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A PAIR OF LARGE circular silver-plated table-tops, with scro…
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256
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A PAIR OF LARGE circular silver-plated table-tops, with scro…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
A PAIR OF LARGE circular silver-plated table-tops, with scrolled feet and handles, and fluted lids.
decorated with applied coats of arms surmounted by a helmet and an eagle, below a phylactery. The top handle features an eagle with outstretched wings.
English work, second half of the 19th century.
Elkington & Co, between 1842 and 1864.
Height: 38 cm approx.
A coat of arms is missing, the intermediate trays are patched.
Notes Elkington & Co is one of the leading names in English silverware. Founded in Birmingham in 1836, the company initially specialised in improving gilding techniques. As early as 1838, it developed and patented an electroplating process for depositing one metal on another, paving the way for the production of silver objects by electrolysis from 1840 onwards. Financially supported by Josiah Mason from 1842, the company became Elkington, Mason & Co. until 1861, and enjoyed great success. It introduced electrotyping as a manufacturing method and gained international recognition, notably at the 1851 Universal Exhibition in London.
The electroplating patents were acquired the same year by Charles Christofle for France.
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