Antique Barker Brothers Unity SPONB Silverplated Lidded Butter Dish

ANTIQUE (CIRCA 1890-1910) SILVERPLATED BUTTER DISH BY BARKER BROTHERS IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND. MARKED ON BASE AS UNITY SPONB. UNITY WAS A TRADEMARK FROM 1900 OF BARKER BROTHERS FOUNDED IN 1860 IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND.
 
BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU INSPIRED EMBOSSED TRAY WITH SCALOPED LEAF DESIGN. LID IS RIBBED AND HAS A BUD SHAPED FINIAAL.
 
Size: 16CM DIAMETERTRAY 8.5CM HIGH UP TO LID FINIAAL
 
CONDITION: LOTS OF SILVERPLATE WEAR WITH BASE BRASS METAL SHINING THROUGH. STRUCTURALLY INTACT.
 
MARKINGS: UNITY SPONB
UNITY WAS A TRADEMARK FROM 1900 OF BARKER BROTHERS FOUNDED IN 1860 IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND
The Barker Brothers are one of the oldest firms of silversmiths originating from Birmingham. Barker Brothers business was established in Birmingham in 1801. The firm still possesses the original Boulton & Watt dies acquired during its early days of manufacturing. The business appears in an 1871 directory as Barker Brothers, silversmiths active in Paradise Street.
In 1903 they moved to new factory premises, Unity Works, Constitution Hill, Birmingham, where it remained until the 1980s maintaining a London showroom during the early part of the 20th century.
In 1907, the firm was converted into a limited liability company under the style Barker Brothers Silversmiths Ltd. The Barker Brothers enjoyed success during this period, and produced silverware from offices in both Birmingham and Chester, with the items crafted in Chester being created under the supervision of Herbert Edward Barker & Frank Ernest Barker themselves.
Levi & Salaman Ltd and its subsidiary Potosi Silver Co were incorporated by Barker Brothers in 1921.
During the 1960s The Barker Brothers Silversmiths merged with Ellis & Co., also of Birmingham, and the business went through a period of being a subsidiary to Pentos PLC, eventually returning to private ownership in 1984.
On January 2, 1979, the firm obtained a Federal registration in the USA for the trademarks Ellis & Co, Barker Ellis and Ellis Barker (the marks were cancelled in 1988). The company went into administration in 1992.
 
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