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STORIA DELL’OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE DAL 1743 al 1840

HISTORY OF THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE FROM 1743 TO...

HISTORY OF THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE AND ITS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT This text is the result of a long and careful translation of the most important text ever written on the...

HISTORY OF THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE FROM 1743 TO...

HISTORY OF THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE AND ITS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT This text is the result of a long and careful translation of the most important text ever written on the...

ELKINGTON & Co PREMI E COLLABORAZIONI

ELKINGTON & Co AWARDS AND COLLABORATIONS

ELKINGTON & Co. INNOVATION IN ART Elkington & Co was founded in 1824 by brothers George and Henry Elkington, and was one of the most famous English silverware and plate...

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ELKINGTON & Co AWARDS AND COLLABORATIONS

ELKINGTON & Co. INNOVATION IN ART Elkington & Co was founded in 1824 by brothers George and Henry Elkington, and was one of the most famous English silverware and plate...

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I PIONIERI DELL'ARGENTERIA GALVANICA

THE PIONEERS OF GALVANIC SILVERWARE

THE PIONEERS OF GALVANIC SILVERWORK     Born in Birmingham on 17 October 1801, George Richards Elkington began his career as a clerk in his uncle's optician's shop until 1824,...

THE PIONEERS OF GALVANIC SILVERWARE

THE PIONEERS OF GALVANIC SILVERWORK     Born in Birmingham on 17 October 1801, George Richards Elkington began his career as a clerk in his uncle's optician's shop until 1824,...

Messaggistica d’antan

Old-fashioned messaging

Would you go on a long trip without your smartphone? Not even in the Victorian era would a lady or gentleman leave their loved ones without a few lines of...

Old-fashioned messaging

Would you go on a long trip without your smartphone? Not even in the Victorian era would a lady or gentleman leave their loved ones without a few lines of...

Quando le confezioni diventavano opere d’arte da appendere nelle case vittoriane

When packages became works of art to hang in Vi...

It was Felix Edward Pratt (1813-94) who identified the commercial possibilities of using new printing technology to decorate container lids for popular products such as bear fat, tobacco, potted crayfish...

When packages became works of art to hang in Vi...

It was Felix Edward Pratt (1813-94) who identified the commercial possibilities of using new printing technology to decorate container lids for popular products such as bear fat, tobacco, potted crayfish...

Coppa nuziale o coppa dell’amore

Wedding cup or love cup

German tradition of the wedding or love cup The legend of the Nuremberg wedding cup is centuries old. It is said to have begun in Nuremberg, Germany, where a wealthy...

Wedding cup or love cup

German tradition of the wedding or love cup The legend of the Nuremberg wedding cup is centuries old. It is said to have begun in Nuremberg, Germany, where a wealthy...