PREECE & WILLISCOMBE !! Vintage 1934 Glass Decanter with London Hallmarked Sterling Silver Collar

VINTAGE 1934 AMBER & CLEAR GLASS DECANTER WITH LONDON PREECE & WILLISCOMBE 1934 STERLING SILVER HALLMARKED RIM COLLAR

THIS ITEM IS AN AMBER AND CLEAR GLASS 1934 DRINKS DECANTER WITH LARGE BALL SHAPED SOLID GLASS STOPPER.   THE DECANTER HAS A PROMINENT AND WIDE STERLING SILVER 925 RIM COLLAR WHICH HAS BEEN HALLMARKED FOR LONDON 1934, MANUFACTURED BY PREECE & WILLISCOMBE SILVERSMITHS.   THIS FIRM OF SILVERSMITHS BEGAN PRODUCTION IN 1934 AND CLOSED PERMANENTLY IN 1970, WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS GLASS DECANTER ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS MANUFACTURED BY THE FIRM

THE DECANTER HAS FLUTED CLEAR GLASS SIDES INTERSPERSED BY AMBER GLASS LINEAR MOTIFS AND A FLUTED PORTION BENEATH THE RIM COLLAR.

AN EXTREMELY RARE ITEM SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHERS LIKE IT ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET MANUFACTURED BY PREECE & WILLISCOMBE (www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-PA-PB.html#P&)     UNFORTUNATELY THIS DECANTER HAS A CRACKED HOLE IN THE NECK BENEATH THE RIM COLLAR BUT WAS PART OF A PVT COLLECTION

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE RIM COLLAR IS HALLMARKED WITH THE LION PASSANT, FOLLOWED BY THE LONDON TOWN MARK, FOLLOWED BY THE GOTHIC "t" DATE LETTER FOR 1934 - THEN "P & W"

CONDITION : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE - THE NECK HAS A CRACKED HOLE WITHIN AND THE STOPPER HAS A FLAKE CHIP ON THE PORTION WHICH FITS INTO THE NECK.  ASIDE FROM THIS THE DECANTER HAS NO OTHER DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 23cm HEIGHT WITH STOPPER.....18.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....9.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....1.4cm by 7.5cm RIM COLLAR

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