Rare Vintage/ Antique (1936) King George V Period Walker & Hall Oval Shaped English Silver Plated Sugar Basin On Pedestal Complete With The Original Cobalt Blue Inner Glass (6”/15cm, 350g).

Please browse all 12 sets of photographs for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory. A superb collector’s item. Very rare in this condition and extremely rare with the original glass still intact. The silver plating is in excellent order and the cobalt blue glass inner is in absolutely perfect condition.

if you also need a matching antique silver plated sugar scoop or sugar spoon please ask as I might have one in stock to send you with this and I will do my best for you on price. I may even be able to send you one free of charge.

George V (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

In 1840 George Walker, a Sheffield cutler, and Dr. Wright, a surgeon, worked out the process of electroplating and formed the business of Walker and Co (of Sheffield). In 1843 Henry Hall who was a Worcester solicitor and a man of business joined Walker to set up the first plant in Sheffield, their formal partnership dating from 1845.

Walker & Hall business was established in Sheffield in 1845 by George Walker. Becoming an assistant of Dr. John Wright who had conducted important experiments on electroplating Walker secured the royalty of electroplating for Sheffield. The business was joined by Henry Hall and became in 1853 Walker & Hall. The factory was at Howard Street, Sheffield, while showrooms were opened in 45 Holborn Viaduct, London. Branches were opened in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Bristol, Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa). Walker & Hall was converted into a limited liability company in 1920 under the style Walker & Hall Ltd and combined in 1963 under the British Silverware Ltd with Mappin & Webb and Elkington & Co. Walker and Hall Sheffield were primarily Sheffield Makers, but items with Birmingham, London and Chester Assay Marks can also be found.

CHRONOLOGY:

Walker & Co, 1845-1848

Walker, Coulson & Hall, 1848-1853

Walker & Hall 1853-1920

Walker & Hall Ltd, 1920-the present

part of British Silverware Ltd, 1963-1971

a subsidiary of Mappin & Webb Ltd, a member of Sears Holdings Ltd since 1971

Cobalt Blue:

Cobalt blue is a blue pigment made by sintering cobalt oxide with alumina at 1200 °C.It is extremely stable and has historically been used as a coloring agent in ceramics (especially Chinese porcelain), jewelry, and paint. Transparent glasses are tinted with the silica-based cobalt pigment smalt.

Cobalt glass—known as "smalt" when ground as a pigment—is a deep blue colored glass prepared by including a cobalt compound, typically cobalt oxide or cobalt carbonate, in a glass melt. Cobalt is a very intense glass colorant and very little is required to show a noticeable amount of color. Cobalt blue glass is also used as an optical filter in flame tests to filter out the yellow flame caused by the contamination of sodium, and expand the ability to see violet and blue hues.

Cobalt glass is popular with collectors and is appreciated for its attractive color.