Sheffield Plate and Electro Plate - Lecture - 1907

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SHEFFIELD PLATE AND ELECTRO PLATE

Transcript of a lecture given on the 28th May 1907 by Sherard Osborn Cowper-Coles (b.1866, d.1936), an expert of electro-deposition and inventor of the 'sherardising' process, to the Royal Society of Arts. In the Chair was Sir John Bingham, the senior partner at Walker & Hall.









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Source: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Journal - Volume 55 - Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1907

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Source: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Journal - Volume 55 - Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1907

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Source: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Journal - Volume 55 - Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1907

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Source: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Journal - Volume 55 - Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1907

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Thanks Trev - a most fascinating read. And now my eyes are all squint. But a lot I didn't know. Am amazed at the the amount of human labour that still went into the plating process, By this stage I had pretty much thought most of it was stamped out quickly and with industrial precision. The idea of variable plating was new (incidentally have an everyday Walker and Hall rat-tail canteen from this period that would have benefitted from it - you know, the backs of the spoons). I especially love the Edwardian optimism, unfortunately so cruelly crushed by the Great War and the advent of stainless steel. I love the disparaging of cheap Birmingham solid silver wares. And yes, Bingham's little dig at Mappin and Webb delightful. Thanks Frank

PS give me Old Sheffield any day