Diller, David & John

5 Chandos St, Covent Garden, London; portable furniture maker, writing desk and dressing case manufacturers (fl.1837–45)

Trade card lists ‘Ladies Work & Jewel Boxes, Ebony Inlaid & Buhl Inkstands, Copying Machines, Tea Chests, Liquor Cases & Medicine Chests’. The Royal accounts of September 1837 show the firm supplying six ebonized ink stands, seven rosewood and three ebony tray stands; whilst bills of 30 June 1840 and 25 June 1841 include sycamore and mahogany trays. Gentlemen's travelling mahogany toilet box recorded, with hinged, leather-lined lid enclosing mirror, phials, trays, boxes, an inkwell and shaving fittings. Listed in the London Post Office Directory 1845.  See George Christian Diller:  https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/diller-george-christian-1819-37

Source: DEFM