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Subject: 1800 shipping seal from "londres"
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: islandgus-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 20 Nov 2005 16:00 PST
Expires: 20 Dec 2005 16:00 PST
Question ID: 595574
i am looking for  informatin on a business which i believe was based in
london around 1800.  It was called bewickes and lucas.  The name came
off a lead shipping seal which had "Fabrica de Londres" on the opposite
side. another shipping seal had "ewickes lucas londres on one face
other side was blank.  A previous seal had a date 1804. i can provide
photos.

Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 20 Nov 2005 17:06 PST
Dear islandgus,

I have searched old London business directories, but none of them
listed any company of that name. If you could provide links to photos
of the seals, this may prove helpful for interpreting the words.

Regards,
Scriptor

Clarification of Question by islandgus-ga on 21 Nov 2005 05:55 PST
i will be happy to but I am not certain where i can post them.  any
suggestions.  The seal had Fabrica de Londres on one side.  I am
assuming there is no Londres in Spain and this referes to London
england but assumptions can be wrong.  the seal is from a shipwreck
which appears to have been coming from Europe and sank around 1800. 
based on armaments it appears spainish but the seal sure seems to be
from England.

Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 21 Nov 2005 09:10 PST
Dear islandgus,

You can upload the photos at ImageShack, a free image hosting service:
http://imageshack.us/

Once you have done so, simply provide links to the images, so my
colleagues and I can view them.

Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 21 Nov 2005 10:13 PST
islandgus-ga,
It would be helpful as neither bewickes nor ewickes is a British
surname while Wickes is. It may help the researcher to see the object.
answerfinder-ga

Clarification of Question by islandgus-ga on 21 Nov 2005 11:20 PST
http://img130.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0984edited6mz.jpg
http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/2143/img0986edited1xo.jpg

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/2189/img0988edited4td.jpg
http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/575/img0985edited4jd.jpg

NOT SURE HOW WELL THESE WILL COME ACROSS  the seals have not been cleaned.

Clarification of Question by islandgus-ga on 21 Nov 2005 13:34 PST
this photo maybe a bit clearer
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6291/img0996edited0xl.jpg

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 21 Nov 2005 16:04 PST
Interesting question!

I found a few 19th-century references that contain the word Bewickes,
but always as a simple plural for the surname, Bewicke, e.g., the
Bewickes of Leicestershire.

Bewicke, though not a common surname, is not terribly rare, either.

Nothing found yet for 'Bewickes and Lucas', but I just wanted to alert
you and others to the possibility that the name is actually a
pluralization of the surname Bewicke.


pafalafa-ga
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