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 thins 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 About 1840 the Electroplate process superseded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 |
Dagger #49
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Staniford, Parkin & Co | 1784 |
Sheffield |
DIXON & Co
| Dixon J. & Sons, Cornish Place, Sheffield | 1835 |
Sheffield |
D S and a 'sun' between
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Dixon T. & Co | 1784 |
Birmingham |
| Eagle displayed # 48 | Smith & Co | 1784 |
Birmingham |
| Eagle's head | White | 1811 |
Birmingham |
| Ear | Shepard | 1817 |
Birmingham |
Elephant's head
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R. Gainsford | 1808 |
Sheffield |
| 8 (figure) # 6 | Beldon | 1809 |
Sheffield |
| Eye | Ryland *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Fan | Hall *** | 1820 |
Birmingham |
| Fish # 4 | Ashley | 1816 |
Birmingham |
Fish-hook #5
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Beldon, Hoyland & Co | 1785 |
Sheffield |
| Fleur-de-lis # 56 | AH JH (Aaron Hatfield) ***, Pepper Alley, Sheffield Small I. & I. W. & Co (Waterhouse & Co) |
1808 1812 1833 |
Birmingham Birmingham Sheffield |
| Flower and leaves | Meredith *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Fork | Jordan *** | 1814 |
Birmingham |
| FREETH | Freeth H., Upper Priory, Birmingham | 1816 |
Sheffield |
| G inverted with small cross | Pearson R. Princes Street, Sheffield | 1811 |
Birmingham |
| Gil Bert (in script), triangle and cross and other | Gilbert J., Legge AStreet, Birmingham | 1812 |
Birmingham |
| Globe and stand | Tyndall ***, Moseley Str., Birmingham | 1813 |
Birmingham |
| Goblet | Lees | 1811 |
Birmingham |
| H #59 | Watson, Pass & Co (late J.Watson), Hartshead, Sheffield | 1811 |
Birmingham |
| HH (in script) | Henry Hall, 51 Shadwell Street, Birmingham | 1829 |
Birmingham |
| Hand holding candlestick | Rogers J., New Street, Birmingham | 1819 |
Birmingham |
Hand, open # 47 # 58
| N.Smith & Co, Waingate, Sheffield Smith & Co (Smith, Tate, Nicholson &Hoult), Arundel Str. used by J.Watson & Co used by Padley, Parkin & Co, Watson Walk, Sheffield |
1784 1810 1830 1849 |
Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield |
| Hand with index finger pointing # 30 | Hinks | 1812 |
Birmingham |
| Head of animal # 13 | Cracknall | 1814 |
Birmingham |
Heart with Maltese cross # 21
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Fox, Proctor, Pasmore & Co | 1784 |
Sheffield |
| Horn of Plenty | John Lilly, St. Paul's Square, Birmingham | 1815 |
Birmingham |
Horseshoe
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Moore J. *** | 1784 |
Birmingham |
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