Stock book (Nos. 1-3400)

Stock book of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book used by the company to record goods acquired, held and sold. Covers stock numbers 1-3400, including stock 1-577 (pp. 1-35) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [not extant] and stock 578-3400, acquired October 1924-Au...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/01/03 Open

Order number: JSP, Box 3
Date(s) of creation: October 1924-August 1928
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.01.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSP, Box 3
callnumber JSP/01/03
callnumber_txt JSP/01/03
callnumber-sort JSP/01/03
prefix_number 03
title Stock book (Nos. 1-3400)
scb_date_creation October 1924-August 1928
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 John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book used by the company to record goods acquired, held and sold. Covers stock numbers 1-3400, including stock 1-577 (pp. 1-35) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [not extant] and stock 578-3400, acquired October 1924-August 1928. Stock entries arranged by month of acquisition, subdivided by source of acquisition (name of private seller, dealer or broker). Book records: stock number, previous stock number [if any], description of good, Sparks’ valuation code, stocktaking marks, stocktaking valuation [?] and date of sale/disposal. Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. 750 pp. (entries on 266 pp.). Bound. Brown marbled back endpaper. No front endpaper. 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.0001.0003

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