This red ladies umbrella features a cherrywood root ball handle with the original bark intact.

The handle also features a cord strap ending in a red & black ball tassel.

There is a metal shaft with metal fixings and spokes.
One of the spokes features a makers mark: 
'Paragon S.Fox & Co Limited'
For the renowned makers of umbrellas: 
'Fox Umbrellas Ltd.' 
‘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 metal frame holds a red nylon canopy.

There is a cane shaft that ends in the original metal ferrule.

An elegant & attractive umbrella perfect for use or a collector.

Measurements:
Length - 92cm
Diameter of the handle - 3.7cm
Diameter of the shaft - 1.6cm
Diameter of the canopy - 90cm
Weight - 326g
 
Very good condition with an intact canopy. 
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