A Worcester porcelain coffee set with six nine carat gold spoons, Mappin & Webb Ltd., London, 1929
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August 12, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Worcester porcelain coffee set with six nine carat gold spoons Mappin & Webb Ltd., London 1929
comprising six coffee cups and saucers, black bodies decorated with gilt garlands, gilt rims and handles, the cups and saucers stamped to undersides, each spoon marked to the underside Mappin & Webb 9kt; in fitted original presentation case with an engraved presentation plaque, retailer's label '2, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.'
saucer 11cm., 4 1/3 in. diameter; teaspoon 10cm., 4in. long
weight of the spoons 57gr., 1oz 17dwt.
The inscription refers to the golden wedding of Ernest James Brown (12 December 1860 – 27 August 1947), eldest son of James Brown of Morden Cliff, Lewisham and Braintree, Essex, and his wife, Harriott Mary 'Hattie' (née Messent, 14 November 1858 - 1945), who were married on 5 October 1882 at the Congregational Church, North Finchley, Essex. In 1909 Mr. Brown, a building contractor and sometime manufacturer of bicycles, was president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers and later director of the London Master Builders' Association.
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