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Fine quality Art Deco silver plated side spout cocktail shaker by Elkington

Stock No

12942

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2017
  • £275.00
  • €315 Euro
  • $363 US Dollar

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Item Description

A particularly fine quality English Art Deco silver plated side spout cocktail shaker, Circa 1920s, with makers mark to the base for Elkington, Sheffield. In superb condition, this shaker has a screw lid top and the original cork and silver plated stopper to the side spout.Elkington & Co. are 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. It introduced electrotyping as a new method of production for silver plated items and exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 with enormous success. Elkington held Royal Warrants for Queen Victoria, King Edward VI, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI.

Item Info

Seller Location

Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire

Item Dimensions

H: 19cm W: 12cm D: 9cm

Period

Second quarter 20th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)1453 836773

+44 (0)7770 915851

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