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, London 1935
Rectangular form, engine-turned cover, polished sides, with shaped corners, length 23.4cm.
Sold for £687 at Bonham’s
A SILVER TWIN COMPARTMENT CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX WITH DETACHABLE SPIRIT LIGHTER
MARK OF MAPPIN & WEBB, LONDON, 1927
Rectangular with double lids, bun feet and cylindrical rail handles, wood-lined, the lighter situated between the covers and with two matches, each with flame finial
13¼ in. long (33.7 cm.)
Sold for
Mappin & Webb sterling box, c. 1905, England, Edwardian silver box with Orientalist-style repousse decoration and mahogany interior, hallmarked under lid and base and “Mappin & Webb London” under base, 3″h x 9.5″l x 5″w
Sold For: $600 at
Millea Bros Ltd
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer: an Elizabeth II commemorative silver jewel box, Gerald Benney for Mappin & Webb, London, 1981
oval, engraved with stylized flowers within lattice, lid engraved with arms for Lady Diana Spencer and The Prince of Wales, oval reserve on base inscribed “THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER 29th JULY 1981”, with a lined velvet interior and internal cover, in original Mappin & Webb fitted box, lid set with plaque inscribed “William Hill Trophy York 1983”
marked on rim and engraved on base “DESIGNED BY GERALD BENNEY” “MAPPIN & WEBB LTD”
5 1/8 in.
13cm
Sold for 3,438 USD at Sothebys
Mappin & Webb Retailer’s Mark
Mappin & Webb Silver Makers Mark plus Lion Passant for Sterling Silver, Leopards Head Assay Mark for London and date letter for 1900