Silver and Oak Coopered Jug Frazer and Haws

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Frazer & Haws 31 Regent Street London

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    Rare Example Mounted in Sterling Silver


    From our Decorative collection we are pleased to offer this Silver and Oak Coopered Jug by Frazer and Haws. The Silver and Oak Jug of good size with oak strips mounted in rare sterling silver strapping resembling a coopered whiskey barrel. Each strap fitted with rounded screws with a large loop handle, beaded top rim, turned silver finial and large hinged lid with pouring spout. The Jug is hallmarked sterling, London, Frazer and Haws and dated 1873 in various places and signed to the base Frazer & Haws, 31 Regent St. London and bears two coat of arms to the top a boars head and the prince of Wales feathers. The Silver and Oak Coopered Jug dates to the middle of the Victorian period and the second half of the 19th century, 1873. The Silver and Oak Coopered Jug is a rare example with sterling silver mounts, typically these examples are plated silver and not sterling.


    Boars Head Family Crest (a Boar’s head erased) belonged to the Baird family and in particular Sir David, Baronet., of Newbyth, East Lothian (1832-1913) who was a Scottish army officer and landowner.

    Prince of Wales Feathers out of a ducal coronet a plume of three feathers.

    Frazer & Haws is a 150 years old British heritage brand that creates Art-in-Silver. Frazer and Haws prides itself for being commissioned by silverware collectors, and form an integral part of private collections. They service clients including The Prince of Wales and The Maharaja of Nepal along with other heads of state and notable families around the world. They create limited edition designs using sterling 92.5% silver. Please see frazerandhaws.com as they are still in business producing high end silver today.

    Sterling Silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness (parts per thousand) of 925.

    Coopered Barrel A wooden Barrel made by a craftsman. Craftsmen who made wooden barrels were called coopers. The word is derived from the Latin word for vat, “cupa.” In New England, coopers arrived with the first English settlers in the 1620s, their work was essential to commerce and daily life. The fishing industry used barrels for shipping pickled and dried fish, farmers used them for storing grains, butter and cider, merchants used them for storing hardware and dried goods of every kind and the whaling industry used barrels to store tools and provisions and of course whale oil. Barrels had an abundance of uses and were easily stored and stacked and were not fragile like ceramic. They were composed of strips of wood with metal banding to hold them in place, picture a whiskey barrel.


    Measurements 23cm High x 24cm Long x 14.5cm Wide  ( 9 x 9.45 x 5.7 Inches)

    Condition Very Good antique condition, minor marks and blemishes consistent with age only.


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