Sales daybook

Sales daybook (15 November 1948-26 September 1950) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book of prime entry in which John Sparks Ltd recorded sales invoices issued to its clients for goods or services supplied in the course of its trade. Entries in the daybook record the stock number...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/03/11 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 15 November 1948-26 September 1950
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.03.11
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSP/03/11
callnumber_txt JSP/03/11
callnumber-sort JSP/03/11
prefix_number 11
title Sales daybook
scb_date_creation 15 November 1948-26 September 1950
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 Sales daybook (15 November 1948-26 September 1950) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Book of prime entry in which John Sparks Ltd recorded sales invoices issued to its clients for goods or services supplied in the course of its trade. Entries in the daybook record the stock number of goods supplied , , date of invoice, name of client account, brief description of goods supplied or services vended, page number for client account in Sales ledger in which invoice posted , value of individual invoice (£-s-d), and total value of invoices (£-s-d). Invoice entries are arranged chronologically in the daybook by date, with a running total of invoices for each month at bottom of page (£-s-d). Daybook also records 'Credits' posted to client accounts by John Sparks Ltd for goods returned to the company, November 1948-September 1950 (pp. 578-600). Credit entries record: stock number of returned goods, date credit issued, name of client account, brief description of returned goods, page number for client account in Sales ledger in which credit posted , and value of credit (£-s-d). Credit entries arranged in reverse order by date, with running total of credit for each month at bottom of each page (£-s-d). Ruled paper. Handwritten. 1 volume. 603 pp. (600 containing entries). Brown and blue marbled endpapers. No cover. No spine.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2034
scb_conditions_gov_access Closed under data protection legislation until 1st January 2034
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.0003.0011

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