VICTORIAN ELKINGTON CO SILVER PLATE ZODIAC TEAPOT COFFEE POT & CREAMER circa1881

VICTORIAN ELKINGTON CO SILVER PLATE ZODIAC TEAPOT COFFEE POT & CREAMER circa1881

This listing is for an English silver plate teapot & creamer which was manufactured by Elkington & Company, Birmingham, England. The company used a set of numbers and letters along with a variance in the makers marks throughout their years of manufacturing silver plate. The marks and letters along with the style and letters in the shield indicate that it was manufactured in 1881.

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Over the years Elkington became successful and was one of the main producers of silver plate. They received various Royal Warrants of appointments and also an Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment from the emperor of Austria. The Elkington & Co., are one of the most important names in English silver and certainly the most important name in silver plate. The teapot & creamer as the set features an exceptional zodiac signs around and design of high relief repousse flowers on the body and cover. All 12 signs are featured arounds the teapot and the