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Sugar bowl
Shallow circular sugar bowl, pale lemon silver gilt, standing on a low foot rim, curving to straight sides and to a low neck, two rectangular handles, with grooved and beaded ornament; the surfaces have a matt frosted texture with bright machine engraving in the Anglo-Japanese style with brocade ornament, birds, bamboo, ferns, flowers and fans.
Japanese-influenced designs became very fashionable from the 1870s and firms like Elkington made them available to a broad consumer market. Elkington & Co patented the electroplating process in 1840, which revolutionised the silver plate industry.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50477
Creation/Production
Elkington, Frederick
Date: 1881
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.4
l(cm) handle to handle:14.6
l(cm)
diam
(cm): 10.8
Height
(in): 2
l(in) handle to handle:5 3/4
l(in)
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
spun
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver gilt
Location
In store
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