Antique Irish Treen Ale Jug: A superior & substantial coopered Jug C.19thC

iCollectAntique Irish Treen Ale Jug: A superior & substantial coopered Jug C.19thCA superior and substantial very fine quality coopered Ale Jug made for the Irish market having silver platedbands, unusually mounted diagonally engraved with birds, butterflies and flora, alsohaving an acorn finial and an incredible well detailed Bacchus Mask spout. The inside ceramic insulator looking as if unused and bearing both the Irish retailers shield forAustin of Dublin and the makers marks for John Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham.Good Antique Condition with wear to the silver plate and usual shrinkage attwo of the staves leaving small gaps which is usual to find - please view imagesReflections and polish in imagesCirca: 1870-80'sThis is a large heavy, substantial and extraordinary item weighing 3 kilos unpackaged - pick up welcome NW6/London11 inches (28.5cm) height approx X 6.75 inches (17cm) dia approxMARKS - HALLMARKS - HISTORYA business established in Birmingham before 1864 as Grinsell & Bourne.When the partnership was dissolved (1871), John Grinsell started a new business with his sons (Thomas Bywater Grinsell, James Erazmus Grinsell, Lorenzo Grinsell and Joseph Charles Grinsell) as John Grinsell & Sons.The firm was active at Victoria Works, 57 Tower Street, St. George's, Birmingham.Show rooms were opened at 13 Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus, London and 73 West Nile Street, Glasgow.In 1905c. the firm was converted to John Grinsell & Sons Ltd. Later the firm was purchased by Barker Ellis & Co Ltd.The trade mark "Cupid standing on a scroll" was registered in 1879.The firm was specialized in the manufacture of silver-mounted glass or stoneware items.CHRONOLOGYGrinsell & Bourne c. 1864 - 1871John Grinsell & Sons 1871 - 1905John Grinsell & Sons Ltd 1905 - c. 1920