotation: 'Transferred back from here'. A page from an unknown catalogue is fixed to p. 1, listing 'A pear-shaped bottle', 'A pair of figures of green parrots', and 'A twelve-leaf Chinese screen', with handwritten annotations of the sale price achieved. Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. Bound. Brown marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs Conservation work undertaken on the volume in 2016. Leather cover removed due to red rot degradation.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSP
hierarchy_sequence JSP.0001.0001

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