Vintage silver plate Elkington cruet set salt shaker, pepperette, mustard pot

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Vintage silver plate Elkington cruet set salt shaker, pepperette, mustard pot:
$38.90

Vintage silver plated cruet set comprising a salt cellar, pepperette and a mustard pot. Made by Elkington & Co, c. 1960s. Probably commissioned for a shipping line, as the set is very heavy (535 g) - ship tableware is usually weighted to stop it sliding off tables.
Elkington & Co is one of the most important names in English silver and certainly the most important in silver plate. They began life in Birmingham as a company of silversmiths in 1836, and experimented with improving gilding techniques. By 1838 they had discovered and patented a new way to electroplate one metal on to the surface of another. By 1840 production was already underway with silver electroplated wares.Elkington & Cointroduced electrotyping as a new method of production for silver plated items and exhibited their wares at the Great Exhibition of 1851 with enormous success.In 1885 Elkington registered designs byChristopher Dresser. Dresser\'s designs included tea services, sugar bowls, claret jugs, kettles, cruet stands, baskets, a tureen and a tankard. His models are recorded in Elkington\'s silver and plated ware pattern-books.Elkington held Royal Warrants for Queen Victoria, King Edward VI, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI. The Elkington & Co. name is still in use today as manufacturers under the auspices of British Silverware Ltd.Below are some of the images of Elkington wares exhibited atthe Great Exhibition of 1851..ConditionBrilliant condition - no loss of silvering or scuffing. Dark mark inside the mustard pot that is not visible when the blue liner is in place.
MeasurementsTotal weight - 535 gSalt and pepper shakers - 6.5 cm tallMustard pot - 4 cm tallSpoon - 7 cm
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