Vintage Sheffield Derby DSP Co Hammered Silver Plate Flower Basket Bud Vase 17"

Description

Vintage English Sheffield Reproduction hammered silver plate flower basket bud vase by Derby Silver Co, number 1257, featuring a trophy urn style base with cut corner flared mouth and fixed handle.

“DERBY SILVER CO - Derby (Birmingham) CT
The company was founded in 1873 by Edward N. Shelton, Watson J. Miller, and Thomas H. Newcomb. The main offices of the company were in the Birmingham section of Derby while the factory was in Shelton. The firm manufactured a line of silverplated toiletware and plated holloware under the trademarks Victor Silver Co and Victor Silver Plate Co. Showrooms were established in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. Derby Silver Co was one of the original firms forming International Silver Co in 1898 and the Shelton factory became known as ""Factory B"". It was consolidated into Meriden in 1933. For a short period (1888-1895) the firm manufactured sterling silver flatware and holloware under the trade mark M&B (Watson J. Miller and Henry Berry).”

Condition

Good Overall – Couples of dents; some tarnish

Dimensions

9.5” x 9.25” x 17” (Width x Depth x Height)