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About S. J. Shrubsole
Sixty-five years ago Eric Shrubsole and his father opened a branch of their London Shop, S.J. Shrubsole, in New York City. Driving a 1936 Packard full of silver across country, Mr. Shrubsole succeeded in building a clientele throughout the United States. Since then we have had the good fortune to work with some of the world's greatest collectors - from the serious, such as Irwin Untermyer and Henry Francais duPont, to the compulsive, such as Arthur Gilbert and William Randolph Hearst, to the compulsively unserious, such as Groucho Marx. And we have dealt with some of the world's greatest rarities - including Paul de Lamerie's magnificent Sutherland wine cistern now in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the Elizabethan ewer and basin in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Ashburnham centerpiece by Nicholas Sprimont in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Although the firm originally focused only on antique English silver, over the years our interests have expanded to include early American silver, Old Sheffield Plate and fine jewelry. Our staff has also expanded, and currently consists of Leslie Sykes-O'Neill, James McConnaughy, Tim Martin and of course Eric Shrubsole who heads the firm. Cumulatively we have 128 years of experience in the field!

Please call to discuss any of the items you see here. As our site shows only a small portion of our stock, we hope you will visit our shop here in Manhattan or our booth at one of the antique shows listed below.

Current Shows:

The Winter Antiques Show
Seventh Regiment Armory
Park Avenue at 66th Street
New York, NY.
January 18-27, 2008

The European Fine Art Fair,
MECC, Maastricht, The Netherlands
March 7-16, 2008

The Philadelphia Antiques Show
The Navy Yard at Pier 1
5100 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
April 12-15, 2008

The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show
Seventh Regiment Armory
Park Avenue at 66th Street
New York, NY.
October 17-23, 2008

Shop Details:

S.J. Shrubsole
104 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
tel.: (212) 753-8920
Fax: (212) 754-5192
email: inquiries@shrubsole.com
Regular Hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 5:30. Saturdays 10:00 to 5:00
Summer Hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day): Monday to Friday 10:00 to 5:00

To celebrate my ninety-fifth birthday, I decided to take a trip to see some of my old clients. I started in Seattle, Washington. I certainly found the gravestones in nice order, well cared for, and tidy. From Seattle I drove to Portland, Oregon—much the same greeted me there, except that I had more friends in Portland, and so needed more time at the cemetery . . .

Enough about my old clients. My partner and step-son Tim Martin is doing a great job with the live ones, and that permanent fixture Jim McConnaughy is still on the phone saying “and how are you today?!”
So together they have produced this smashing website for all their clients—so, enjoy!

Eric Shrubsole

Timothy H Martin
James R. McConnaughy
Leslie Sykes-O'Neill

Pictures from our past.

S.J. Shrubsole circa 1945

Sidney James Shrubsole displaying the Sutherland Wine Cistern by Paul de Lamerie, purchased by our firm in 1961 for a world record price of $ 75,600.

Our London shop circa 1935. This Christopher Wren building was destroyed in World War II.