This black umbrella features a malacca crook handle. 
There is a gold plated collar with a maker's mark:
'W.E'

The metal frame holds a black nylon canopy. One of the metal spokes has a maker's name:
'Paragon S. Fox & Co Ltd
Made in England'​
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 upper shaft has an additional sticker bearing the maker's name:
'Made by 
T Fox & Co Ltd
London EC2'

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

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

Measurements:
Length - 91.0cm
Diameter of the handle - 13.5cm
Diameter of the shaft - 0.7cm
Diameter of the canopy - 104cm
Weight - 427g
 
Good condition with an intact canopy - 1 small area of thinning to canopy. Light age marks to handle.
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