#Mappin and Webb

[tiaramania]

Hello my dear! This can be public or private, don’t mind :) Would you happen to have a list of the “court jewellers”? Like we associate the Russians with Fabergé, Bolin is the Swedish go to etc. Thank you so much!

Hello, I don't have a list but I'll try to make one. There are certain jewelers that I associate with different royal families but not all of them have an official crown jeweler the way the British royal family does. Also lot of times the crown jeweler is the person taking care of the royal regalia but doesn't have anything to do with their personal jewels like tiaras and necklaces. In the UK, Queen Elizabeth II had a personal jeweler and a crown jeweler and sometimes that was the same person but not always.

Belgium - They don't have any regalia to take care of but Wolfers are royal warrant holders and have supplied a lot of their important jewelry like Queen Mathilde's engagement ring and Laurel Wreath Tiara.

Denmark - The Danish court jeweler is A. Dragsted which I did not know prior to this. I knew they had made some jewelry for the Danish royal family a long time ago but I didn't even realize that they still existed.

Japan - Mikimoto makes most of their jewelry but I don't think they hold any sort of official title.

Luxembourg - Schroeder Joailliers have held a royal warrant since 1914 so I guess that's the closest thing to a crown jeweler but Luxembourg doesn't have any regalia to look after and I don't know of any major jewelry that was made by them.

Netherlands - Steltman Jewelers is the Purveyor to the Royal Household and does most of the alterations and whatnot for the Dutch collection. I really appreciate how that are able to figure out ways to adapt pieces of jewelry while still being able to return them to their historic settings. Steltman and Queen Maxima are a match made in heaven.

Norway - I don't think Garrard are technically the crown jewelers because it doesn't make sense to send the regalia outside of the country but they are certainly the personal jewelers to the Norwegian royal family. Garrard has been handling their jewelry since Maud (a British princess) became queen in 1905. They are the only ones on this list were the jeweler I most associate with a family is not from their own country. Even after the big jewelry heist in 1995 (which I am working on a post about because there's some new info) they are still very loyal to them and have bought two tiaras from Garrard since.

Spain - Ansorena is the jeweler I most associate with the Spanish royal family but I can't find a list of royal warrant holders and their website doesn't mention anything so I don't know if they hold an official role. Can anyone from Spain find a list of Proveedores de la Real Casa? The Spanish royal family's website is impossible to navigate.

Sweden - Bolin has been the Swedish court jeweler since 1916. It's funny you mentioned them and Russia in your example because I actually associate Bolin more with Russia. They were Swedish family that immigrated to Russia and were the crown jewelers for over a century. Fabergé became their competition towards the end but Bolin was still making most of the major jewelry for the imperial family with Fabergé doing more objets de vertu kind of stuff like the eggs. After the revolution the Bolin family moved back to Sweden and became the Swedish court jeweler.

United Kingdom - The jeweler I most associate with the British royals is Garrard but they stopped being the crown jeweler in 2007. The current one is Mark Appleby from Mappin & Webb but they were clear in saying that is a personal title and that Mappin & Webb are not the crown jewelers. He was the person carrying the crown during the late queen's funeral and he also carries it in during the State Opening of Parliament because he's one of the few people allowed to touch the crown. Garrard still has a royal warrant from King Charles and I have wondered if we might see a return to them in the new reign.

I might make a post of royal warrant holders too because I went down a bit of a rabbit hole looking up crown jewelers.

[charlotte-of-wales]

An endless list of my favorite outfits worn by the Princess of Wales (59/∞)

Unveiling The Magic Garden attraction at Hampton Court Palace, May 4th 2016, wearing:

Michael Kors blue twill swing coat

Roksanda Ilincic 'Peridot' Shift Dress

LK Bennett 'Fern' trench leather pumps

LK Bennett 'Nina' frame clutch style in trench leather

Mappin & Webb 'Empress' earrings and necklace

[stricklandvintagewatches]

Prescient pre-WWI Mappin and Webb advertisement featuring the earliest version of its "Campaign Watch," a pocket watch in a specially-designed leather holster allowing it to be strapped to the wrist – the forerunner of the modern wristwatch.

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2014

13 APRIL 2014 || The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William and took part in the white water ride on the Shotover River in New Zealand.

[princesscatherineblog]

The Princess of Wales at the reopening of the Young V&A Museum in London on Wednesday wearing a blush pink belted midi crepe dress from Beulah London. She coordinated the ensemble with white leather pumps from Gianvito Rossi. To complete her look, Catherine accessorised with white gold and diamond drop earrings from Mappin & Webb.

