ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE MARKSALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS |
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| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: AA-AZ |
Most of these electroplate and silverplate makers operated in the town of Sheffield from c. 1840 to
c. 1940 (makers operating in other towns, e.g. Birmingham, are expressly indicated)
For an easier reference to the " Sheffield silver marks " you are searching for, and the
silver plate marks identification, the alphabetical order relates to
hallmark's letters or to 'figural' definition (NOT to firm's name)
|A|B|C|D| : the letters ABCD are inside separated square outlines
| ABCD | : the letters are inside a unique rectangular outline
(A)(B)(C)(D) : the letters are inside separate circular or oval outlines
( ABCD ) : the letters are inside an unique outline (of various shape)
[ ABCD ] : the letters are inside a shield
hand, tower, crown, etc.: describes (when possible) a symbol present on the silver plate hallmark
gothic : the letters are in gothic style
date indicates approximate period of firm's activity
| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - SILVERPLATE - SILVER PLATE |
| LISTING OF MARKS |
AA AZ |
BA BZ |
CA CZ |
DA DZ |
EA EZ |
FA FZ |
GA GZ |
HA HZ |
IA IZ |
JA JM |
JN KZ |
LA LZ |
MA OZ |
PA QZ |
RA RZ |
SA SZ |
TA UZ |
VA VZ |
WA ZZ |
| MAKER'S HISTORY & MARK'S IMAGE |
Aa Az | Ba Bd | Be Bn | Bo Bz | Ca Cn | Co Cz | Da Dh | Di Dz | Ea Eo | Ep Ez | Fa Fh | Fi Fz | Ga Gn | Go Gz | Ha Hh | Hi Hz | Ia Jz | Ka Kz | La Lz |
| Figural trade marks Alphabetic symbols | Ma Maq | Mar Mz | Na Nz | Oa Oz | Pa Pg | Ph Pz | Qa Rz | Sa Sh | Si Sz | Ta Uz | Va Vz | Wa Wh | Wi Wz | Ya Yz | Za Zz | unk. #1 | unk. #2 | unk. #3 | unk. #4 |
| ELKINGTON DATE LETTER |
| CLICK ON THE RED NAME FOR MAKER'S MARK IMAGE |
| |ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS | MAKER - PERIOD |
| A 'shoe' (figural) | George Barnsley & Sons (Cornish Works) - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| A 'pistol' (figural) | Jonathan Crookes & Son - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| (a)[symbol](1) | unidentified |
| |A&CO| inside a rectangle | Asprey & CO |
| [A][&][Co][Ltd](G) | Arthur & Co Ltd - Glasgow - c.1905/1910 (possibly) |
| ( A )(&)(D)| S | [Hourglass] | Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin 1879 c. |
| ( A & D)(S) (Hourglass) | Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin 1893 |
| [A&JZ] under a 'crown' inside a shield | A&J Zimmerman - Birmingham |
| | A | (&)[L]('crown')| M | | Arnold & Lewis - Manchester - 1875 |
| (A)(&)[N](CS)(Ld.) | Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd - London |
| |A&N.C.S.L| | Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd - London |
| | A | |&|| S | | Armstrong & Scott - Birmingham 1894 |
| | A & | S | | T. Aston & Son - Birmingham 1893 |
| [A& over W] inside a shield | unidentified |
| (A)(&)(W) inside three circles | Atkins & Wigley - Birmingham (possibly) |
| |AA| | George Butler & Co - Sheffield - 1872 |
| ( AB) inside a lozenge | Albert Cowley Bloxham - London |
| ( AB.) | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1893 |
| ( A.B ) | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1869 |
| | A || B |['symbol'] |'fleur-de-lys'| ['blade'] gothic | Alfred Browett - Browett, Ashberry & Co - Birmingham - 1897 |
| | A || B |['symbol'] |'crown'| ['blade'] gothic | Alfred Browett - Browett, Ashberry & Co - Birmingham - 1897 |
| [ AB over &C°] gothic | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1893 |
| | A | B | & | C° | gothic | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. (possibly) |
