This umbrella features a malacca crook handle furnished with a gold-plated collar hallmarked:
'12 CT GP'
Indicating that the collar is 12-carat gold-plated.
There is a maker's mark:
'C&S'

The metal frame holds a black nylon canopy with a maker's stamp to one of the spokes:
'Paragon Fox Frames Ltd. Made in England'
There is also a sticker to the shaft:
'T. Fox & Co. Ltd.
London E.C.2'
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'.’
 
There is an ebonized treen shaft that ends in a cane section with an original metal ferrule.

A smart & practical umbrella perfect for use or a collector.

Measurements:
Length - 91cm
Diameter of the handle - 15.0cm
Diameter of the canopy - 107cm
Diameter of the shaft - 0.8cm
Weight - 446g
 
Very good condition with intact canopy - 1 small area of thinning & some use marks.
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