Plating Collection

Elkington & Co. Manufacture, Royal Visit 1874
Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Elkington factory in Birmingham, where electro and silver plating where made. Date: 1874

Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Elkington factory in Birmingham, where electro and silver plating where made. Date: 1874

Electro-plating workshop in the Oudry factory, Paris. Date: circa 1870

Advert, polishing and plating supplies, New York City, USA
Advert, Zucker & Levett & Loeb Co, polishing and plating supplies, West 25th Street, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Mappin & Brothers cutlery 1891
Advertisement for Mappin & Brothers, showing the exterior of the factory in Sheffield, where you can buy your cutlery at the manufactures direct or have it repaired, replated and re-bladed ect. 1891

Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham 1844
The silver deposit room at Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham. The objects to be plated are connected to an electrical cable (routed across the ceiling)

Pins with gilt heads. 2nd-3rd century. From Can Colomer Munm
Roman Art. Pins with gilt heads. 2nd-3rd centuries. From the burial ground of Can Colomer Munmany, Vic Catalonia. Episcopal Museum. Vic

1st Duke of Devonshire
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 1ST DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE Aided in raising the north country in favour of William of Orange. Date: 1640 - 1707

Question of the double bottom by G. H. Davis
The question of the double bottom: should it be strengthened? A sectional view through the double bottom of a great liner. 1912

WWI - Balkan Front - Fortified artillery post with French and Serbian gunners / artillerymen. Date: 1915

Electroplating Factory
Walker & Hall, electroplating factory, Sheffield 1885 Date: 1885

Framing and plating the hull of a ship, WW1
Framing and plating the middle portion of a ships hull during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Silver Plating 18th C
Various tools used for silver plating including a hammer, screws and chucks. Date: Circa 1760

British Troops examine a German Royal Tiger, France; Second
Photograph showing several British soldiers examining an abandoned German Royal Tiger tank, near Falaise, 1944. This heavy tank was reported to weigh 65 tons

Great Eastern Forge
In the forge housed on the deck of the Great Eastern iron plating is prepared for the capstan

Wash Basin 1930
An elegant pink washbasin by Dent & Hellyer in an art deco bathroom

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