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An excellent early Victorian English silver and gilt plated, large scale claret jug expertly hand applied fluted handle and star cut base, Circa 1840s, with markers mark for Elkington, England. A wonderful antique wine decanter, the mount has raised putti or cherubs who are reading or playing flutes and lyres and the lid finial is a charming putti playing the cymbals. This jug would also work well for water or lemonade etc. In pleasingly excellent antique condition.

Elkington & Co. are one of the most important names in English silver and certainly the most important in silver plate history.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.

  • Period: Victorian
  • Sold
  • Location: Gloucestershire
    • Dimensions: H: 30cm (11.81in)
    • W: 18cm (7.09in)
    • D: 14cm (5.51in)