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- Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:34 am
- Forum: Birmingham Hallmarks
- Topic: Enamelled coffee spoon set: mysterious connection between Mappin & Webb and Turner & Simpson?
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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...
- 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
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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...
- 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
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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...
- 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
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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...