John Mallett (1826-1908), a jeweller and silversmith, founded Mallett in Bath in 1865, the business expanded when Walter Ellis Mallett (1853-1929), John's son, joined the firm in the late 1870s. Mallett took over a former 18th century church called The Octagon in Bath in the 1890s; they opened a gallery in London by 1903, and their galleries at 40 New Bond Street in London in 1908. Francis Mallett joined the firm in 1937; Francis was a noted collector, and left his collection of clocks, watches and ivories to the Ashmolean Museum on his death. The firm opened a Continental Works of Art gallery at Bourdon House, Davies Street in 1961. Mallett became a PLC (Public Limited Company) listed on the UK Stock Exchange in 1987.
John Francis Mallett was elected president of the BADA in 1927.
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Mallett & Son, interior at The Octagon, Bath, c.1900. Photograph, Connoisseur 1903.
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Mallett & Son, New Bond Street shop interior, 1949. Photograph, Antique Collector, March 1949.
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Mallett & Son, New Bond Street shop, interior, 1949. Photograph, Antique Collector, July 1949.
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Mallet & Son, The Octagon, Bath, interior 1926. Image courtesy of Chris Coles.
| Mallett and Son |
c.1865 |
| Mallett |
c.1907 |
| Mallett PLC |
1987 |
| Mallett at Bourden House |
1961 - 2000 |
| General Antiques: General Antiques |
1920 |
| Dealers in New and Antique English and Oriental Jewellery, Plate and Objets d'Art |
1900 |
| antique dealers |
c.1907 |
| Antique Dealers |
c.1920 - c.1930 |
| 40, New Bond Street, W1, London, England
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c.1910 - 1991 |
| The Octagon, Bath, Avon, England
|
1900 - 1937 |
| 36, 37, 43 Milsom Street, Bath, Avon, England
|
1899 - 1901 |
| 36 Milsom Street, Bath, Avon, England
|
1894 - 1899 |
| Bourdon House, 2 Davies Street, W.1, London, England
|
1961 - 2000 |
| 141 New Bond Street, W.1, London, England
|
1991 - 2000 |
| 25 East 69th Street, New York, USA
|
1975 |
| 25 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, England
|
1903 |
