ANTIQUE 20thC ENGLISH SOLID SILVER MUSIC SHEET STANDS, CARRINGTON & CO c.1910
20th Century English pair of cast silver music sheet stands, each modelled with a Classical maiden playing a lyre standing above scrolling acanthus leaves with a frieze of leaves below.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1910 (p), Maker C&Co (Carrington & Co)
Reference Number: A7289
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century English rare pair of cast solid silver music sheet stands, each modelled with a Classical maiden playing a lyre standing above scrolling acanthus leaves with a frieze of leaves below. Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1910 (p), Maker C&Co (Carrington & Co)
John Bodman Carrington was a British silversmith and jeweller. In 1870s he worked in the London branch of the Birmingham firm G. R. Collins & Co, at 130 Regent Street. In 1880 he incorporated the company and entered his first mark at the Goldsmiths Hall of London together with his partners John Carrington, William Carrington Smith and George Budford.
The company specialised in high quality trophy cups and tableware, dinner and tea and coffee sets and supplied restaurants, ships and hotels. Nevertheless it also produced fine jewellery such as brooches, cufflinks and lockets, that were very much sought after by royals all over Europe. The company obtained Royal Warrants from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Edward VII, George V and the Russian Tsars.
Among the firms who retailed Carrington & Co. it is worth to mention Tiffany & Co. and Cartier. In 1903 John Bodman Carrington was named Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths Company. Three years later he retired and W. C. Smith carried on the business as a sole partner.
In 1922 the firm was incorporated by Collingwood.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height (each): 13cm
Width (each): 23 x 6cm
Total Weight: 455g
