Stock book (Nos. 1-12475)

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 1-12475, including stock 1- 7750 [not complete sequence] (pp. 1-85) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [Ref. JSP/01/06] and stock 775...

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Date(s) of creation: January 1945-April 1948
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.01.07
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSP/01/07
callnumber_txt JSP/01/07
callnumber-sort JSP/01/07
prefix_number 07
title Stock book (Nos. 1-12475)
scb_date_creation January 1945-April 1948
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 1-12475, including stock 1- 7750 [not complete sequence] (pp. 1-85) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [Ref. JSP/01/06] and stock 7750-12475, acquired January 1945-April 1948. 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. Key to stocktaking marks on inside cover. Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. 677 pp., with loose additional list, 44 pp. (entries on 23 pp.). Bound. Marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2032
scb_conditions_gov_access Closed under data protection legislation until 1st January 2032
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.0001.0007