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VINTAGE SILVER PLATED POTOSI SILVER Co, BIRMINGHAM CLARET OR WATER JUG / PITCHER - ELIZABETHAN STYLE WITH GRADUATED TRUMPET STAND
DESIGNED AND CRAFTED BY POTOSI SILVER Co, BIRMINGHAM, IT IS FASCINATING TO KNOW THAT SILVER PLATED ITEMS MANUFACTURED BY THIS COMPANY WERE FOR BARKER BROS OR WILLIAM ADAMS INC. POTOSI SILVER Co BEGAN MANUFACTURING IN BIRMINGHAM IN 1878 AND WAS OWNED BY LEVI & SALAMAN. THEY OPENED THE POTOSI WORKS BRANCH IN 1885 AND BEGAN USING THE FAMOUS "EAGLE" MARK.
THIS MAGNIFICENT ITEM HAS A STURDY YET GRACIOUS APPEARANCE WHILE BEING GRANDLY PROMINENT WHEREVER THE ITEM IS PLACED OR UTILIZED DUE TO ITS LOVELY ELIZABETHAN STYLE. A VINTAGE SILVER PLATED CLARET JUG / WATER PITCHER WHICH IS DESIGNED WITH A GRADUATED TRUMPET SHAPED BASE AND HAS AN ORNATE AND STURDY SCROLL HANDLE AS WELL AS AN ICE LIP ATTACHED ACROSS THE SPOUT. THE BASE, NECK AND RIM HAVE BEEN ENHANCED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN EMBOSSED RIBBED MOTIF.
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE JUG/PITCHER IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH WITH THE EAGLE MARK AND - "SILVER PLATE ON COPPER, MADE IN ENGLAND"
CONDITION : BESIDES AGE RELATED VINTAGE PATINA WHICH REQUIRES POLISHING THE PITCHER / JUG IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DENTS, RUST OR DAMAGES
SIZE : 25cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....23cm HEIGHT OF SPOUT.....20.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM......10.6cm DIAMETER OF BASE .....12.6cm DIAMETER OF BODY.....21cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
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