These exceptional silver plated, or electrotype, chargers were made by Elkington & Co., the highly renowned and esteemed Victorian silversmiths based in Birmingham, to a popular and enduring design depicting the four seasons with six months on each of the two pieces.
The chargers depict the four seasons with two on each, the first six months of the year on one, the second six on the other. The style of the execution is that of the Renaissance revival, with splendid female figures and cherubs in circular friezes rendered in high relief.