Description
An unusual antique silver plated Cake Serving Plate/Platter of hexagonal form stood on a short pedestal. The surface with all over pierced decoration and having an organic flower head stretching to the rim. Having a stamped Mappin and Webb triple deposit Princes Plate, London and Sheffield makers mark underneath.
Circa 1900 – 1920
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Good Antique Condition with no plate loss, having a few light marks as expected commensurate with light use and age.
10 1/8th inches (26cm) Dia X 1 1/8th inches(3.2cm) height approx
A lovely item
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Jonathan Mappin opened a silver cutlery workshop in Sheffield in 1775. He was followed by his son and 4 grandsons into the family business and Mappin Brothers Ltd was founded in the mid 19th century. In 1849 the firm opened their first London showroom at 17 Fore Street.
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In 1860, John Mappin, the youngest son broke away from Mappin Brothers and started his own business Mappin & Company. John Mappin was joined in the new venture two years later by his brother in law George Webb and in 1868 Mappin and Webb & Co was formed.
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In 1903, John Mappin acquired the original London retail business, Mappin Brothers, and from 1904, the Company was known as ‘Mappin & Webb Ltd incorporating Mappin Brothers’. The double named business is evident in some of the old store photographs from this era which show both Mappins and Mappin & Webb names on shop exteriors.
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Their relationship with the monarchy began in the late 19th Century and was formalised when HM Queen Victoria granted a royal warrant to Mappin & Webb their first as silversmiths, in 1897, the year of The Queen’s diamond jubilee. Mappin & Webb has held a royal warrant as silversmiths to each of the five subsequent sovereigns and today holds a Royal Warrant as Silversmiths to HM The King.
