"Charles Joel Duveen (1871-1940) was born in Hull, England, where his father and uncle founded a successful art and antiques business (Duveen Brothers) which they took to Bond Street, London, and Paris. Charles and his brothers then took it to New York where it became perhaps the most pre-eminent antiques firm of the Gilded Age era. Whereas his brother, Lord Duveen, made a name for himself selling art and porcelain, Charles traded under the name "Charles of London," specializing in rare antiques particularly from the Tudor and Elizabethan period, sourced from the country houses and castles of England's declining aristocracy." -- Adapted from Househistree.com