Tag: Elkington & Company

Egyptian Revival done up by Elkington and Company of Birmingham, England. Victorian era and almost more fun than the Ancient Egyptian originals.

Tazza. 1876. Egyptian Revival. English. Bronze with electroplated gilt and Champlevé enamel. Elkington and Company, maker. Engraved 1876/PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION on the underside. Image © Auctioneers.com. Fair use license. auctioneers.com. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-philadelphia-exhibition-egyptian-revival-gilt-e-159-c-6594dfcbd9
Pair of four-light candelabra,  each candelabra modelled en suite with winged scarab finial above four outscrolled lotus-work arms, the undersides similarly marked and stamped 8946. 1876. English. Egyptian Revival. Bronze with electroplated gilt and Champlevé enamel. Elkington and Company, Birmingham, maker. Maker’s marks: Engraved 1876/PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION on the underside and stamped stamped 8946. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4594328
Silver plated centerpiece with a glass bowl, the pierced lozenge base set with two sphinx, all below a scallop shell and lotus flower framework now supporting an associated glass bowl. Inscribed cartouche. 1888. English. Egyptian Revival. Elkington and Company, Birmingham. Maker’s marks: Stamped marks for Elkington on the underside. Image © 2024 Chilcotts Auctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.chilcottsauctions.co.uk/catalogue/lot/b87d62c2e3b81b2815d17b0f63f6743b/120c74f2d99c26ad747b2640bb0cc6e9/silver-jewellery-watches-coins-good-antiques-and-h-lot-62/



Egyptian Revival silver plated and cut-glass seven piece table garniture, the tri-form bases raised on lion paws and supporting fully-modeled sphinxes, stem formed as a three-handled amphora, hung with chains and topped by cut-glass bowls, the seven-light candelabrum centerpiece with a matching mirror plateau. The detachable sconces can be replaced with cut-glass bowls. ca. 1865. English. Probably designed by A. A. Willms. Elkington and Company. Marked on the bases and with a diamond registration mark on each piece. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dining-in-new-york/a-victorian-silver-plated-and-cut-glass-seven

Trophies in silver for winning various things. A centerpiece too but it fits right in. Various dates and makers. Mostly English, but not all.


Silver urn-form trophy with a double-domed lid with a vasiform finial, a curved and tapering bowl, stylized leaf mounted scroll-bracket side handles and a stepped and raised foot. 1917. George V. Made in London, England by Lionel Alfred Crichton. Fully marked. Image © 2021 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/shop-all/_english-silver-lidded-trophy-f2a1?locale=en
Solid silver trophy with a figural hunting statue that depicts a huntsman holding a fox and his hounds at his feet. Ebonized plinth that is applied with an engraved plaque inscribed “Presented to W. J. Buckley Esquire, April 18th, 1895.” 1894. Made in Birmingham, England by Elkington and Company Ltd. Maker’s marks: Hallmarks for Elkington and Company. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/figurative-sculptures/19th-century-victorian-solid-silver-hunting-trophy-elkington-circa-1894/id-f_13713411/

Silver trophy cup. 1886. Made in London England by Frederick Elkington (Elkington and Company). Maker’s marks: fully hallmarked. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/antique-victorian-silver-large-trophy-cup/id-f_22258242/

Sterling silver trophy presented by DeForest Grant to John W. Grange, winner of the championship putting contest held in 1938 at the Kebo Valley Golf Club, the oldest golf club in Maine and the eighth oldest golf club in the United States. Made in England in 1936 by Barker Brothers. Maker’s marks; English hallmarks for Barker Brothers. Image © 2019 estatesilver.com. Fair use license. via https://estatesilver.com/product/sterling-silver-golf-trophy-1938-kebo-valley-club-maine/
The Emperor’s plate (Ascot Gold Cup) parcel-gilt. racing trophy that was presented by Emperor/Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Rococo Revival on a shaped square plinth applied on four angles with the Russian Imperial coat-of-arms, two sides inset with relief plaques of Peter the Great’s palaces Peterhof and Gatchina, the others with prize inscriptions, the vase inset with two relief scenes that depict heroic events in the life of Peter the Great: the victory at Poltava in 1709 and a rescue at sea off of Finland in 1724. 1846. Edward Hodge Baily, R.A. designer. Made in London, England by John Samuel Hunt for Hunt and Roskell, successors to Storr and Mortimer. Maker’s marks: marked on vase, plinth, underside of the plaques, coats of arms, nuts and detachable flowers on the base; also stamped ‘HUNT AND ROSKELL LATE STORR AND MORTIMER Number 2795.” Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5433100


