VINTAGE (1970S) EMESS SILVERPLATED CHAMPAGNE OR WINE COOLER

A EMESS SILVERPLATED CHAMPAGNE OR WINE COOLER WITH TWO ORNATE HANDLES AND THREE FEET. HANDLES AND FEET SHOW BEAUTIFUL FLORAL RAISED DÉCOR. WAS DARK WITH PATINA BUT CLEANED UP BEAUTIFULLY.
 
ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE PERSETEL 1990. THERE IS A COMPANY NAMED PERSETEL HOLDINGS LISTED ON THE JSE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IT MIGHT HAVE BELONGED TO THEM AT ONE STAGE.
 
MARKINGS: CROWN LOGO WITH EMESS SILVERPLATE
EMESS WAS A TRADE NAME USED BY A SILVERWARE MANUFACTURER IN ENGLAND UNTIL THE 1960S, ALTHOUGH A SOUTH AFRICAN MANUFACTURER USED THE TRADE NAME EM-ESS IN THE 1970S.
EM-ESS SILVERWARE (PTY) LTD, ISANDO, EAST RAND. DESCRIBED IN 1975 AS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF SILVER PLATE AND STERLING SILVER. NOT SURE IF AT THAT TIME THIS WAS IN THE WORLD OR ONLY IN SOUTH AFRICA. ALSO UNCLEAR IF THE COMPANY IT STILL IN BUSINESS OR WHEN OPERATIONS WAS SEIZED.
 
Size: 20CM WIDE FROM HANDLE TO HANDLE 15CM DIAMETER 16CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: WAS CLEANED WITH SILVO AND CLEANED UP BEAUTIFULLY. LITTLE PATINA STILL LEFT IN SOME AREAS.
 
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