Inventory of reproductions in metal : comprising, in addition to those available for sale to the public, electrotypes bought or made specially for the use of the South Kensington Museum, and Schools of Art, copied by special permission from originals in the Imperial and Government Collections in England, France, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Holland ... manufactured by Elkington & Co., Limited
This is a trade inventory issued in 1900 by the Department of Science and Art, listing metal reproductions made by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham for sale and for South Kensington Museum and art schools, copied from originals in European state collections. The pictures show engraved catalogue plates of electrotype reproductions: a repoussé-style oval plaque with a central figural scene, an ewer with a figured frieze and a dragon-headed handle, a covered urn with floral panels and the names of Oxford colleges, and a wine cistern with figures supporting the bowl. A designer might take ornamental cartouche layouts, scrollwork handles and historicist silver-and-metalwork forms from these plates.
