W. Priest, appraiser and upholster, is recorded at 17 and 24 Water Street, London from 1837-1893. Many known pieces of furniture bear his stamp or trade label at his adress. Labels from his Tudor Street address describe his business as a 'Furniture Warehouse'. It is threfore probable that Priest was also selling secondhand items, labelled furniture dates from c. 1790 to the mid-Victorian period. (G. Beard and C. Gilbert, eds. The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p.717).