A large rare and handsome Hukin & Heath Ltd sterling silver mounted 'Duck' decanter.
The hand blown glass body with two clear glass handles supporting a silver hinged ducks head with glass eyes.
Hallmarked Birmingham 1930.
Makers: Hukin & Heath.
Height : 15cm
Established in 1855 as manufacturing silversmiths and electroplaters in Birmingham with showrooms in Charterhouse Street, London.
In 1878 they hired one of Englands most famous independent industrial designers Dr Christopher Dresser as an art advisor. This direct collaborated lasted until 1881 but Dresser's designs from this period remained in production for many years.
Hukin and Heath went out of business in 1953.