Lot Essay
George Osborne (Limerik 1806 - London 1893) was an Irish composer and pianist who worked in collaboration with Ernst, Ch.de Beriot and others.
Fred Thoms started his career as an apprentice to a watch case maker and established his own business in 1881 or 1883 after changing his location three times he worked at 25 Spencer Street, Clerkenwell untill his death on the 15th October 1930.
Willis. Probably Frederick Willis who was a watch and clock dial maker of 30 Richmond Crescent, Islington.
Fred Thoms started his career as an apprentice to a watch case maker and established his own business in 1881 or 1883 after changing his location three times he worked at 25 Spencer Street, Clerkenwell untill his death on the 15th October 1930.
Willis. Probably Frederick Willis who was a watch and clock dial maker of 30 Richmond Crescent, Islington.