This black umbrella features a decoratively engraved silver Fritz handle hallmarked for:
'Birmingham 1888'
There is a maker's mark:
'WR'

The metal frame holds a black nylon canopy. One of the metal spokes has a maker's name:
'Paragon S. Fox & Co Ltd'​
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'.’

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

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

Measurements:
Length - 86.5cm
Diameter of the handle - 7.6cm
Diameter of the shaft - 1.3cm
Diameter of the canopy - 103cm
Weight - 378g
 
Good condition with an intact canopy. Some dings to silver handle & varnish loss to shaft.
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