Quality Silver Plated Cocktail/Drinks Tray By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. C.1920

A stunning antique English silver plated cocktail or drinks tray made by the top-notch London silversmith Goldsmiths’ & Silversmiths’ Company at 112 Regent Street, London; signed on the understand. This stylish tray stands on four attractive feet & is decorated with a beautiful engraved design. Just back from our silversmith’s workshop where it has been professionally cleaned & polished, restoring it to it’s former glory. Dating to c.1920, it remains in superb condition measuring 14 x 9 1/2 x 1/2. in 1880 William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman acquired premises at 112, Regent Street, London & founded The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company. The firm produced a wide range of items from solid silver tableware & cutlery, jewellery & watches to electroplaters, trophies & surgical instruments. in 1898 the expanded & well-known firm became a limited company & added Ltd to its name. The abundant advertising activity of The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd left numerous illustrations of their products. The company also became a distinguished dealer in diamonds & precious stones & a popular retailer of items by other silversmiths such as Harrison Brothers & Howson, William Comyns, Martin Hall & Co Ltd, W&G Sissons, among others. The company’s artworks received acclaim at a number of international exhibitions from the 1880s through to the early 1900s. Thus the magnificent Rococo silver tea & coffee set, excellent diamond jewellery & Art Nouveau silver toilet set truly impressed the observer at the Paris Exhibition in 1900: The exhibit by the Goldsmiths’ & Silversmiths’ Company is of enormous intrinsic value. Its artistic value is great. Given these two attributes, & it is not surprising that the display interests vast numbers of people every day at the Exhibition. The Company fully deserves the success it has achieved (The Paris Exhibition, 1900. The Art Journal, London, 1901, p.188) in 1952 Garrard Co merged with The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd & took over their premises in Regent Street. Item: 43355 FREE Worldwide Registered Airmail Directly From the UK Quality Silver Plated Cocktail/Drinks Tray By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. C.1920