Elkington Large Silver Plate Serving Tray

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Ready for the holidays to present an elegant table with this beautiful tray for your turkey or ham. Deep well … Read more Ready for the holidays to present an elegant table with this beautiful tray for your turkey or ham. Deep well holds juices off your table. Beautifully worked edging including interior beading with surrounding embellishments and side handles with deep underneath well for secure carrying. Makers mark on the underside near a handle.

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. 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.

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. See less