Stock book (Nos. 1-5143)

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- 5143, including numbers 1-431 (pp. 1-47) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [Ref. JSP/01/09] and stock 760-4954, acquired April 19...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/01/10 Closed

Date(s) of creation: April 1955-October 1959
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.01.10
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSP/01/10
callnumber_txt JSP/01/10
callnumber-sort JSP/01/10
prefix_number 10
title Stock book (Nos. 1-5143)
scb_date_creation April 1955-October 1959
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- 5143, including numbers 1-431 (pp. 1-47) transferred from the company's preceding stock book [Ref. JSP/01/09] and stock 760-4954, acquired April 1955-October 1959. 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. 682 pp. (entries on 665 pp.). Bound. Blue marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2043
scb_conditions_gov_access Closed under data protection legislation until 1st January 2043
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.0001.0010

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