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Yes, it is a Bansall Piano sold by Firth Brothers.

That's interesting, earlier than we had thought. As it was in the Victorian period it might explain the elaborate decoration. I can imagine that as the piano worked its way up to North London, the areas such as Tottenham, Edmonton and Ponders End could have been non-joined up settlements in those da...

Thanks for your very quick reply. There is indeed another number at the opposite (left) end, which I had never spotted before. It is 24267. The two lowest keys, which I think are bone faced, are emobossed with the number 7590. I don't know whether there is any significance in that.

I saw that you were able to give an approximate date for a Bansall on this site, although I understand from what you say that the exact dates against numbers are not listed. I have one too, the number inside the top is F5367 and it has been in my family for 46 years. We acquired it when living in En...