Christian Kramer’s snuff box

[i]Concert Room and orchestra anecdotes Vol 1 by Thomas Busby. London 1825At Brighton July 7th 1824, the gentlemen of His Majesty’s private band presented their leader, Mr Kramer, with an elegant gold snuff box value…

The Talented Cooke Family

Their family name was originally ‘Guck’ (to rhyme with ‘Cooke’). Johann Bernhardt Guck of Frankfurt am Main, was a high quality confectioner, said to have worked firstly in Russia, and then set up his business…