Identity area
Reference code
2021.43.2
Title
Gilbert Saddler Spotted Jockey Silk
Date(s)
- undated [1900-1920] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1
Context area
Name of creator
(1880s-11972)
Administrative history
Ducker Gilbert (1854–1930) was a saddler in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire and appears in the 1888 Kelly’s Directory as a saddler and harness maker on the High Street of the town. His oldest son, William Ducker Gilbert (1884–1963) was also trained as a saddler. At one point the company was said to have held a Royal Warrant. In 1963, the company, reported to have supplied racing colours and horse clothing to racing owners, trainers and jockeys for generations, was taken over by H. McCalmont, a National Hunt amateur rider.
Sources: Kelly’s Directory; UK Census, Birth and Death records;
The Times.
Sources: Kelly’s Directory; UK Census, Birth and Death records;
The Times.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
White or cream silk jacket with large spots appliqued all over in bight green silk.