• The Elkington Silver Electroplating Works was a building on Newhall Street in Birmingham, England. It later housed the Birmingham science museum Museum...
  • The earliest electroplate made by Elkington's was marked with 'E & Co' crowned in a shield and the word ELEC TRO PLATE in three portions.
  • ...By the mid-1860s Elkington's employed nearly a thousand workers and was firmly established as the leading silver- and electroplate company in the world.
  • In the 19th century it was the Elkington Silver Electroplanting Works. It was built in 1838 for George Elkington. Most of the building was demolished in the 1960s.
  • The Elkington Silver Electroplating Works, is a building on Newhall Street in Birmingham, England.
  • How Electroplating Works: Electroplating uses electrical current to reduce dissolved metal cations so that they form a coherent metal coating on an electrode.
  • In 1830s Elkington & Co. were awarded the first patents for mastering the electroplating technique which consists in applying a thin coat of silver to a different...
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  • Elkington 1 A gilded silver Electrotyped reproduction by Elkington & Co. of an early gilded silver stein, Dated 1840 -1842.
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  • Elkington oxidised the silver-plated parts of Schlick’s composition to give it a more aged pewter-like appearance that contrasts with the gilding.
  • By the 1850s, Elkington & Co. had experienced widespread success due to the popularity of plating various surfaces with gold, silver, copper and other metals.
  • ...and his innovative formulas for potassium cyanide plating baths, the Elkingtons were able to secure the first viable patents for gold and silver electroplating.
  • There is a Blue Plaque commemorating him on the old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works (The old Science Museum), Newhall Street, Birmingham.