C.H. and J. Mabey
Other names: (1900) Charles Henry Mabey
Active: 1878 - 1900
Function: Medal engraver, wood carver
Policy:
History or description: A successful business run by three generations of the same family: James Mabey (1812-83), Charles Henry Mabey (1836-1912) and Charles Henry Mabey Junior (born 1867). There is more detail in the personal records for the members of the business.
The firm was described in Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 521, as C. H. and J. Mabbey (sic), 'engravers of medals executed by Foot and Tebay, on the Removal of Temple Bar, 1878'.
Locations
Address 1, 1A & 2 Prince's Mews Storey's Gate London SW | View on map
1886
C. H. Mabey
Located at 150A Vauxhall Bridge Road London | View on map
1900 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Collaborated with Foot and Tobay
Foot and Tobay are listed in Forrer, vol. 2, (1904), p. 122, as 'editing' a 'medal on the removal of Temple Bar, 1878; it was struck in lead taken from the roof, and engraved by C. H. and J. Mabb, sculptors' [summary]. Note that in Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 521, the same relationship is described between the firms 'C. H. and J. Mabey' and 'Foot and Tebay' [sic].
Successor to James Mabey
Associated People
Trade name of Charles Henry Mabey
Later traded as Charles Henry Mabey
Trade name of Charles Henry Mabey Junior
May have taken over the business c.1900 under the name of C. H. Mabey
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Medallists Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume III, 1907 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Described in Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 521, as 'engravers of medals executed by Foot and Tebay, on the Removal of Temple Bar, 1878'. Forrer states that this medal is reproduced in Welch's 'Numismata Londinesia, pl. VIII, no. 15 (1894).
Listed under Wood Carvers Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2517
Sources
Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades Comprising Every Trade and Profession in any way connected with Architecture and Building throughout England, Scotland and Wales, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
London Advertisements, p. 19
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2517
Citing this record
'C.H. and J. Mabey', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1238755771, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