| |A||B|[&](Co)[S] | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1879 c. |
| A.B & S without frame | unidentified |
| A.BRIGHT & CO | Atkinson Bros (Milton Works) - Sheffield - 1843-1919 |
| | A | B | * | S | | Atkin Brothers - from 1853 |
| A between BROS and LTD inside an oval over EPNS.A1 | Adie Brothers - Birmingham |
| | A || B || S | gothic [EP]['cannon'] | Abram Brookbank & Co - Sheffield 1884-1895 |
| ACE 'ace of spades' | unidentified |
| ACME gothic | Henry Williamson - London |
| ACME over INDUSTRIA | John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919 |
| A D intertwined | Austin & Dodson Ltd (Cambia Works) - Sheffield - 1835-1925 |
| A E F intertwined inside a lozenge | Arthur E. Furniss |
| |A||E||F||&||S| inside five squares | A. E. Furniss & Sons - Sheffield |
| A.E. FURNISS over SHEFFIELD | Arthur E. Furniss - 1859 |
| |A.E POSTON & Co Ltd| | A E Poston & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| (*A.E.W*) inside asix side polygon | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| [A.E.W & S] inside a shield | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| ( A ) ( F ) ( & ) ( C° ) | Alfred Field & Co 1889 - 1933 |
| ( A ) ( F ) ( & ) ( C° ) | Alex Fraser & Co 1894 - 1900 |
| |A|(F)|&||J|(T)|S| | A.F. & J.Tofield - Sheffield - 1887-1900 |
| [A]|F.BROS||LTD|(BP) | Fenton Brothers - 1897-1910 c. |
| AFRICAN SILVER (under a snake) | Hills-Menke & Co - Birmingham |
| |A.GOODMAN &CO| over a trumpet | Goodman, Gainsforth & Fairbairn - Sheffield c. 1800 (Old Sheffield Plate) |
| AGUILA | Frederick Barnes & Co - Birmingham London &Sheffield - 1892 |
| ( A . H ) | Martin Brothers & Co |
| |A||H||&||B||S|['bird'] | unidentified |
| (A)(H)(symbol)(J)(H) | Aaron Hatfield & Sons - Sheffield |
| (A over H.T) (into an upside down heart) | Albert Henry Thompson - Sheffield - 1885 |
| |A.J.B| inside a rectangle | A.J. Bailey - Birmingham |
| ( A over JR ) (inside a clover) | Jeholada Alsop Rodhes & Barber- Sheffield - 1878 - 1886 |
| |AJZ| inside a rectangle | A&J Zimmerman - Birmingham |
| |ALBA| |W.R&Co| inside two rectangles | Wingfield, Rowbotham & Co - Sheffield |
| ( A ) (L&B ) ( S ) | Larder & Burgess 1900 - 1940 |
| ALBION SILVER | Lee & Wigfull - Sheffield |
| |ALD| inside an indented rectangle | A.L. Davenport Ltd - Birmingham |
| (ALD) inside a circle | A.L. Davenport Ltd - Birmingham |
| |ALEX CLARK Co Ld| over |WELBECH||MR| 'gothic' | Alex Clark Co Ld |
| |ALEXANDER SCOTT| | Alexander Scott - Glasgow |
| ALFRED over GREEN | George Barnsley & Sons (Cornish Works) - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| ALFRED LINDLEY over SHEFFIELD | Alfred Lindley - 1883-1896 - Sheffield |
| ALL THE ROUND (inside a life belt) | John Round & Son Ltd - 1880c. |
| ALPHA (under a crown) | Harrison Brothers & Howson - 1898 c. |
| ALPHA over Viners (under a crown) | Viners Sheffield - 1925-1974 |
| ALUMINIUM SILVER | Daniel & Arter-Globe Nevada Silver - Birmingham |
| |A MANDARIN A| inside a rectangle | a trade mark of Adolph Arbenz - Birmingham |
| AMERICAN SILVER ALLOY | Perry & Company Ltd - Birmingham |
| [A](M)[S] | Silber & Fleming - London 1884-1898 |
| ['anchor' and 'crossed flags'] inside a shield (figural) | Army & Navy Cooperative Society - Westminster - 1892 |
| [ANDP] inside a shield | A.N.D Plate Ltd - Birmingham - c. 1948 |
| 'angel with a scythe' figural | John Dyson - Leeds - 1892 |
| ANGLE 'symbol' PLATE over W.H &S.E.P. | William Hutton & Sons - Sheffield 1886-1893 |
| (ANGORA)(E.P.C.A.) over MADE IN ENGLAND | Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd in script over MADE IN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND |
Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| APEX | John Biggin & Co - Sheffield |
| (APEX over J.B) inside an oval | John Biggin & Co - Sheffield - 1825-1919 |
| [A.R.] inside a shield | A. Round - Birmingham - c. 1910 |
| ARCAS | Cowper-Coles, Cowper Bickerton - London 1892 |
| ARGENLINE | Daniel & Arter-Globe Nevada Silver - Birmingham |
| ARGENTINA SILVER [J.G] inside a shield | John Gilbert - Birmingham |
| ARGOSY SILVER | Gilding & Silvering Co - Middlesex |
| ARGOSY SILVER | Solomon Lewis Gorer - Middlesex |
| ARGUS | Crookes Roberts & Co (Argus Works) - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| (ARIZONA SILVER) inside a 'ribbon' | W.S. Savage & Co - Sheffield |
| ARNOLD & LEWIS | Arnold & Lewis - Manchester 1875 c. |
| A.ROSLING | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| |6 crossed ARROWS| inside square (figural) | Creswick & Company - Sheffield - 1855 c.-1877 |
| ( ART ) inside a circle | George Butler & Co - Sheffield 1848-1926 |
| ( ART ) + 'key' | George Butler & Co - Sheffield 1872 - 1925 |
| ARTHUR PRICE inside a circle | Arthur Price - Sheffield |
| ARTHUR PRICE & CO LTD | Arthur Price - Sheffield |
| ARUNDEL & CO | Colquhoun & Cadman - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| |ARUNDEL PLATE| under | C.W.F || S| over | EPNS.A1 | | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| (A.S) [&](G.R)|S|(EP) | unidentified |
| |A.S| |&||G.R| | unidentified |
| ASCEND over WW THOS over STANIFORTH under 'two wings' | William T. Staniforth, Ascend Works |
| |ASH||BER||RY| inside three rectangles | Philip Ashberry & Sons out of business 1936 |
| |ASHBERRY| inside a rectangles | Philip Ashberry & Sons |
| ASPREY | Asprey & Co Ltd - London |
| ASPREY over LONDON | Asprey & Co Ltd - London |
| |A||T|[&Co]|'fleur de lys'| gothic | Ainsworth, Taylor & Co - Birmingham - 1895 |
| (ATKIN BROS) (NS) | Atkin Brothers - 20th century |
| ATKINSON BROS 'IN MIND' SHEFFIELD | Atkinson Brothers - Sheffield |
| [A.T.C] inside a shield | A.T. Cannon Ltd - Birmingham |
| ATLAS besides 'Atlas' | John Brown & Co (Atlas Works) - Sheffield - 1848-1892 |
| ATTRACT under two 'magnets' | Bromley, Fisher (& Turton) (Midland Works) - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| AUSTRALIAN SILVER | William Naylor & Co - Birmingham |
| A.W (inside a heart) | Arthur Willis - 1897 |
| A.W.G Ltd | unidentified |
| AX1 | Ellis Newton - Birmingham |
| AZTEC over SARBON | James Deakin & Sons - 1871 - 1898 |
E.P.N.S. (Electroplated Nickel Silver) and EPBM (Electroplated Britannia Metal) are the most
common names attributed to silver plate items. But many other names are used for silver plate:
EPWM, Electroplate on White Metal, EPC, Electroplate On Copper, EPCA, Electro Plated Copper Alloy,
EPGS - Electro Plated German Silver, EPMS - Electro Plated Magnetic Silver, African Silver, Albion Silver,
Alpha Plate, Ambassador Plate, Angle Plate, Argentium, Argentine Plate, Argentum,
Ascetic, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver, Britanoid, Cardinal Plate, Electrum, Embassy Plate, Encore, Exquisite,
Insignia Plate, Kingsley Plate, New Silver, Nevada Silver, Norwegian Silver, Pelican Silver, Potosi Silver,
Royal County Plate, Silva Seal, Silverite, Sonora Silver, Spur Silver, Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel
Silver, Unity Plate, Venetian Silver, Welbeck Plate,
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antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver,
silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, silver and gold jewellry, marks and hallmarks, articles,
books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington),
history, oddities ...
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