Coffee Pot from GSS STELLA (1876)
Maker
Elkington and Company (estab. Circa 1830, closed Circa 1963)
Production date
1867
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May I ask about the naming conventions on this site? If her silver was engraved SS Stella then presumably that was her name. It's not clear why she would be GSS Stella now. Did the silver come from a time before she was in government service, so she later had a name change?
- Iain Thorpe posted 2 years ago.