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Mappin & Webb pierced basket - England
this is a sterling silver hand pierced basket on pedestal foot made by silversmith Mappin & Webb.It has cast raised flower blossoms around the top as well as on the botton edging. It bears English hallmarks: crown (city of Sheffield), lion (sterling silver), letter 'b' (1919) and M&W (silversmith Mappin & Webb). The basket is also marked Mappin & Webb London.
Mappin & Webb is one of the UK's leading retailer of jewellery and silverware and takes its origin from a small silversmith workshop opened in Sheffield by Jonathan Mappin in 1774. In the following years business grew and was expanded by its heirs. In 1858 George Webb (brother-in-law of John Newton Mappin) joned in the business creating Mappin & Webb firm. In 1897 Mappin & Webb was granted of the Royal Warrants for silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen.
The silver basket is 2 1/4 in. high (cm. 6) and 4 1/8 in. (10,5 cm.) across the top and was bought from a Canadian dealer through the Internet.
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