Provenance
Every instrument leaves with a card. We keep the carbon. Between the two, a century of ownership survives.
The card carries the model, the pattern date, the maker's name, the date of signing, and the last week of stand rates. Owners write to the house when an instrument changes hands, and we countersign the card with the new date. A Heliotrope that changed hands four times since 1954 has a card that reads like a short, quiet novel.
Restorations are entered the same way: what was replaced, by whom, and why. The point is not paperwork. The point is that in eighty years someone can hold the card and know exactly which hands made and mended the thing they are winding.
Every card countersigned by the house
What the card carries
| Field | Entry |
|---|---|
| Model | Pattern name and number, as built. |
| Maker | The name inside the base ring. |
| Signed | Date of signing and oiling. |
| Stand rates | The final logged week, in ink. |
| Owners | Countersigned dates of every change of hands. |
| Work | Restorations, parts, and dates. |