[aprincesadegales]

Catálogo de Looks da Princesa de Gales

Camisa: Zara Botas: Le Chameau Colar: provavelmente Mappin & Webb Kate leva George para brincar no Snettisham Park, em Norfolk | 19.06.2015 Fontes: What Kate Wore | What Would Catherine Wear

[the-jewel-catalogue]

OTD - Princess Charlotte's Christening

Princess Charlotte’s christening took place OTD (July 5th 2015) at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate.

Kate wore her Mappin and Webb Empress white gold and diamond necklace, a piece we’ve seen her wear previously but used the occasion to debut the matching earrings.

[vintage-london-images]

No I Poultry seen here in the 1880s and the 1980s.

Many Londoners assume that the postmodern building opposite the Royal Exchange replaced something destroyed by bomb damage. In fact, the listed grade two 1870s built Victorian building that once stood there was destroyed in the 1990s, after three public inquiries, and even the intervention of the House of Lords and the Prince of Wales. The battle for No 1 Poultry began in 1958, when Lord Rudolph Palumbo bought the freehold of the Royal Jewelers Mappin and Webb headoffice building and planned to replace it. After all Victorian architecture had gone out of favour and instead postmodernism had arrived with the strive to rebuild London. So after a fight of over 35 years the building eventually succumbed to the wrecking ball.

[boylerpf]

Mappin & Webb Arts and Crafts Garnet Moonstone Necklace

Source - Boylerpf.com

[theoutcastrogue]

19th century Sheffield bowie knives

A HUNTING KNIFE, JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS CUTLERS TO HER MAJESTY, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1860 with tapering blade formed with a spear point, stamped with the maker’s details on one face, and ‘The Hunter’s Companion’ in script, rectangular ricasso struck with star and cross mark, German silver hilt comprising recurved quillons with flattened scrolling terminals, cap pommel (fitted with later copper alloy oval), and spirally-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its leather scabbard with German silver chape and locket, the latter with a belt hook, 23.5 cm blade

A HUNTING KNIFE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET, MAPPIN & WEBB, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880 with robust blade formed with a clipped-back point with false swage, notched at the forte, stamped ‘Celebrated American Hunting Knife’ in capital letters, ‘Self Defender’ in script on a scroll, rectangular ricasso stamped with the maker’s name and ‘Trustworthy’ on one face of the ricasso and ‘US’ on the other, German silver oval cross-piece and chequered horn scales retained by six rivets, in its German silver mounted leather scabbard with locket and chape each engraved with groups of three lines, and the former with a stud for suspension, 25.3 cm blade

A BOWIE KNIFE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with single-edged blade formed with a pronounced clipped-back point, etched with a Federal eagle and inscriptions on one face including ‘America The Land of Freedom’ and 'The Patriot’s Self Defender’, recessed ricasso stamped ‘Best Quality Rough & Ready’ German silver guard, ferrule and pommel, the latter chased with flowers, and rosewood grip, in its tooled leather scabbard, 19.8 cm blade

A SMALL BOWIE KNIFE, JONATHAN CROOKES, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, recessed rectangular ricasso struck with the maker’s name and heart and pistol mark, German silver hilt comprising recurved guard, ferrule and pommel each decorated with scrolling foliage in low relief, and mother-of-pearl grip, in its German silver mounted leather scabbard with belt loop,14.5 cm blade

A BOWIE KNIFE, JONATHAN CROOKES, CIRCA 1880 with straight blade formed with a clipped-back point, slightly recessed rectangular ricasso signed by the maker and with heart and pistol mark, and natural staghorn grips (perhaps an early replacement), 15.3 cm blade

A BOWIE KNIFE, JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS, CUTLERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES, NO. 6 NORFOLK STREET, SHEFFIELD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, struck with the maker’s details and star and cross mark on one face (small areas of light pitting), oval German silver guard, and natural staghorn scales retained by five rivets, in its leather scabbard with large German silver locket and chape, 20.8 cm blade

A DAGGER, MARKED MAZEPPA, PROBABLY SAMUEL HANCOCK & SONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, recessed ricasso struck with a figure strapped to a horse’s back and ‘Mazeppa’ on one face, German silver hilt cast in low relief, comprising guard and pommel decorated with scrolls, milled copper alloy fillers and hardwood scales, in its tooled and gilt leather scabbard,17.2 cm blade

A BOWIE KNIFE, LINGARD, PEACROFT, SHEFFIELD, PROBABLY 1870 with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point and part swaged back-edge, rectangular ricasso stamped ‘Lingards Celebrated Bowie Knife Pea Croft, Sheffield’, German silver hilt comprising two-piece guard and pommel each cast with scrolls and foliage in low relief, brass fillets, staghorn scales, and vacant German silver escutcheon, 21.0 cm blade

