CASPER and WOLFF

Name CASPER and WOLFF
Skills Retailers, Merchants
Work Locations Hobart
Street Address
Liverpool Street, Hobart
Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Other Approx. 1852-1856: Business partnership, Edward Casper and Henry Wolff

January 1852: Clock and watchmaker Ellis Casper retired and transferred his share of Casper and Son to his son Edward Casper. Edward announced entering a partnership with Henry Wolff of Port Phillip, Victoria. The firm regularly advertised to buy gold and old silver and sold general goods.

1856: Insolvency. The agents appointed to manage the estate held a  public auction to sell the stock, including watches, jewellery, a watchmaker’s show glass, and other items.

References
Hobart Town Advertiser 27 January 1852, 6 April 1852; Colonial Times 6 April 1852; The Courier 4 October 1856; The Hobarton Mercury 24
October 1856.