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Webbs Collection

Background imageWebbs Collection: Mappin & Webbs dressing table services. Date: 1932

Mappin & Webbs dressing table services. Date: 1932

Background imageWebbs Collection: Webb Orphanage, Crewe, Cheshire

Webb Orphanage, Crewe, Cheshire
A view of the Webb (or Webb's) Orphanage at Crewe. It was founded through a legacy of railway engineer Francis William Webb following his death in 1906. Date: 1912

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin and Webbs dressing case, 1926

Advert for Mappin and Webbs dressing case, 1926
Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing case, 1926 for mens or womens tioletries Date: 1926

Background imageWebbs Collection: Set of wheels for Webbs compound passenger engine

Set of wheels for Webbs compound passenger engine
Photograph showing set of wheels for Webbs compound passenger engine. Date: 1882

Background imageWebbs Collection: Locomotive no 300 Webbs patent compound engine

Locomotive no 300 Webbs patent compound engine
Photograph of Locomotive no 300 Webbs patent compound engine, side view. Date: 1882

Background imageWebbs Collection: Webbs passenger engine

Webbs passenger engine. 3 cylinder compound, side elevation locomotive no 300, Crewe Works. Scale 1.5 inches:1 foot. Signed F W Webb 10/1/83, and embossed Henry Chapman, 113 Victoria Street

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webb sterling silver xmas gifts 1927

Advert for Mappin & Webb sterling silver xmas gifts 1927
Mappin & Webbs range of sterling silver Christmas gifts. 1927

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webb Edwardian items 1907

Advert for Mappin & Webb Edwardian items 1907
Selection of Princes plate and sterling silver items from 1907. Date: 1907

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916

Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916
Varity of sterling silver luxury Christmas gifts for the homefront. 1916

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webb pearl and diamond jewellery 1912

Advert for Mappin & Webb pearl and diamond jewellery 1912
Selection of beautiful brooches, pendants and a necklace all made of pearls, diamonds and other precious stones Date: 1912

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabras 1893 Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabras

Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabras 1893 Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabras
Silver plate ornate candelabras. Date: 1893

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing

Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing
Two travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907

Background imageWebbs Collection: Mappin & Webb Advertisement, 1895

Mappin & Webb Advertisement, 1895
Advertisement for Mappin & Webbs Sterling Silver and Princes Plate, published in 1895. The items shown include (clockwise from top left)

Background imageWebbs Collection: Webbs Tea Rooms, Marple, Cheshire

Webbs Tea Rooms, Marple, Cheshire
Once a well-known local attraction below the Marple Aqueduct, this picture shows the photographer Ernest Battersby and his friend and employee George Potter outside the premises. Date: circa 1906

Background imageWebbs Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webbs wedding gifts 1889

Advert for Mappin & Webbs wedding gifts 1889
Selection of silver plate wedding gifts; fluted biscuit, butter and cheese stand, oak salad bowl, with electro silver mounts with servers to match, solid silver salt cellars and spoons

Background imageWebbs Collection: Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1895

Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1895
Sidney Webb(1859-1947) and Beatrice Webb(1858-1943), economists and social theorists, out walking with friends George Bernard Shaw and Graham Wallas. Date: 1895


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