Dowright Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Molloyj, My preliminary estimate of the year of manufacture of your Lachenal No. 90499 is circa 1886. See my comment on dating of the manufacture of Lachenals, posted minutes ago to another thread on this forum (Age of My Anglo?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Crossland Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Also see the excellent information here: http://www.concertinamuseum.com/CM00301.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crane Driver Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Quick check on Ancestry shows Thomas Dawkins, Importer and Manufacturer of Musical Instruments, living at 1 Highgate Rise, Kentish Town in 1861 and 1871. He was 54 in 1871, hence born about 1817. Place of birth Clerkenwell. His wife was Rosetta Weisbert Seiler, from Whitechapel - they married in 1840 and had at least 7 children, one of whom, also a Thomas, seems to have gone into the same business. The elder Thomas died between 1871 and 1881, when Rosetta, a widow, was living very comfortably at 1 Mansfield Villas, Hampstead, with four of her daughters and two servants. So presumably the later instruments are from Thomas the son. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford John Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Hi all - I have a Thomas Dawkins badged 20 key Anglo with serial number 35526 and the address 6, 7, 8 Little Warner Street, Clarkenwell. The ends are flat, they look like rosewood and there's a layer of what looks like leather under the fretwork. Can anyone advise me on its age? Grateful thanks to any experts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Oxford John, check your serial number, I suspect it should be 135526. you will have to take an end off and probably pull a reed pan to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Dawkins was at 6, 7, 8 Little Warner St from the mid 1860s and had left by 1882, so the 5 digit number could be correct and would date to circa 1876. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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