Fine Stone Miniatures

by Martin and Oliver Webb

We are a small Herefordshire based family business, Martin and Oliver being father and son, specialising in making extremely accurate miniatures of stone carvings for the connoisseur and serious collector, and our work can be found in many private collections around the world.

Before concentrating on making miniatures, both Martin and Oliver Webb were stone masons working in the trade. The Webb family has quite a long tradition of working in the arts and crafts; the architect Sir Aston Webb who's portfolio of work included Admiralty Arch in London and the facade of Buckingham Palace. Brothers Geoffrey Fuller Webb and Christopher Rahere Webb both worked (separately) in stained glass and their work is to be found all around the United Kingdom and occasionally further afield. More recently John Christopher Webb has spent his whole working life as one of the finest silversmiths of recent times and his daughter Caroline continues the tradition as a letter cutter and designer.

Originally Martin trained as a stained glass artist working with his father Christopher Webb at his studio in St.Albans. But National Service intervened and instead of returning to the stained glass he moved on, having met Anne, who was training as a silver smith in Birmingham's jewellery quarter.

Oliver initially began an apprenticeship in french polishing, which proved to be a mistake and so gave it up to do a second apprenticeship in stone masonry. With the exception of a three year break to learn some of the stained glass trade he has worked in stone masonry ever since.

Our experience has been gained over the years working on a wide variety of stone buildings, some modern, the majority ancient. This has allowed us a privileged opportunity to examine close at hand many beautiful pieces of carving that are normally inaccessible without the benefit of scaffolding, or, in some cases, are beyond the public's view altogether.