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 About 1840 the Electroplate process superseded Sheffielf Plate.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 |
JM
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JOSEPH MAKIN | 1786 |
Sheffield |
| JONES | Jones, Show Room at New Street, Birmingham | 1824 |
Birmingham |
| JOSEPHUS SMITH | Smith J., South Street, Sheffield | 1836 |
Sheffield |
Key
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R. Law *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| KIRKBY | Kirkby S, Carver Lane, Sheffield | 1812 |
Birmingham |
LAW and TL in script
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Thomas Law | 1758 |
Sheffield |
Leg and foot
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M. Hanson | 1810 |
Birmingham |
| Lozenge # 39 | F. Madin & Co, Far Field, Sheffield | 1788 |
Sheffield |
| Maple leaf | Bishop Thomas, 24 St Paul's Square, Birmingham | 1830 |
Birmingham |
| Metal gauge | Smith *** | 1821 |
Birmingham |
T.OLDHAM
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T. Oldham | 1860 |
Nottingham |
| Orb and cross # 43 | J. & S. Roberts, Union Street, Sheffield Dunn *** |
1786 1810 |
Sheffield Birmingham |
Phoenix
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Waterhouse, Hatfield & Co, Portobello Place, Sheffield | 1836 |
Sheffield |
Pineapple
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Dan Holy, Parker & Co, Mulberry Street, Sheffield D & G Holy & Co, |
1804 1821 |
Sheffield Sheffield |
Pipe # 1
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Danl. Holy, Wilkinson &Co, Mulberry Street, Sheffield I. Drabble & Co, Eyre Street, Sheffield |
1784 1803 |
Sheffield Sheffield |
Pisces, sign off
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W. Woodward *** | 1814 |
Birmingham |
Pistol # 27
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W. Green & Co, Eyre Street, Sheffield | 1784 |
Sheffield |
| Plough | Allgood ***, Essex Street, Birmingham | 1812 |
Birmingham |
Question mark
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W. Silkirk *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
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