An engraved gin urn and cover late 19th century

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Description

64cm., 25¼in.

the ovoid form inscribed holland & co.ltd./celebrated/unsweetened gin above a tap with an ivory handle, on a trumpet foot, the faceted domed cover with spire finial

Catalogue Note

Holland and Co.'s distillery was located in Deptford between the Norfolk Brewery and Deptford Bridge. One of the great gin factories of London, it was established in 1779 and the surviving building extended circa 1880.