Horn
19th century, after 1597–1609 original
Medium
Ivory with silver-gilt mountings, rubies
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 13 13/16 × 19 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (35.1 × 48.6 × 11.4 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Electrotype
Culture
British, Birmingham, after German or Russian original
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Accession Number
83.18.211
Tags
About the Artist
Elkington & Co.|Jacob Mores · 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...