This vintage umbrella has a beech wood crook handle and is furnished with a rolled gold collar hallmarked:
'12 Ct RG'
Indicating that the collar is made from 12-carat rolled gold.
There is a maker's mark:
'_W'
The collar is vacant & suitable for engraving.
 
Metal shaft & frame that holds a black nylon canopy. There is a maker's stamp to one of the spokes:
'Paragon'
'Fox Frames Ltd.
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.’
 
The shaft ends in a cane section with an original metal ferrule.

The umbrella is complete with a matching black nylon cover with a popper fastening.

A stylish umbrella, suitable for use or a collector.

Measurements:
Length - 90.0cm
Diameter of handle - 13.5cm
Diameter of metal shaft - 0.8cm
Diameter of canopy - 105cm
Weight - 580g
 
Very good condition.