Antique (c1890-1920) Daniel & Carter Oak Biscuit Barrel with Silverplated Mounts, Lid and Handle
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Antique (c1890-1920) Daniel & Carter Coopered Oak Biscuit Barrel with Silverplated Mounts, Lid and Handle
ON AUCTION IS THIS ANTIQUE ENGLISH OAK BISCUIT BARREL FEATURING SILVER-PLATED MOUNTS AND A CERAMIC LINER. CONSTRUCTED FROM OAK WOOD WITH SILVER-PLATED BANDS, LID, AND HANDLE.
IT DATES BACK TO THE LATE VICTORIAN OR EDWARDIAN ERA, ROUGHLY BETWEEN 1890 AND 1920. THE LETTERS "D&A" ON THE LID REFER TO THE MAKER DANIEL & ARTER, A PROLIFIC SILVERSMITHING FIRM FROM BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, KNOWN FOR THEIR SILVER-PLATED (OFTEN MARKED EPNS FOR ELECTRO-PLATED NICKEL SILVER) KITCHENWARE AND TABLE ACCESSORIES. CONSTRUCTED FROM "COOPERED" OAK WOOD, HELD TOGETHER BY DECORATIVE SILVER-PLATED OR CHROME-PLATED METAL BANDS. FEATURES AN ORNATE FINIAL (KNOB) AND HAS THE WORD "BISCUITS" ENGRAVED ON THE LID.
CONTAIN A REMOVABLE CERAMIC OR PORCELAIN LINER DESIGNED TO KEEP BISCUITS FRESH AND PREVENT THE WOOD FROM ABSORBING MOISTURE. INCLUDES A PLAIN SHIELD-SHAPED SILVERPLATED CARTOUCHE ON THE SIDE FOR PERSONALIZATION.
These types of barrels were used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to store and serve biscuits (cookies) during tea time, but also versatile for use as an ice bucket or decorative container.
"Coopered oak" refers to wood (specifically oak) that has been crafted by a coopera specialist artisaninto curved, watertight, or dry containers like barrels, casks, vats, or buckets. This technique involves fitting shaped oak staves together and securing them with metal or wood hoops without using glue or nails.
SIZE 23CM HIGH UP TO HANDLE OUTSTRETCHED 16CM HIGH UP TO LID FINIAAL TOP 15CM DIAMETER
CONDITION: SOME SILVERPLATE LOSS. SOME STAINS ON CERAMIC INNER. SOME SCRAPES TO OAK BARREL. HANDLE AND LID IN TACT. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.
MARKINGS: ON LID INNER D&A 78 95 EPNS
DANIEL AND ARTER (1860-1940): Daniel & Arter was a prominent Birmingham silversmith and electro-plater. The founders were Thomas Henry Daniel (c.1835-1916) and Thomas Richard Arter (1833-1897). The former had been born at Newark, New Jersey, USA, and naturalised in 1841; but his father, George, was a brass founder from Birmingham. George must have worked in New Jersey in the 1820s and 1830s, but by 1851 the Daniels had returned to Birmingham. Thomas trained as an electro-platers clerk. At some point. Thomas met Thomas R. Arter, who had been born at Birmingham, the son of John (a plasterer) and his wife, Hannah. He began his career as a merchants clerk (apparently with Birmingham hardware merchant, Alfred Field & Co). By the mid-1860s, Daniel & Arter was active as a spoon and fork manufacturer at Globe Electro-Plate & Spoon Works, 49 Lombard Street. The factory was relocated in about 1878 to Upper Highgate Street, Balsall Heath. Daniel told the Census in 1881 that the partners employed 194 persons. Thomas Richard Arter, of Mariemont, Park Hill, Moseley died on 4 April 1897, aged 64. Daniel remained the senior partner, but the next generation in the enterprise was provided by Arters sons. They all joined the firm. Thomas Henry Daniel died from pneumonia on 12 January 1916 at his residence, Ingoldsby, Wake Green Road, Moseley. He was aged 80 (Birmingham Daily Mail, 13 January 1916). Daniels son, Thomas James, was an architect, so the Arters assumed control of the firm. The firm struggled in the difficult trading conditions of the interwar years, as the aging management passed from the scene. Thomas Richard Arter died on 31 December 1925. When Millward S. Arter died on 29 February 1940, aged 76, the firm went into voluntary liquidation. The dies were acquired by W. J. Baker & Sons Ltd, stampers and piercers of Moseley, Birmingham. Daniel & Arters collection of old silver, which had been bought for the use of the firms designers, was sold at Christies.
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