This antique umbrella has a treen hand-carved handle shaped like a duck's head, with original sharp glass eyes. There is a slim silver collar below the handle.

Metal shaft & frame that holds a black nylon canopy.

There is a sticker to the shaft with the maker's name:
'S Fox & Co Ltd.' 
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 charming & practical umbrella, suitable for use or a collector.

Measurements:
Length - 82.5cm
Diameter of handle - 11.0cm
Diameter of shaft - 0.8cm
Diameter of canopy - 111cm
Weight - 511g
 
Very good condition with an intact canopy & a few light use marks.
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