Silver Pair Gibson and Langman Plates

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A Pair of Victorian, sterling silver, impressed, plates.

Made By William Gibson & John Langman of The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. 112 Regent Street London.

The plates are beautifully impressed with floral decoration. Each plate Measures: 9.6″ diameter, one plate weights 540grams, the other 604 grams

A Pair of Victorian, sterling silver, impressed, plates

Hallmarked London, 1893

Condition
Very Good
Country of Origin
England
Maker
Gibson & Langman / Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co See additional information below
Material
Sterling Silver
Type / Pattern
Impressed Floral
Year
1893
Dimensions
9.6″ Diameter

Silver Maker Background

The firm was established in 1880 by William Gibson (d. 1913) and John Lawrence Langman (1846-1928).
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.
The firm participated to a number of national and international exhibitions, as 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.)

CHRONOLOGY
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co – 1880 – 1898
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd – from 1898
amalgamated with Garrard & Co – 1952

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Description

SOLD

A Pair of Victorian, sterling silver, impressed, plates.

Made By William Gibson & John Langman of The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. 112 Regent Street London.

The plates are beautifully impressed with floral decoration. Each plate Measures: 9.6″ diameter, one plate weights 540grams, the other 604 grams

A Pair of Victorian, sterling silver, impressed, plates.

Hallmarked London, 1893

Condition
Very Good
Country of Origin
England
Maker
Gibson & Langman / Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co See additional information below
Material
Sterling Silver
Type / Pattern
Impressed Floral
Year
1893
Dimensions
9.6″ Diameter

Silver Maker Background

The firm was established in 1880 by William Gibson (d. 1913) and John Lawrence Langman (1846-1928).
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.
The firm participated to a number of national and international exhibitions, as 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.)

CHRONOLOGY
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co – 1880 – 1898
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd – from 1898
amalgamated with Garrard & Co – 1952

Additional information

Metal

Sterling Silver

Weight

Combined for two plates, 1147 grams

Year of Manufacture

1893 London