This antique umbrella has a bovine horn crook handle with a decorative carved bamboo handle end and 2 slim silver collars.
Below the handle is a bamboo grip.

At the base of the grip there is a decorative black cord tassel.

Metal shaft & frame that holds a black nylon canopy.

2 spokes are stamped with the makers' names:
'F.D.Watling'
&
'Paragon 
S. Fox & Co Limited
Made in England'
‘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.

The umbrella comes complete with a beautifully patterned cotton cover to protect the umbrella when not in use.

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

Measurements:
Length - 87.0cm
Diameter of handle - 7.3cm
Diameter of shaft - 0.7cm
Diameter of canopy - 84cm
Weight - 380g
 
Very good condition with some use marks consistent with age. Intact canopy with some staining.