Sherlockian.Net: Canonical companies

Compiled by Karen Murdock (murdock1212@gmail.com)

A.D.P (an A D P brier-root pipe —"Silver Blaze," Doubleday 341)

"Ayrshires" (Glasgow and South-Western Railway) ("You wouldn't mind my testing you, will you? Let me see. How are Ayrshires?" —"The Stock-Broker's Clerk," Doubleday 365)

Bank of England (It was a lady's hand-bag which stood upon the study table—a trim little hand-bag of crocodile-skin and silver. Holmes opened it and turned the contents out. There were twenty fifty-pound notes of the Bank of England, held together by an india-rubber band—nothing else. —"The Dancing Men," Doubleday 520)

Bank of France ("We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources and borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of France. It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar." —"The Red-headed League," Doubleday 187)

Benz (Mercedes-Benz) (One of these was his present companion, Baron Von Herling, the chief secretary of the legation, whose huge 100-horse-power Benz car was blocking the country lane as it waited to waft its owner back to London. —"His Last Bow," Doubleday 971)

British Broken Hills ("And British Broken Hills?" —"The Stock-Broker's Clerk," Doubleday 365). Now called The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, it is the largest mining company in Australia.

Burberry (The man was dressed only in his Burberry overcoat, his trousers, and an unlaced pair of canvas shoes. —"The Lion's Mane," Doubleday 1084)

Canadian Pacific Railway ("What do you make of these?" asked Holmes. "They appear to be lists of Stock Exchange Securities. I thought that 'J.H.N.' were the initials of a broker and that 'C.P.R.' may have been his client." "Try Canadian Pacific Railway," said Holmes. —"Black Peter," Doubleday 562)

Capital and Counties Bank ("he has 220 pounds standing to his credit in the Capital and Counties Bank." —"The Man With the Twisted Lip," Doubleday 234 "The Capital and Counties Bank, Oxford Street branch are my agents." —"The Priory School," Doubleday 554 "He had also a check-book on the Woolwich branch of the Capital and Counties Bank. Through this his identity was established." —"The Bruce-Partington Plans," Doubleday 916)

Christie's ("It needs careful handling, Watson. This is the real egg-shell pottery of the Ming dynasty. No finer piece ever passed through Christie's." —"The Illustrious Client," Doubleday 995 "Now and again I drive down to Sotheby's or Christie's. Otherwise I very seldom leave my room." —"The Three Garridebs," Doubleday 1048)

Chubb ("I soon found Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door." —"A Scandal in Bohemia," Doubleday 168 "Who has the key of this bureau?" "The professor keeps it on his watch-chain." "Is it a simple key?" "No, sir, it is a Chubb's key." —"The Golden Pince-Nez," Doubleday 614)

City and Suburban Bank ("There is Mortimer's, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane's carriage-building depot." —"The Red-headed League," Doubleday 185)

Cox & Co. (Somewhere in the vaults of Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, there is a travel-worn and battered tin dispatch-box with my name, John H. Watson, M.D., Late Indian Army, painted upon the lid. It is crammed with papers, nearly all of which are records of cases to illustrate the curious problems which Mr. Sherlock Holmes had at various times to examine. —"The Problem of Thor Bridge," Doubleday 1054)

Cook's (Otherwise why should not her luggage have been openly labelled for Baden? Both she and it reached the Rhenish spa by some circuitous route. This much I gathered from the manager of Cook's local office. —"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," Doubleday 944)

Crédit Lyonnais ("I have no doubt that he has twenty banking accounts; the bulk of his fortune abroad in the Deutsche Bank or the CrŽdit Lyonnais as likely as not." —"The Valley of Fear," Doubleday 777 "To Miss Marie Devine. There is nothing to show where the check was drawn. It was cashed at the CrŽdit Lyonnais at Montpellier less than three weeks ago." —"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," Doubleday 943 "Here is the forged check in the same year on the CrŽdit Lyonnais." "No; you're wrong there." —"The Mazarin Stone," Doubleday 1018)

Crown Derby ("You don't happen to have a Raphael or a first folio of Shakespeare without knowing it?" "No, I don't think I have anything rarer than a Crown Derby tea-set." —"The Three Gables," Doubleday 1027)

Cunard (The same evening papers had an announcement which I was bound, sick or well, to carry to my friend. It was simply that among the passengers on the Cunard boat Ruritania, starting from Liverpool on Friday, was the Baron Adelbert Gruner, who had some important financial business to settle in the States before his impending wedding to Miss Violet de Merville, only daughter of, etc., etc. —"The Illustrious Client," Doubleday 994)

