{"product_id":"e-s-barnsley-sterling-silver-mustard-pot-bristol-blue-glass-liner-birmingham-1910","title":"Edward Souter Barnsley | Sterling Silver Mustard Pot | Bristol Blue Glass Liner | Birmingham 1910 | George V","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Souter Barnsley | Sterling Silver Mustard Pot | Bristol Blue Glass Liner | Birmingham 1910 | George V\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMustard could stain silver, so the silversmith lined the pot with glass and kept the silver for what the hand and the eye would meet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared mustard was mixed and served wet, and because it could stain or tarnish silver, silver mustard pots were fitted with removable glass liners, often of deep cobalt-blue glass, traditionally described as Bristol blue. The notch in the lid lets a mustard spoon stay in the pot with the lid closed. The plain cylindrical \"drum\" form with reeded borders, a shell thumbpiece and a scroll handle draws on the drum-form mustard pots established in Georgian silver during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and Birmingham makers were still producing it in the early twentieth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pot was made by E. S. Barnsley \u0026amp; Co. of Frederick Street, Birmingham, the firm of Edward Souter Barnsley, who registered his E.S.B mark at the Birmingham Assay Office in 1887. It is hallmarked Birmingham 1910 — the date-letter year that began in July 1910, two months after the death of Edward VII, placing it in the first year of George V's reign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a plain polished cylinder with reeded bands at the rim and foot. The flat hinged lid has a reeded edge and a spoon notch, and is lifted by a cast double-shell thumbpiece above the hinge. The reeded scroll handle ends in a curled terminal at the base. The original removable cobalt-blue glass liner fits closely inside the body. The hallmarks — E.S.B, the anchor for Birmingham, the lion passant and the date letter — are struck on the base, with part marks inside the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are no dents, splits, repairs or restoration to the silver. The glass liner is intact and undamaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaker: E. S. Barnsley \u0026amp; Co. (Edward Souter Barnsley), Birmingham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Sterling silver, with original removable Bristol blue glass liner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm: Drum mustard pot with hinged lid, spoon notch and scroll handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallmarks: E.S.B maker's mark | Birmingham anchor | lion passant | date letter for 1910 | part marks inside lid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeriod: George V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilver weight: 68g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlass liner weight: 69g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 7.3cm W including handle × 6.2cm H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Excellent — no dents, splits or repairs; liner intact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector Appeal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA complete drum mustard pot in the Georgian manner by a recorded Birmingham maker, with its blue glass liner, hinged lid and spoon notch all present. The plain body leaves the reeded borders, the double-shell thumbpiece and the curl of the handle to do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in the first months of a new reign, it looks back a hundred years to an older one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Dancing Faun Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945338138824,"sku":null,"price":3995.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/3497\/2104\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_d81e76c4-2f09-464d-8fc7-e2243cf3423d.png?v=1775911145","url":"https:\/\/dancingfaun.co.za\/products\/e-s-barnsley-sterling-silver-mustard-pot-bristol-blue-glass-liner-birmingham-1910","provider":"The Dancing Faun Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}