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Brass Rimmed Tole Grocery Hopper with Inset Wine Bottle Holder
David Griffith Antiques
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David Griffith Antiques

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Brass Rimmed Tole Grocery Hopper with Inset Wine Bottle Holder

19th century
Description

Extremely rare and beautifully decorated brass rimmed tole grocery hopper with inset wine bottle holder. (c.1860).

Physical Dimensions
Height
19.7cm (7.76")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
27.9cm (10.98")
Declaration

David Griffith Antiques has dated this Antique Tole Grocery Hopper to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1069449
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75657
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Description
Extremely rare and beautifully decorated brass rimmed tole grocery hopper with inset wine bottle holder. (c.1860).
Height
19.7cm (7.76")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
27.9cm (10.98")
Date of Manufacture

David Griffith Antiques has dated this Antique Tole Grocery Hopper to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1069449
Dealers Internal Ref
75657
David Griffith Antiques
David Griffith Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Aug 2019

Specialising in library, hall and club room furniture, leather seating and writing tables, campaign and travelling furniture.

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You can view the stock and full dealer information on the David Griffith Antiques Profile Page

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A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner.
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Archive I A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner.

Brass Rimmed Tole Grocery Hopper with Inset Wine Bottle Holder

Archive II A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner. View II
Archive III A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner. View III
Archive IV A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner. View IV
Archive V A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner. View V
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David Griffith Antiques

David Griffith Antiques
Telephone 020 7226 1126 or 07976 800 062
Location
17 Camden Passage
Islington
London
N1 8EA
United Kingdom
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David Griffith Antiques
David Griffith Antiques
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Location: 17 Camden Passage, Islington, London, N1 8EA, United Kingdom
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A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner.
Brass Rimmed Tole Grocery Hopper with Inset Wine Bottle Holder
Ref: SA1069449
A red painted toleware grocery hopper featuring gold floral stencilling, a rolled brass rim, and a polished interior brass liner.
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Toleware refers to decorative objects crafted from lacquered or japanned sheet metal, predominantly iron or tinplate. Popularised in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, these items feature painted, stencilled, or gilded embellishments for decorative and functional domestic use.

These pieces were formed from hand-cut sheet iron, shaped over wooden formers, coated with protective lacquer or paint, and finished with soldered brass rims or liners to reinforce high-wear edges.

Authentic nineteenth-century toleware displays hand-soldered seams, natural surface craquelure, age-appropriate loss to the painted lacquering exposing dark iron, and hand-applied or stencilled foliage motifs.

In contemporary interiors, a painted toleware hopper serves as a functional wine bottle holder on a sideboard, a tabletop centrepiece, or an accent piece on a kitchen counter.

Dust the item gently using a dry, soft microfibre cloth. Avoid water, liquid detergents, and abrasive polishes on painted surfaces to prevent stripping the gilded decoration or lacquer coating.
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