The softer-spoken of two butlers who arrived together. The Godfrey is an oval silent butler from Poole Silver Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts — press the shell thumb lift, the lid opens, crumbs and table-sweepings disappear inside, and the room never sees a thing. His rim is worked in a gadroon border, that classic twisted-rope pattern of fine American silversmithing, and his turned handle wears a deep mahogany stain. Made by the same parent company as his rectangular companion, and found in the same attic all these decades later. He'd make a fine keeper of keys, jewelry, or secrets.
Poole Silver Co., model 319, circa 1940s–1950s. Approx. 10" x 8". Hinge sound; surface tarnish and gentle plate wear consistent with age.
