Collis&Co, Toast Rack, stile Vittoriano - Container - Silverplated

Victorian toast rack – the English toast rack stamped by Collis & Co: with eight slots in oval rings, four ball feet – typical Collis, handle with a ring and an empty escutcheon where the family monogram was engraved, circa 1860–1880, George Richmond Collis & Co. – Birmingham, England. One of the most important English silversmiths of the 1800s: taken over in 1835 by the factory of Sir Edward Thomason, silversmith to King George IV, factory on Church Street, Birmingham + a shop in London at 130 Regent Street. Exhibits at the great London exhibitions of 1851 and 1862. Supplier of gold and silver services to the Victorian upper middle class. Dissolved in 1888, absorbed by Carrington & Co London. Dimensions: length 24 cm, height 15 cm. Shipping accurately packed and tracked; for the islands the amount varies depending on the local carrier.