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by Jolbordi
Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:34 am
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?
Replies: 6
Views: 11015

Re: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?

Hi members I realize this is quiet an old post. I thought I would mention re the company Mappin and Webb,that the other day I noticed their full name painted on the enamel dial of a French boulle clock (inlaid brass and tortoise shell) which would have been around 1880-1890.It seems they were a ret...
by Jolbordi
Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:27 am
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?
Replies: 6
Views: 11015

Re: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?

It seems "M&W" "T&S" combined spoons are not uncommon, curiously always 5+1 . As suggested by agphile , they were most likely commissioned by "M&W” and manufactured by "T&S" (also renowned enamellers). "M&W” London shop was far more famous...
by Jolbordi
Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:54 am
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?
Replies: 6
Views: 11015

Re: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?

In Britain the so-called maker's mark is actually the sponsor's mark. The sponsor can be the maker or, for example, a retailer who has commissioned items from the maker. The most likely explanation seems to me to be that Mappin and Webb commissioned teaspoons from Turner and Simpson, requiring them...
by Jolbordi
Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:40 pm
Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
Topic: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?
Replies: 6
Views: 11015

Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?

Hi to you all fellow forum participants. Hopefully my thread does not break any forum policies which I looked through. Please forgive me if I did as being a non-English speaking person (I am Russian) it is sometimes hard to understand this beautiful language. There are couple of questions I would li...

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