Vase
Elkington & Co.
19th century
Medium
Plated base metal
Dimensions
H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification
Reproductions
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Accession Number
83.18.64
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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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...