ELKINGTON ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE

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The earliest electroplate made by Elkington's was marked with 'E & Co' crowned in a shield and the word ELEC TRO PLATE in three portions.

1840

1841

1842-1864

1865-1897

In 1841 and again in 1842 the mark was changed and a date number was added. The date number was in use from 1841 to 1848 (the 6 was reversed).

DATE	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848
NUMBER	1	2	3	6	5	6 (rev.)	7	8

In 1849 the series was altered to letters, beginning with K

DATE	1849	1850	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864
LETTER	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

With the beginning of the new series of letters in 1865 the mark was also changed. The date letter missed out B, C, I and J, while Q, not used by the sheet department and only partially by the cast department, was used as well R in 1877.

date letter 1865-1885

DATE	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875
LETTER	A	D	E	F	G	H	K	L	M	N	O

DATE	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
LETTER	P	Q R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

Slightly different marks were used in 1898-1899 and from 1900 onwards.

1898-1899

1900 onwards

date letter 1886-1911

DATE	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898
LETTER	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M

DATE	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
LETTER	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

date letter 1912-1936

DATE	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
LETTER	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M

DATE	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
LETTER	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

date letter 1937-1960

DATE	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948
LETTER	A	B	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M

DATE	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
LETTER	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

date letter 1961-1986 (but production at Walsall stopped in 1968)

DATE	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
LETTER	A	B	D	E	F	G	H	I

ELKINGTON HISTORY
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 another. By 1840 production was already underway with silver electroplated wares. The company received financial backing from Josiah Mason in 1842 (renaming the firm Elkington, Mason & Co between 1842 and 1861) and was extremely successful. It introduced electrotyping as a new method of production for silver plated items. Elkington & Co exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 with enormous success.
In 1885 Elkington registered designs by Christopher 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.

alphabetical glossary of electroplate and silver plate makers' hallmarks

A - E

F - I

J - J

L - S

T - Z

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