Coconut cup
19th century, after 16th century original
Medium
Silver on base metal; coconut
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 13 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (34.3 × 17.1 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Electrotype
Culture
British, Birmingham, after German original
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Accession Number
83.18.145
Tags
About the Artist
Elkington & Co. · 1829–1963
Elkington & Co. was the Birmingham firm that transformed the production of decorative metalwork by commercializing electroplating — a process that made silver-quality objects accessible to a vastly wider public. The company was established by George Richards Elkington (1801–1865) and his cousin Henry Elkington during the 1830s, initially trading as G. R. Elkington & Co. A crucial turning point cam...