ART AND CRAFT 1900'S AMERICAN CONTINENTAL PEDESTAL JARDINIERE-BOWL VERY RARE

Description

A DERBY JARDINIERE-BOWL FROM THE
ART & CRAFT
PERIOD.
AN ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL PIECE CRATED IN CONNETICUT, UNITED STATES AROUND THE 1900'S. IT WAS HAND-CRAFTED
WITH THE
ART & CRAFTS
STYLES DESIGNS
IN SOLID .925 STERLING SILVER-PLATE AND THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS FINISHED WITH HAMMERED PATTERNS.
THIS VASE IS PRETTY HEAVY AND LARGE WITH A WEIGHT OF 812.5 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 9.05 BY 5.75 Inches (22.86 x 14.6 Cm).
Derby Silver Plate Co. Bird View, 1900's
THE
DERBY SILVER COMPANY
WAS FOUNDED IN 1872 AND BEGAN OPERATIONS ON SHELTON’S CANAL STREET ONE YEAR LATER. THE COMPANY SOON OUTGREW ITS QUARTERS AND IN 1877 CONSTRUCTED A LARGER BUILDING, WHICH STILL STANDS ON BRIDGE STREET, SHELTON, NEAR THE HOUSATONIC RIVER, OVERLOOKING DERBY. A NUMBER OF ADDITIONS WERE COMPLETED IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THE ORIGINAL CANAL STREET BUILDING WAS RAZED WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT THROUGH SHELTON IN 1888.
THE COMPANY MADE TOILET ARTICLES, MIRRORS, COMBS, CLOCKS, BRUSHES, TABLEWARE AND FLATWARE, TEA SETS, CHILDREN’S CUPS, LOVING CUPS (TROPHIES), CANDLESTICKS, FRUIT BASKETS, DISHES, BASICALLY ANYTHING WHICH WAS PLATED BY OR MADE OF SILVER. SPECIAL ORDERS WERE CONSTANTLY COMMISSIONED AS WELL. THE FACTORY MANUFACTURED ITEMS FOR THE SPERRY AND HUTCHINSON TRADING STAMP STORES. THE COMPANY WAS NOTED FOR ITS LARGE LINE OF SILVER-PLATED TOILET WARE AND AN ECONOMICAL LINE OF PLATED HOLLOWWARE SOLD UNDER THE POPULAR TRADEMARK OF THE VICTOR SILVER PLATE COMPANY.
IS STAMPED AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE MAKER'S SIGNATURE AND THE MODEL NUMBER, "
DERBY SILVER PLATE CO. 1224
".
IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DISCOLORATIONS.
INVENTORY REF: D0000HJIN/.1111