London Silver Makers Archives - Antique Boxes

William Comyns

Antique Boxes — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:15:30 +0000

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.

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Mappin & Webb

Antique Boxes — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:00:46 +0000

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

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Stephen J Rose Silver Maker Hallmark

Antique Boxes — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:29:33 +0000

Stephen J Rose Silver Maker

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