| Description | Account current
W Sim, January 1st - December 31st, 1889, with vouchers for that year
Including:
i). Accounts concerning two lots, unidentified, sold by Frederick Mackenzie Fraser at Christies on February 8th . Lot 111 realised £650, lot 112, £130.
ii). Further bill from Christies for packing two pictures on March 22nd, 1889
iii). Bill for a dark green morocco despatch box £3 5s., gilding 'F' and a coronet 1s.6d; solid leather cover for same £2 7s 6d, also stamped with 'F' and a coronet
iv). Bill for a silver toilet tray £6
v). Bill for an old Sheffield coffee pot £1 15s.
vi). Bill for proposed alterations at 3 Chester St., Grosvenor Place
vii). Bill for a flat glass ink bottle £1 15s. and for engraving a crest and monogram on the cover 10s.
viii). Bills for an antique inlaid secretaire and glass case, £10.10s; two inlaid mahogany lamp stands, £5; two Chippendale chairs in silk damask, £12
ix). Bill for a pair pierced bottle stands, £5.
x). Bill for a chased silver box £2 2s and fluted silver basin, £1 15s.
xi). Bill for repairing and repainting two portraits £5; re-lining portrait of a child 15s; two gilt frames 35s; one gilt frame 27s.
xii). Fishmonger's bill
[The vouchers show that Frederick Mackenzie Fraser spent most of the year in London - at 2 Walton St., 14 Conduit St., 7 Park Lane (the Drummond's house).and the Travellers' Club. He was at Castle Fraser in May, part June and part July and had a week at the Fife Arms, Braemar, in May. Frederick had the doctor in at London in January, February, March, April, June, October, November and December.] |