Terms and conditions of use
Tazza and cover
(1851)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1885
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
From the 1840s, Birmingham-based Elkington & Co. dominated the English trade in electrotyping – an electrical equivalent of casting. Electrotypes are closely related to electroplating. A mould (initially of wax, but later of metal) is taken of the object to be reproduced, copper is deposited on the mould in a plating vat and the mould is then removed, revealing a reproduction of the original work in copper. The copper reproduction would then be gilded or silvered to imitate the material of the original work.
Artwork Details
punched in relief in metal plaque on base c.: *Department of Science & Art*/ (crown) / V R / (three ostrich feathers) / Elkington
punched in rim of base: 1366
Purchased, 1885
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited