OLD SHEFFIELD PLATEMARKS AND HALLMARKS OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE MAKERS |
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Thomas Boulsover, a Sheffield cutler, invented the process wich became called Sheffield plate about
1740.
The date is uncertain because no patent was taken out. The next known manufacturer was Joseph Hancock,
in 1755, but others also began and in 1784 the Sheffield Plate makers obtained an Act of the Parliament
legalizing a mark consisting of the full name of the maker and an associated device. In Sheffield plate a
sheet of silver is fused on to a thicker one of copper and the compound billet rolled, both metals expanding equally,
become a thin sheet of copper coated with a layer of silver. About 1840 the Electroplate process superseded
Sheffielf Plate. Its production ceased about 1860.
Mark registered at the Sheffield Assay Office, under the regulations of the Act of 1784,
by makers of fused-plate and close-plated wares.
Those engaged in close-plating are indicated by three asterisks ***
MARK AND TABLE # |
NAME ACCOMPANYING MARK |
DATE |
WHERE WORKING |
| Acorn # 55 | Waterhouse & Co. | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| ALL PORT (in script) and R (Old English) | Allport E., Cannon Street, Birmingham | 1812 |
Birmingham |
| Arrow # 8 | W. Bingley | 1787 |
Birmingham |
Arrow (8 crossed) # 14
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T & J. Creswick, Porter Street, Sheffield | 1811 |
Sheffield |
| Arrow (2 crossed) | A.C.Lea *** | 1808 |
Birmingham |
| Barrel # 46 | Sansom | 1821 |
Sheffield |
| Battle-axe # 44 | Rodgers J. & Sons, Norfolk Street, Sheffield | 1822 |
Sheffield |
| Beehive # 24 | Garnett W., Bridge Houses, Sheffield | 1803 |
Sheffield |
Bell
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Roberts, Cadman & Co, Eyre Street, Sheffield Roberts, Smith & Co, 5 Eyre Street, Sheffield Smith, Sissons & Co, 5 Eyre Street, Sheffield |
1785 1828 1848 |
Sheffield |
Bird holding a twig # 38
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J. Love & Co (Love, Silverside, Darby & Co) Pea Croft, Sheffield |
1785 |
Sheffield |
| Bishop's mitre # 62 | S.C. Young & Co, Union Street, Sheffield | 1813 |
Sheffield |
| Blunderbuss | F. Moore, William Street, Birmingham | 1820 |
Birmingham |
| Bow and arrow | W. Jervis, White Croft, Sheffield | 1789 |
Sheffield |
Bowl and cover # 36
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Thomas Law & Co, Norfolk Street, Sheffield | 1784 |
Sheffield |
| Bugle | Lilly *** | 1815 |
Birmingham |
| Caliper | Best *** | 1814 |
Birmingham |
| Chain links | Howard | 1809 |
London |
Circle
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Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownill Newbould Wm & Sons, The Moor, Sheffield |
1785 1804 |
Sheffield |
| Cockade | Thomason | 1807 1828 |
Birmingham |
Cockerel #41
| Morton R. & Co, Brinsworth Orchard | 1785 |
Sheffield |
| Compasses | Best H., Great Charles Str, Birmingham | 1814 |
Birmingham |
| CORN &CO | Corn J. &J. Sheppard, Exeter Row, Birmingham | 1819 |
Birmingham |
| Coronet # 45 | Pemberton | 1817 |
Birmingham |
Crescent # 52
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Tudor & Co (Tudor, Leader & Nicholson), Sycamore Hill, Sheffield Law & Son |
1784 1807 |
Sheffield |
Cross
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Sykes & Co, Pinstone Lane, Sheffield D. Horton *** |
1784 1808 |
Sheffield Birmingham |
| Cross | Johnson J., New Inkleys, Birmingham | 1812 |
Birmingham |
| Cross inside a circle | Sutcliffle R. & Co, King Street, Sheffield | 1786 |
Sheffield |
Cross over globe
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Blagden, Hodgson & Co, Nursery Street, Sheffield | 1821 |
Sheffield |
Cross over globe
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Robert J. & S., Union Street, Sheffield | 1786 |
Sheffield |
Cross over globe
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Walker, Knowles & Co 47 Burgess St. |
1840 |
Sheffield, |
| Cross crosslet | Johnson | 1812 |
Birmingham |
Crossed keys # 2 # 28
 
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John Parson & Co, Market Place, Sheffield J. Green & Co, Market Place, Sheffield H. Wilkinson & Co, Norfolk Street, Sheffield |
1784 1799 1836 |
Sheffield |
| Crown between G.R. #17 | J. Dixon & Sons, Cornish Place, Sheffield | 1835 |
Sheffield |
| Crown WB (Old English) | Briggs W, Carver Street, Sheffield | 1823 |
Sheffield |
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