• The Elkingtons opened a new electroplating works in Newhall Street, in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham in 1841, and the following year Josiah Mason...
  • Charles Christofle in France licensed the process from Elkington and achieved considerable commercial success plating hollowware and flatware.
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  • When was gold plating discovered? In England, John Wright and Henry and George Elkington got the first patent for gold and silver electroplating in 1840.
  • Elkington Company electroplating machinery, circa 1840. Silver plated hinge and gallery from an antique jewellery box with Betjemann Patent mechanism...
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  • By the 1850s, Elkington & Co. had experienced widespread success due to the popularity of plating various surfaces with gold, silver, copper and other metals.
  • There is a Blue Plaque commemorating him on the old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works (The old Science Museum), Newhall Street, Birmingham.
  • ...British cousins George and Henry Elkington bought Wright’s patent and were issued several others for similar gold and silver electroplating processes.
  • There is a Blue Plaque commemorating him on the old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works (The old Science Museum), Newhall Street, Birmingham.