Elkington & Co., Birmingham

In 1885 Elkington registered designs by Dresser. The well–established company, founded around 1830, manufactured silver and electroplate. Its success was based on having secured one of the earliest patents for making electroplate in 1836. Electroplate rapidly replaced Sheffield plate, the 18th–century substitute for silver.

Dresser's designs included tea services, sugar bowls, claret jugs, kettles, cruet stands, baskets, a tureen and a tankard. His models are recorded in Elkington's silver and plated ware pattern-books.