Judy Although the majority of his work was in silver electroplating I think his 'claim to fame' was that he patented the process of gold plating, even though he produced very few pieces. I believe there are examples of his gold plating, as well as an extensive collection of silver plate in the V and A. best wiishes wendy On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:57 PM, <JJupar@aol.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you sop much for the help you sent. Unfortunately none of it was > positive. > > The Elkingtons as we know, were well known for their silver plating and > the business was, of course, carried on by his sons. However, although > Gold was used in productions of a later date, it was never so remarkable > as > their well known Silver Plate, > > Thank you all for your help. > > Regards > > JUDY ELKINGTON > www.elkingtonfamily.com > Elkington@rootsweb.com > > www.elkingtonfamily.com > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ELKINGTON > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ELKINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >