NEW TIN Dovetailed 6-1/8" E V Wilkes Co Stamped Saucepan. Made in England - Circa 1800s.

According to OldCopper.org:
https://oldcopper.org/makers/e_v_wilkes.php

"EVW – Wilkes, Edward Villers, 12, Lower Priory, near Colmore Circus, Birmingham, from pre-1829 - (Slater’s Directory, 1852). By 1884 they were at Priory Copper Works, Brewery Street, New Town Row. The name is not found in directories after the 1907 merger with Charles Lee to form Lee and Wilkes, Brewery Street which continued up to c1939 but use of the trade mark may have continued after 1907.

Wilkes is originally described in 1818 as a manufacturer of casting pots, crucibles and ovens in Upper Temple Street. Later descriptions list him as a wholesale & warming pan maker, wholesale brazier, coppersmith, pewterer, and dealer in metals. Trade Mark ‘EVW’ across a milk churn, found on kettles, coppers, saucepans and other copper kitchenware.

The firm started as a coppersmiths run by Messrs. Birch and Villiers. William Villiers, a wealthy magistrate, took on an apprentice to the firm by the name of Wilkes. Wilkes married Villiers’ daughter and was taken in as a partner in the firm in 1818, and by 1825 the firm was known as Villiers & Wilkes. The business had a number of premises changes over the years, from Moor Street to the Old Square to Brewery Street and Newtown Row, all in Birmingham. In 1907 the firm amalgamated with Charles Lee of Freeman Street to become Lee & Wilkes Ltd."

STAMPED:
-EVW

DIMENSIONS:
6-1/8" DIA
4-3/8" Tall
12-1/8" Length

WEIGHT:
0.97kg
2lb. 2oz.

THICKNESS:
1.2-1.3mm

RETINNED and ready to use in your kitchen!

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