A pair of late Victorian silver-collared kutrolf decanters, each finely ribbed and having conforming hollow-blown stoppers by Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd, 1893

DESCRIPTION

A fine quality Victorian hand-crafted and ribbed cut ‘striker’ glass Kluk Kluk /Glug Glug decanter with silver collar and original ribbed stopper containing a single air bubble. 

MAKER(S)

Cornelius Desmoreaux Saunders & Francis Hollings Shepherd

ABOUT THE MAKERS

Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd was established in 1869 by Cornelius Desormeaux Sanders Sr and James Francis Hollings Shepherd in 1869. Cornelius Saunders and Francis Shepherd were silver smiths and jewellers respectively. In 1889 they invented the Krementz, a patent one-piece shirt stud and also the self-closing bracelet.

In 1893, they registered their silver mark CS*FS and used this to make high-quality, heavy-grade silver items. The company changed its name to Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd in 1916, by which time they had established factories at 58-61 Fetter Lane, London, 94, Vyse Street, Birmingham and a branch at 62, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Between then and the 1940s the company started to lead on jewellery design and import and manufacture watches. 

In 1981 the future of Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd seemed secure, they were commissioned to make an 18ct gold bracelet for Lady Diana Spencer who wore it on the day of her wedding to Prince Charles on July 29th of that year.