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SILVER FRUIT BOWL BY ADIE BROTHERS LTD.
Birmingham, 1934
Stamped with Makers mark and British hallmark
7.75 in (20 cm) high
7 in (18 cm) diameter
Gross weight: 1088 grams
Founded in 1775 as a small silver atelier in Sheffield,
England, Mappin & Webb is now famed for its
exquisite jewellery, silverware, glassware, watches and
lifestyle accessories. With a list of illustrious clientele
to its credit, including the Queen of France Marie
Antoinette, the last Czar of Russia Nicholas II, Winston
Churchill, Charles Dickens, Harry Houdini and Grace
Kelly, Mappin & Webb has established itself as a
premier luxury brand catering to the true connoisseur.
The company was started by Jonathan Mappin, and
gradually expanded by his son and grandsons. In
1849, with a showroom opening in London, Joseph
Mappin,great grandson, incorporated the business
as Mappin Brothers Ltd. with his three brothers. In
1860 the youngest brother, John Mappin, broke away
and started his own business, Mappin & Company at
77 - 78 Oxford Street, London, and was joined by his
brother-in-law, George Webb, two years later. Mappin,
Webb & Co. was formed in 1864, even as Mappin
Brothers Ltd.-owned Joseph and Edward Mappin-
expanded with stores opening around the world. The
two companies were consolidated in 1899 when John
Mappin acquired Mappin Brothers Ltd.
Mappin &Webb’s relationship with theMonarchy was
formalised in 1897, when Her Majesty Queen Victoria
granted them a Royal Warrant as silversmiths. Mappin
& Webb has held a Royal Warrant as silversmiths to
each of the subsequent sovereigns. Today, Mappin &
Webb holds a Royal Warrant as Jewellers, Goldsmiths
and Silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen and as
Silversmiths to His Royal Highness The Prince of
Wales.
MAPPIN & WEBB
(Lots 29‒30)
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