The celebration of the silver wedding of the Prince of Wales had some effect on the jewelry and fancy trades. The corporation of the City of London resolved to present their Royal Highnesses with a commemorative present, and competitive designs and models were asked for. These were submitted to the authorities, and the design by Elkington & Co., limited, was accepted. They have received instructions to manufacture in silver a model of the proposed Imperial Institute. It is to cost five hundred guineas, and is to be ready for presentation at an early day.
Source: Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - May 1888
Elkington and Co., Limited.—Directors: H. F. Elkington (Chairman), C. C. Chipman (Deputy Chairman), W. D. Birchall, Genl. Carson, H. G. Elkington, E. Docker, T. W. Horton and W. Prentice. Secretary : T. B. Read. Office: 128, Newhall Street, Birmingham.—The present company was registered April 25, 1907, to acquire a business of goldsmiths, jewellers, silversmiths, &c. The authorised capital is £284,500, divided into £200,000 preference shares of £5 (formerly of £10), and £84,500 ordinary shares of £1, and £153,000 of preference and all the ordinary were issued fully paid. Being a private company reports are not obtainable, but this notice has been officially revised. Telegraphic address, Elkington, Birmingham. Telephone number, 59, Birmingham.
Silver-gilt in two colors, offered by Messrs. Clay & Son, Stratford, London, England, to the Council of The Royal Horticultural Society, for a New Rose, not yet in commerce, having the true old Rose scent.
Height (with pedestal), 18 inches. Width (between handles), 13½ inches. Weight, 90 ounces. Designed and Manufactured by Elkington & Co., Ltd., London.
At Messrs. Elkington and Co.’s one sees a novel tobacco-box in silver, copied from the design popular with the “navvies” in days gone by. There is also any number of pretty little brooches, dainty in design, which would make very acceptable presents.