Lidded ewer
Medium
Silverplate
Dimensions
confirmed: 9 1/2 × 5 11/16 × 5 in., 1.2 lb. (24.1 × 14.4 × 12.7 cm, 550g)
Classification
Metalwork-Silverplate
Culture
British, Birmingham
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lawrence A. and Janet Y. Larose, 2021
Accession Number
2021.153.1
About the Artist
Elkington & Co.|Christopher Dresser · 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...