Pryke & Palmer


Pryke & Palmer Ltd. was a company of ironmongers and builders' merchants, in the City of London, England. Their illustrated and extensive catalogues have become sought after by collectors, with some reproduced in facsimile editions.
In 1925 the company's Chairman, William Robert Pryke, served as Lord Mayor of London and was subsequently created a Baronet. His son, Dudley Pryke, later 2nd Baronet, spent his entire life working for the firm, rising to be managing director.
Their catalogues show them as located at 40 & 41, Upper Thames Street, London E.C. 4. They also had premises at Broken Wharf, in the Port of London, nearby. By 1930, they had showrooms on Newman Street/Oxford Street, in central London.

Products

An idea of the vast range of products made or stocked by Pryke & Palmer can be gleaned from their 807-page "Catalogue of General Hardware", circa 1920, held by the Museum of English Rural Life: