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Antoinettes Heirlooms has dated this Silver Plated Claret Jug to the Edwardian era.
In 1906
Second prize in “old Carthusian handicap”.
Charterhouse pupils hav Eb always been known as “old carthusians”. The schools founder Thomas Sutton was one of the wealthiest men in Jacobean England.
In 1611, year of his death Sutton made provision for the establishment of a hospital for pensioners and school for boys, the building’s purchased in london once housed a Carthusian monestry … hence carthusians.
By 1906 the school had moved from london to Surrey .
This much treasured claret jug is bulbous squat form .
Manufactured by Mappin and Webb, the name synonymous with quality .
Clearly engraved , revealing its social history…
Antoinettes Heirlooms has dated this Silver Plated Claret Jug to the Edwardian era.
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Antique Edwardian Charter House School Prize,claret Jug by Mappin and Webb
