Lund

The Lund business was established in 1796. By 1841, Thomas Lund was trading from 56 & 57 Cornhill, London, as a cutler and writing-desk maker, offering an extensive range of portable writing desks, dressing cases, cutlery, pocket books and other fancy goods.

Thomas’s son, William Lund, had established his own manufactory and retail shop at 24 Fleet Street in 1835. Having previously served his apprenticeship under William Anderson, a cutler and razor manufacturer at the same address, William traded as a manufacturer of dressing cases, fine cutlery and other luxury goods.

Thomas and William initially operated independently. Following Thomas Lund’s death in 1845, William continued to develop his own business, and by 1852 the two concerns had been amalgamated under his control, with premises at 23 & 24 Fleet Street and 56 & 57 Cornhill. The Fleet Street premises later expanded further to include No. 25.

William Lund developed a particularly broad manufacturing business, producing travelling bags, desks, dressing cases, pocket books, cutlery and ivory goods, alongside a number of patented inventions and practical accessories.

Following William’s death on 4 February 1872, the business passed to his son Charles Lund and continued under the name William Lund & Son. By the 1890s, the firm was operating from 56 & 57 Cornhill, with its manufactory at 25 Fleet Street, and continued to manufacture dressing cases, travelling goods, cutlery and a wide variety of luxury and practical articles.