These were my late Grandmothers Cutlery collection passed down to me.
They all have the Old English type pattern with the Makers - Marks Of Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd. made of the best Regent plate,there is 5x matching Dessert Spoons or Soup Spoons.
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.)
The Spoons are 8 inches long and 66 Grams each,they are all shiny and clean and in very good near mint condition.
OLD ENGLISH PATTERN: One of the simplest patterns on the market which might explain its long endurance since it was first designed around 1760. The ’pip’ (the double crescent shape on the handle end) is located on the underside of the spoon - Old English spoons used to be placed facing downwards, but now the custom is for the bowl to face upwards. Nevertheless, Old English cutlery retains its pip placement for the spoons..
They must have been expensive at the time,the collection was found wrapped up in tissue paper in a box, put away and never used for many years.
I have taken the best photos of them as I can so you can see them well and this will form part of there description, you are more than welcome to come and see them at my home in Bexhill-on-sea East Sussex before buying.
Any questions I will be more than pleased to answer them to best of my knowledge.
Thank you for looking.