cutlery, canteen
manufacturer: Thomas Wilkinson & Sons (English, estab. 1832)
Post 1885
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Description
cutlery, canteen, consisting setting for 24 including: small and large forks, dessert spoons, small knives with steel blades, dessert knives with engraved blades, fish forks, fish knives with engraved blades and teaspoons.
Accessories include 2 sugar tongs, an array of serving spoons, a carving knife and fork and a sugar sifting spoon.
four large serving spoons, 3 carving knives, 2 fish knives, 2 sugar tongs, a strainer spoon, grape scissors.
"Pelican Ware" was introduced by Thomas Wilkinson and Sons of Birmingham at the 1885 Industrial Fair [International Inventions Exhibition] in London. What was especially innovative about this line of metal wares was its decoration. Rather than simply gold plating the base metal, Wilkinson achieved the polychrome effect by suspending pigment in lacquer on the surface. … Although the effect of this decorative technique is stunning, it proved to be very fragile. through polishing and repeated use the surface became abraded and the painted scenes eventually disappeared. today few examples remain.
Accessories include 2 sugar tongs, an array of serving spoons, a carving knife and fork and a sugar sifting spoon.
four large serving spoons, 3 carving knives, 2 fish knives, 2 sugar tongs, a strainer spoon, grape scissors.
"Pelican Ware" was introduced by Thomas Wilkinson and Sons of Birmingham at the 1885 Industrial Fair [International Inventions Exhibition] in London. What was especially innovative about this line of metal wares was its decoration. Rather than simply gold plating the base metal, Wilkinson achieved the polychrome effect by suspending pigment in lacquer on the surface. … Although the effect of this decorative technique is stunning, it proved to be very fragile. through polishing and repeated use the surface became abraded and the painted scenes eventually disappeared. today few examples remain.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Thomas Wilkinson & Sons (English, estab. 1832)
Production place
Birmingham, England
Production date
Post 1885
circa 1890-1910
circa 1890-1910
Media description
"Pelican Ware" (electroplated nickel silver)
Measurements
various sizes
Inscriptions
marked “T W [and Pelican]
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell.
Accession number
5109
TJC reference number
1919
