English Silver Makers Archives - Antique Boxes https://antique-boxes.com/makers-marks/silver-makers-marks/english-silver-makers/ Information and Price Guide to Antique Boxes Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:58:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 William Comyns https://antique-boxes.com/william-comyns/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:15:30 +0000 http://antique-boxes.com/?p=636 William Comyns Silver Maker Marks and Information. William Comyns, silversmith, was apprenticed from 1849 to 1856 with George J. Richards of Clerkenwell. He registered his mark on 26 January 1859…

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]]> William Comyns Silver Maker Marks and Information. William Comyns, silversmith, was apprenticed from 1849 to 1856 with George J. Richards of Clerkenwell. He registered his mark on 26 January 1859 and is recorded as a plateworker, of 2 Carlyle Street, Soho Square. From 1869, he was at 1 Percy Mews, Rathbone Place; from 1878 at 16 Silver Street, Gonden Square, and from 1888 at 41 Beak Street. Three sons are recorded and they succeeded to the business at the time of his death. A new mark was registered in 1912 and the business remained in the family until 1953. (Charlotte Gere).

William Comyns produced many different silver items including boxes, frames, mirrors, decanters and novelty items such as the wheelbarrow below. One of the most renown design features of William Comyns are the flourishes, cherubs or putti, nymphs and natural foliage.

A Victorian silver cigarette box by William Comyns Victorian Silver Mounted Goliath Clock William Comyns A GOOD LATE 19TH CENTURY SILVER AND ENAMEL CASKET by William Comyns. An Edwardian silver-mounted cut-glass wheelbarrow centerpiece, William Comyns & Sons Ltd Cast silver-gilt waist buckle in the form of a nymph amongst water-lilies. William Comyns An Edwardian silver box by William Comyns & Sons, London 1904, Silver Makers Mark for William Comyns and Sons c1927 Silver maker mark for William Comyns

 

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]]> 636 Mappin & Webb https://antique-boxes.com/mappin-webb/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:00:46 +0000 http://antique-boxes.com/?p=491 Mappin & Webb traces its origins to 1775, when Jonathan Mappin opened a silver workshop in Sheffield, then as now a major centre of the English silver trade. The business…

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]]> Mappin & Webb traces its origins to 1775, when Jonathan Mappin opened a silver workshop in Sheffield, then as now a major centre of the English silver trade. The business eventually became Mappin Brothers.

One of Jonathan Mappin’s great grandsons, John Mappin, started his own business in London, Mappin & Company, in 1860, which became Mappin, Webb & Co. in 1862 after John Mappin was joined by his brother-in-law George Webb. The first Mappin & Webb store opened in 1860 at 77-78 Oxford Street, London and the company’s candelabras, fine silverware and vanity products swiftly gained renown. As a natural progression from silverware, Mappin & Webb began designing jewellery. Mappin, Webb & Co. acquired Mappin Brothers in 1903. Reference: Wikipedia

An Art Deco silver cigarette / cigar box by Mappin & Webb, A SILVER TWIN COMPARTMENT CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX Mappin & Webb sterling box, c. 1905 Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer: an Elizabeth II commemorative silver jewel box Mappin & Webb Retailer's Mark Mappin & Webb Silver Makers Mark plus Lion Passant for Sterling Silver, Leopards Head Assay Mark for London

 

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]]> 491 Henry Matthews Silver Maker Hallmark https://antique-boxes.com/henry-matthews-silver-maker/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:11:29 +0000 https://www.antique-boxes.com/?p=149 Henry Matthews Silver Maker Hallmark  

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Henry Matthews Silver Maker - Silver Framed Mirror Pair of Henry Matthews Silver Mounted Scent Bottles Henry Matthews Silver Makers Mark Henry Matthews silver card case Henry Matthews Silver Maker Marks for Birmingham 1905

 

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]]> 149 William Aitken Silver Maker Hallmark https://antique-boxes.com/william-aitken-silver-maker/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:13:04 +0000 https://www.antique-boxes.com/?p=139   William Aitken Silver Maker Hallmark  

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William Aitken Silver Inkstand William Aitken Silver Makers Hallmark

William Aitken Silver Maker Hallmark

 

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]]> 139 William Adams silver maker Hallmark https://antique-boxes.com/william-adams-silver-maker/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:00:28 +0000 https://www.antique-boxes.com/?p=135 William Adams silver maker Hallmark

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]]> 135 Stephen J Rose Silver Maker Hallmark https://antique-boxes.com/stephen-j-rose-silver-maker/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:29:33 +0000 https://www.antique-boxes.com/?p=132   Stephen J Rose Silver Maker  

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Stephen J Rose Silver Maker

 

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