Early 20th Century George V Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Sauce Boats London 1914 Mappin & Webb

£ 1,150.00

A stunning pair of shaped gadroon border silver sauce boats sitting on a oval pedestal foot.

 

Description

A stunning pair of shaped gadroon border silver sauce boats sitting on a oval pedestal foot.  The handle is scroll formed and has a decorative acanthus leaf thumb piece for highlights.

 

Weight:  25.8 troy ounces/803 grams

Length:  8 inches/20cm

Width:  4 inches/10cm

Height:  4.75 inches/12cm (foot to top of rim)

Condition:  Excellent throughout

Price:  £1150

 

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.[1]

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.

Mappin & Webb expanded internationally beginning in the 1890s. Its first overseas store was established in Johannesburg and stores soon followed in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Biarritz, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Cairo and Bombay. However all international stores closed in the second half of the 20th century.[2]