Quadruple silver plate cake or fruit basket, also known as a brides basket. Engraved in the center to read “Special premium at the Maury Company Fair 1894 for the best cake made of S. F. Ashton’s flour. Awarded to Miss Florence Sheppard.” Made in 1892 by Pairpoint in New Bedford, Massachusetts. American. Maker’s marks: Marks for Pairpoint on the base. Image © curiosityhudson.com. Fair use license. via https://www.curiosityhudson.com/trophies/1892-victorian-silver-basket-engraved-as-best-cake-trophy
The Queen’s Cup won at the Ascot Races in 1867. Silver racing trophy described by The Illustrated London News in 1867 as being ‘in the form of a tankard in Queen Anne’s style’. The ample body heavily decorated with applied cast vertical straps rising to a similar band of formal motifs, beaded scroll cartouche with an inscribed convex center. The generously designed handle terminating in a bearded lion mask and scrolled thumbpiece and the double-domed hinged cover surmounted by two rampant stallions. 1867. English. Made in London, England by Robert Garrard for R. and S Garrard and Company. Maker’s marks: the based stamped : “R & S GARRARD PANTON St LONDON”. Image © 2021 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/gold-boxes-silver-and-ceramics/the-queens-cup-ascot-races-1867-a-magnificent
Silver centerpiece, the triangular base with shell and scroll feet, leading to the stem wrapped in foliage with on either side a soldier in Crimean War uniform holding flags. Would have had a glass bowl which has gotten lost. Victorian, made in 1855 in London, England by John Samuel Hunt. The flags and bowl support are seemingly unmarked. Image © 2024 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/classic-design-furniture-clocks-silver-ceramics/crimean-war-interest-a-victorian-silver
Silver covered trophy bowl of baluster form, the cover with three cast horses naturalistically modeled circling on a naturalistic grass effect base, bordered with embossed and chased shaped panels with motifs. The body with an outswept flaired rim, the sides with applied cast naturalistic fruiting garlands of apples and gourds in high relief, further shaped panels with motifs among a stippled ground, with protruding ornate cartouches to either side, the front cartouche engraved: LEWES RACES/1865/The County Cup/
WON BY REDAN, and the obverse cartouche engraved with: STEWARDS/THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS/EARL OF PORTSMOUTH/
VISCOUNT ST VINCENT, The lower belly with foliate panels; the stem with acanthus and foliate knops and cast-shaped shields, on a stepped spreading foot with chased and embossed foliate design. Silver. Victorian, made in London, England in 1864 by Robert Hennell III. Maker’s marks: hallmarked. Image: © Bonhams 2001-2025. Fair use license. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/31229/lot/76/an-impressive-victorian-silver-covered-trophy-bowl-robert-hennell-iii-london-1864/

Vases and other delights in cloisonné enamel by English firm Elkington & Company. Made a lot of silverplate too but I like these best. 1870’s.

Vase. 1876.
Vase. 1876. Cloisonné enamel on gilt metal. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Fair use license. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O77665/vase-elkington-co/

Pair of vases with birds. Undated.
Pair of vases with birds. Model #312. Undated. Cloisonné enamel. Albert Auguste Adolphe Wilms, designer for Elkington. Image © 2019 Bidsquare Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/woolley-wallis/a-pair-of-elkington-cloisonne-enamel-vases-by-albert-auguste-adolphe-wilms-model-no-312-tapering-c-321152

Vase. 1876.
Vase. 1876. Cloisonné enamel gilt brass. Image © 2019 Sothebys. Fair use license. via http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/the-art-of-the-table-n09614/lot.257.html