N. BLOOM & SON

• 47791 - Retail sale of antiques including antique books in stores

N. Bloom & Son was founded by my grandfather, Nathan Bloom, in 1912 N. Bloom & Son was founded by my grandfather, Nathan Bloom, in 1912. He was a silversmith, and the firm traded from a small Georgian house on the border of the City of London, in an extension of Bishopsgate called Norton Folgate. This is a corruption of the Northern Fold Gate; where stray animals were impounded at the northern city gate. I joined the company in 1953 straight from school. My grandfather had by then opened a business in New York. Whilst we still did some manufacturing, mostly we bought and restored in our own workshop large quantities of Sheffield and Victorian plate, which we shipped over to New York for sale. My uncle ran the business in London. We also dealt in fine quality Georgian silver; one of the first things I remember being a magnificent silver-gilt double tea and coffee set by the famous silversmith Paul Storr. Apart from two complete tea and coffee sets, there were toast-racks, egg-cruets,..

Also known as: N BLOOM & SON LIMITED

Registration numbers: 04756519 (CH)

Primary location: London United Kingdom