A rare Victorian silver mounted lady's umbrella
£1,200.00
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: 1888
ORIGIN: London, England
MAKER: Charles Henry Dumenil
STOCK CODE: H1013101326
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Item Description
a rare silver mounted dark green silk lady's cane handled umbrella, the silver terminal modelled as a family crest, the ferrule engraved LADY WOLSELEY
Length approx: 760mm / 30"
History
Known as the "American Lady Wolseley", Lady Anita Wolseley, nee Murphy, of San Francisco married Sir Charles Michael Wolseley of Wolseley Hall, Staffordshire. She was rumoured to have brought a dowry of $2,000,000 to England.
The Wolseley family had lived at Wolseley Hall since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but burned down in the 1950s.
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Heraldic Silver Ltd
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£1,200.00