Robert Pringle & Sons made a wide range of silver items which have been assayed in Chester, London and Birmingham. Their wares included novelty items, presentation cups, napkin rings and other tableware.Below is an example of their silver maker’s mark and their silverware items including a boxed set of napkin rings, a hip flask and a novelty table cigar lighter.
Robert Pringle Silver Maker’s Mark
A GEORGE V SILVER CADDY Robert Pringle & Sons, London 1923 Oval with hinged cover and urn finial. 9.3cm high, 10cm long, 5cm wide. 5.5 troy ounces.
Sold for £160 at Elstob & Elstob in 2020
A silver-mounted antelope horn table cigar lighter, Robert Pringle & Sons, London, 1935 with gimble mounted ‘grenade’ spirit lamp, on two scrolling feet 41cm., 16in. long
Sold for 688 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2017
A SILVER TWO-HANDLED URN SHAPE CUP AND COVER, London 1923, waisted cover with urn finial, upright loop handles with upper leaf junctions, on a spread circular foot, height 43cm., weight 50oz.
Sold for £ 696 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2005
A set of six Edwardian silver napkin rings, embossed with Reynolds angels and leafy scrolls, wavy borders, 4.5cm diam, Birmingham 1903, cased
Sold for £160 at Bamford’s in 2019
A mid-twentieth century small silver hip flask, of plain slightly curved oblong form with bayonet lock mechanism to the globular lid. Hallmarked London 1946. Length measuring 4 3/8 inches (11.2 cm), weight 3.5 ozt (109.7 grams).
Sold for £100 at Fellows in 2018
