Jewellery case
Kitching and Abud (founded 1824)
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1847 (circa)
Materials
Leather, satin, velvet, metal, and paper.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288791.2
Summary
Narrow oblong fitted case for a set of three linked gold dress studs. The case, by Kitching & Abud, has a deep red leather cover, with a cream satin and velvet lining. The retailer's label applied to the inside lid.
Full description
The fitted case for a set of dress studs, probably the ‘set of studs with Opals Rubies and diamonds’ purchased by Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-1886) from Kitching & Abud on 8 December 1847 for £22.0.0 (Derbyshire Record Office, D2375/E/A/6/2/159). They were described in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case as a 'set of opal & ruby studs diamond centre set in dark blue enamel' (Derbyshire Record Office, D22375/H/F/2/27).
Provenance
Fitted case for a set of dress studs, probably those purchased on 8 December 1847 by Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86) from Kitching & Abud and described as a ‘set of studs with Opals Rubies and diamonds’; present at Calke Abbey in 1886, when described in the inventory of the family jewel case as a ‘set of opal & ruby studs diamond centre set in dark blue enamel’. Thence by descent to Henry Harpur-Crewe (1921-91) and transferred with Calke Abbey and its contents to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax in 1985 with an endowment provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside lid, central.: Kitching & Abud Jewellers to the Queen, 46, Conduit St.
Makers and roles
Kitching and Abud (founded 1824), jeweller Kitching and Abud (founded 1824), retailer