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Elkington & Co., Birmingham (manufacturer)
Tazza and cover (1851)
silver (electrotype), glass, gilt
(a-b) 24.7 × 15.2 cm diameter (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1885
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Tazza and cover
(1851)
Medium
silver (electrotype), glass, gilt
Measurements
(a-b) 24.7 × 15.2 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1885
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
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
Place/s of Execution
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Inscription
punched in base c.: 3
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
Accession Number
871.a-b-D1M
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited