This antique umbrella has a malacca handle with a gold mushroom top & collar.
The top & collar are both stamped with a maker's mark:
'&
TJD
Co'

Cane shaft & frame that holds a black nylon canopy.

One of the spokes is stamped with the maker's name:
'Paragon Fox Frames Limited
Made in England' 
For the renowned umbrella frame makers:
'Samuel Fox & Co'
‘It was in 1848 that Samuel Fox, a wire drawer by trade, started to make solid steel ribs in Stocksbridge, near Sheffield.
Fox was a master wire drawer and it was this skill in the production of fine-quality wire that he turned to the production of umbrella ribs.
Samuel Fox continued improving and developing his ribs over the next few years when his son William Henry Fox joined the company around 1913 and around this time adopted the trademark 'Paragon'.’

The shaft ends in an original metal ferrule.

A stylish & practical umbrella, suitable for use or a collector.

Measurements:
Length - 92cm
Diameter of handle - 4.0cm
Diameter of shaft - 1.3cm
Diameter of canopy - 103cm
Weight - 484g
 
Very good condition with an intact canopy. Some dings to the gold top.
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