Deutsche Bank ("I have no doubt that he has twenty banking accounts; the bulk of his fortune abroad in the Deutsche Bank or the CrŽdit Lyonnais as likely as not." —"The Valley of Fear," Doubleday 777)

Ford (The secretary lay back in the cushions of the luxurious limousine, with his thoughts so full of the impending European tragedy that he hardly observed that has his car swung round the village street it nearly passed over a little Ford coming in the opposite direction. —"His Last Bow," Doubleday 974)

Harris (Was dressed, when last seen, in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert chain, and gray Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over elastic-sided boots. —"A Case of Identity," Doubleday 197)

Johann Faber ("What could this NN be? It is at the end of a word. You are aware that Johann Faber is the most common maker's name. Is it not clear that there is just as much of the pencil left as usually follows the Johann?" —"The Three Students," Doubleday 599)

Lloyd's (He took a large sheet of paper from his pocket, all covered with dates and names. "I have spent the whole day," said he, "over Lloyd's registers and files of the old papers, following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in '83." —"The Five Orange PipsFIVE)

New Zealand Consolidated ("And New Zealand consolidated?" "A hundred and four." —"The Stockbroker's Clerk," Doubleday 365)

Pinkerton's ("But you've heard of Pinkerton's?" "I've read of some folk of that name." "Well, you can take it from me you've no show when they are on your trail. It's not a take-it-or-miss-it government concern. It's a dead earnest business proposition that's out for results and keeps out till by hook or crook it gets them. If a Pinkerton man is deep in this business, we are all destroyed." —"The Valley of Fear," Doubleday 854 "This is Mr. Leverton, of Pinkerton's American Agency." "The hero of the Long Island cave mystery?" said Holmes. "Sir, I am pleased to meet you." —"The Red Circle," Doubleday 908)

Pullman (We had the corner of a Pullman car to ourselves that evening as we whirled back to London, and I fancy that the journey was a short one to Colonel Ross as well as to myself as we listened to our companion's narrative of the events which had occurred at the Dartmoor training-stables upon that Monday night, and the means by which he had unravelled them. —"Silver Blaze," Doubleday 348)

Remington (A maid showed me in without ceremony, and as I entered the sitting-room a lady, who was sitting before a Remington typewriter, sprang up with a pleasant smile of welcome. —"The Hound of the Baskervilles," Doubleday 733)

Reuter's (As far as I know, there have been only three accounts in the public press: that in the Journal de GenŹve on May 6th, 1891, the Reuter's dispatch in the English papers on May 7th, and finally the recent letters to which I have alluded. —"The Final Problem," Doubleday 469)

Smith and Wesson (When he returned home he made his own preparations for the grim evening in front of him. First he cleaned, oiled, and loaded his Smith & Wesson revolver. —"The Valley of Fear," Doubleday 861)

Sotheby's ("I could perhaps suggest that the set should be valued by an expert." "Excellent, Watson! You scintillate to-day. Suggest Christie or Sotheby. Your delicacy prevents your putting a price for yourself." —"The Illustrious Client," Doubleday 995 "Now and again I drive down to Sotheby's or Christie's. Otherwise I very seldom leave my room." —"The Three Garridebs," Doubleday 1048)

Swan and Edison (The young heir glanced round with a gloomy face. "It's no wonder my uncle felt as if trouble were coming on him in such a place as this," said he. "It's enough to scare any man. I'll have a row of electric lamps up here inside of six months, and you won't know it again, with a thousand candle-power Swan and Edison right here in front of the hall door." —"The Hound of the Baskervilles," Doubleday 702)

Vaseline ("With vaseline upon one's forehead, belladonna in one's eyes, rough over the cheek-bones, and crusts of beeswax round one's lips, a very satisfying effect can be produced." —"The Dying Detective," Doubleday 941)

Weiss & Co. (and an ivory-handled knife with a very delicate, inflexible blade marked Weiss & Co., London. "This is a very singular knife," said Holmes, lifting it up and examining it minutely. "I presume, as I see blood-stains upon it, that it is the one which was found in the dead man's grasp. Watson, this knife is surely in your line?" "It is what we call a cataract knife," said I. —"Silver Blaze," Doubleday 342)

Wilton (These articles, with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre. —"The Speckled Band," Doubleday 267)

Winchester (Below it stated that a guard of police, armed with Winchester rifles, had been requisitioned for the defense of the office. —"The Valley of Fear," Doubleday 840)