AN ARKANSAS BOWIE KNIFE, MORTON & SON, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1850-60 with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, recessed rectangular ricasso struck with the maker’s details (worn, partly illegible), German silver hilt comprising ‘split’ cross-guard and two-piece pommel each decorated with scrolls and foliage in low relief, and a pair of small bone scales retained by two rivets, 22.7 cm blade

A BOWIE KNIFE, WRAGG & SONS, SOLLY ST, MID-19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade, recessed ricasso signed in small stamped letters, German silver cross-piece and pommel, the latter cast with an alligator-horse on each face, and horn scales (restorations), in its tooled and gilt leather scabbard with German silver mounts, 30.8 cm blade

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[princesscatherinemiddleton]

WALK, WALK FASHION BABY | For the second time in two days, the Princess of Wales repeated an outfit worn to the Men's Finals at Wimbledon. Catherine wore her Beulah London Ahana Crepe Midi Dress, first seen in 2021, to open The Young V&A. She teamed her dress with her Jimmy Choo Romy 85 Pumps, as well as her Mappin and Webb ‘Empress’ earrings

[tiaramania]

Royal Warrants

Royal Warrant Holders or Purveyors to the Court are companies or individuals who provide a good or service to the royal court. Not all companies the royal buy items from are issued royal warrants and just because a company has one doesn't mean that they are the exclusive supplier of that product. The companies chosen are usually older and have a history of working with the royal family. Each country has a slightly different set of rules but in most of them the warrants have to be renewed on a regular basis and can be revoked at any time.

I only included countries that I could find a list for like I know Spain issues royal warrants but I can't find a list of them. Some abolished monarchies like Romania still issue royal warrants and some countries like Japan and Norway don't issue them anymore despite still being monarchies.

Belgium - Fournisseur breveté de la Cour - 114 total

Ciel mes bijoux

Cosyns Joaillier - since 2018

Maison De Greef - since 1998

Leysen Frères - since 1982

Wolfers

Denmark - Kongelig Hofleverandør - 108 total

A. Dragsted - since 1898 - also crown jeweler

Georg Jensen - since 1924

Ole Lynggaard - since 2008

A. Michelsen - since 1848

Luxembourg - Fournisseur de la Cour - 56 total

Schroeder Joailliers - since 1914

Molitor Joaillerie - since 1967

Bijouterie Goedert - since 2020

Netherlands - Hofleverancier - 502 total - These are a little different because they don't have to actually be a supplier to the court to hold a royal warrant.

Steltman Juwelier

Fabery de Jonge Juweliersbedrijf

Hofland Juweliers

Henri Camps Juwelier

Kamerbeek Juwelier

Kiestra Juweliersbedrijf

Rikkoert Juweliersbedrijven In't Silverhuijs

Sellink Horlogemaker Goudsmid Juwelier

Vaessen Juweliers

Van Zijp Juweliers

Veerman Juwelen

Sweden - Kunglig Hovleverantör - 130 total

Bolin - also crown jeweler since 1916

Gaudy

United Kingdom - Royal Warrant Holders - Over 800 - In the UK, royal warrants are issued from individuals not by the court as a whole. In the past the monarch, consort, and heir have been able to grant them and some companies may have a warrant from multiple people at once. They are good for two years after the grantor passes away so at the moment there are some from Queen Elizabeth II (686 total) and the Duke of Edinburgh (38 total) that are up in the air. I expect King Charles (159 already) will issue new warrants to replace some given by his parents but not all of them. The only jeweler that does not already have one from him is G. Collins & Sons who were QEII's personal jewelers.

King Charles

Asprey - they have it on their website but they are not listed on the Royal Warrant Holders Association website

Bentley & Skinner

Cartier

Fiona Rae

Garrard - was crown jeweler from 1843 to 2007

Mappin & Webb - the crown jeweler has worked for them since 2012

Wartski

Queen Elizabeth II

Bentley & Skinner

G. Collins & Sons - was crown jeweler from 2007 to 2012

Mappin & Webb

Wartski

[charlotte-of-wales]

An endless list of my favorite outfits worn by the Princess of Wales (62/∞)

Christening of Princess Charlotte at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, on August 5th 2015, wearing:

Alexander McQueen bespoke ivory coat dress

Jane Taylor bespoke hat

Russell & Bromley 'Pointy' heels

Mappin and Webb 'Empress' necklace and matching earrings

[tentacion3099]

Fairbairn Sykes Suicide Dagger - hollow handle stores the "L" pill

1942 Classified Training Video: Pill Kit | X Company | CBC

Mappin & Webb Fairbairn Sykes - Agents Dagger X Troop with Garrote

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2015

18 MARCH 2015 || The Duchess of Cambridge visited Brookhill Children’s Centre in Woolwich.

[graceandfamily]

Princess Grace and Prince Rainier Monaco in front of the Mappin & Webb boutique. Paris (2nd arrondissement), 1958.