ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SALT SHAKER SILVER PLATED HALLMARKED BIRMINGHAM 1884 

Up for sale is a very rare Victorian era salt and pepper shaker silver electroplated from Birmingham England silver 1884. 

Overall good condition for its age. Heigh 10sm-4inches,diameter 4sm-1 2/4inchs,weight 63 grams. 

Hallmarked Elkington Mason &Company Birmingham 1884 .Purchased from a home sale in Birmingham. 

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. The company received financial backing from Josiah Mason in 1842 (renaming the firm Elkington, Mason & Co between 1842 and 1861) and was extremely successful. 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. 

I ask that you please view the photos carefully and feel free to contact me with any questions. Collector's don't miss out on this opportunity to buy a antique piece of  a Victorian salt-pepper shaker!!! But as with all my estate items - Please see photos closely as this is not a mint condition item.    

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