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 About 1840 the Electroplate process superseded Sheffielf Plate.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 |
| R & B (Old English) | Roberts & Briggs, 38 Furnival Street, Sheffield | 1860 |
Sheffield |
| Ram's head # 22 | Froggat, Coldwell & Lean, Eyre Street, Sheffield W. Coldwell, Eyre Street, Sheffield |
1797 1806 |
Sheffield Sheffield |
| Rose # 11 | Hipkiss *** | 1808 |
Birmingham |
Scales
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G. Ashforth & Co, Angel Street, Sheffield | 1784 |
Sheffield |
| Scissors | S. Worton ***, Near The Five Ways, Birmingham | 1821 |
Birmingham |
| Semiquaver | Smith | 1812 |
Birmingham |
Ship in full sail # 60
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Watson & Co, Mulberry Street, Sheffield | 1795 |
Sheffield |
SILK
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R. Silk, Birmingham | 1809 |
Birmingham |
SMITH&Co
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Smith & Co | 1784 |
Birmingham |
| Snake | Thomas S.***, 45 Thorp Str. Birmingham | 1813 |
Birmingham |
| Spoon # 20 | S.Evans | 1816 |
Birmingham |
| Spur | Peake *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Square | Tonks, Bromsgrove Rd., Birmingham | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Squirrel # 26 | E. Goodwin, The Park, Sheffield | 1794 |
Sheffield |
| Star | Dixon & Co | 1784 |
Birmingham |
| Stirrup # 7 | Best | 1816 |
Sheffield |
| Stot (in script) | Stot B., Duke St. Park, Sheffield | 1811 |
Sheffield |
Sun # 10
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Matthew Boulton & Co, Soho Works, Birmingham |
1784 |
Birmingham |
| Taurus, sign of | Scot (in script capital) *** | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Thistle # 40 | W. Markland | 1818 |
Birmingham |
| Tongs | Bradshaw ***, 3 Goff Street, Birmingham | 1822 |
Birmingham |
| Tower # 35 | J. Nicholds, 13 Foredrough Street, Birmingham | 1808 |
Birmingham |
| Towers, two | Linwood *** | 1808 |
Birmingham |
| Tree | J. Linwwod | 1807 |
Birmingham |
| Triangle, open with curled sides # 33 | Hutton *** Hutton, Sheffield |
1807 1831 |
Birmingham Sheffield |
Triangles, two interlocked # 15
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Deakin, Smith & Co, Hawley Croft, Sheffield Causer J.F, 4 Nicholson Str, Birmingham |
1785 1824 |
Sheffield Birmingham |
| Troy weight | Kirby for Use | 1812 |
Sheffield |
Trumpet # 25
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A. Goodman & Co, 18 Hawley Croft, Sheffield Wright & Fairbairn |
1800 1809 |
Sheffield Sheffield |
| Tulip | Cheston | 1822 |
Birmingham |
| TUR TON | Turton J., 8 Church Street, Birmingham | 1820 |
Birmingham |
TS into a rectangle
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Thomas Sansom | 1808 |
Sheffield |
| Umbrella | Tonks & Co *** | 1824 |
Birmingham |
Unicorn's head # 31
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Holland H. & Co | 1784 |
Birmingham |
| Watch key | Cope, Edmond Street, Birmingham | 1817 |
Birmingham |
Wheel # 53
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S.Turley | 1816 |
Birmingham |
| WOOD WARD | Woodward W., Bishopgate Street, Birmingham | 1814 |
Birmingham |
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