M P Levene Ltd

About

M P Levene

MP Levene is a family business selling antique and modern British silverware, that has spanned four generations.

The foundations of the business date back to the end of the nineteenth century. In 1889 Pierre Levene, assisted by his wife, Cissie, opened a shop in nearby Fulham Road, selling watches, jewellery, silverware and general objets d’art.

Unfortunately the shop was destroyed by enemy action in the early days of the Second World War. Meanwhile their son, Maurice Pierre Levene, who was born in 1900, had opened his own shop, M P Levene, in South Kensington in 1926. He specialised in silverware and rare postage stamps.

Maurice’s son, Colin, joined the business in 1953 and became Managing Director.  In 1997, his son Martin joined the business, becoming the fourth generation Levene in the family firm.

In 2014, Colin Levene suddenly passed away, having spent his last day at work in the South Kensington shop he did so much to build up.  Shortly afterwards, Martin decided to close the shop as the rent and business rates had become prohibitively high.

M P Levene now concentrates on finding interesting and important pieces of English and Irish silverware for collectors and other clients across Britain and around the world. 

The firm specialises in silver cutlery services, and larger pieces from the Georgian and Victorian eras; as well as masterful reproductions from the twentieth century.