John Pound Information

John Pound delivers luxury leather goods witch is inspired by its 193 years of British Heritage and giving back to people thought Charity History John Pound & Co. was a manufacturer and retailer of high quality luggage and luxury dressing cases. The business was originally started by John Pound's father, Henry Pound, who established the company in Leadenhall Street, London, in 1823 with his partner Mr. Tasker. Pound & Tasker were makers of trunks and packing cases. Tasker died in 1857 and Henry Pound admitted his son into the business. John Pound took control of the company following his father's death and he developed the business into one of the largest of its kind in Britain.As well as luggage and dressing cases, John Pound & Co, also made and sold hunting bags, hat cases, writing cases and purses. In todays money the product range started at around £100, going up to £10,000. In the 1950s a branch of John Pound put on display a bag bought 90 years earlier that had been used by three generations since it was sold. They displayed this as a testament to the quality and craftsmanship of the products. John Pound was run by three generation of the Pound family until John Lewis bought the brand in the 1950s.