Description: On the back is inscribed: The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd. 112, Regent St. The silver is marked with WG/JL, Lion with Tiger.Faux Tortoise shell with a sterling silver clip letter holder.5-7/8" or 14.5 cm x 4-1/8" or 11 cm Overall 1-1/2" or 4 cm tall.Overall weight:107 grams Mounted onto the Rectangle backing is the most adorable cast Cherub or Putti figure standing on a classical urn of flowers and waving a ribbon garland. The silver is hallmarked for London 1891, a true Victorian example; the makers initials are also present, WG & JB, for the silversmith. In 1880 William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman acquired premises at 112, Regent Street, London and founded The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company. The firm produced a wide range of items from solid silver tableware and cutlery, jewellery and watches to electroplaters, trophies and surgical instruments. In 1898 the expanded and well-known firm became a limited company and added "Ltd" to its name. Goldsmiths & Silversmiths CompanyWilliam Gibson (d. 1913) and John Lawrence Langman (1846 - 1928) established the Goldsmith and Silversmith Co in 1880. The firm was active at 112 Regent Street, London acquiring the premises previously used by John Joseph Mechi. In 1893, the firm absorbed The Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd (late A.B. Savory & Sons) and in 1898 became the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd being active as jewellers, dealers in diamonds and precious stones, silversmiths, electroplaters and watch and clock makers. In 1952, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd was amalgamated with Garrard & Co Ltd. firm and participated in a number of national and international exhibitions: Indian and Colonial Exhibition (London, 1886), Paris (1889), Chicago (1893), California (1894), Paris (1900) and Franco-British Exhibition (London, 1908). The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co was active with manufactories at Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell; Regent Works, Sheffield and Rue St George, Paris and as retailer of items supplied by various British gold and silver manufacturers (Martin Hall & Co Ltd, W&G Sissons, Wakely & Wheeler, William Comyns, Harrison Brothers & Howson, etc.)
Price: 395 USD
Location: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Brand: Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Pattern: Cherub
Composition: Sterling Silver (.925)
Type: Letter holder
Style: Victorian
Age: 1850-1899
