Beautiful Speckled Red Vintage Enamel Billy Can – Flask & Cup With Handles Linen In 1891 the company moved

In 1891 the company moved to the Woodfield Pottery in Tunstall and in 1908 The Grindley Hotel Ware Co

It is mostly used to serve aged brown liquors such as bourbon

Manufactured pre 1950’s

becoming Barker Ellis

Beautiful Speckled Red Vintage Enamel Billy Can – Flask & Cup With Handles Linen In 1891 the company movedA beautiful speckled red retro thermos pot or billy can consisting of the flask and cup, both with handles and also a wire carry handle. The billy is an Australian term for a metal container used for boiling water, making tea or cooking over a fire. By the end of the 19th century the billy had become as natural, widespread and symbolic of bush life as the gum tree, the kangaroo and the wattle. The item is not marked or stamped. The billy can and cup