ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATEALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS |
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| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: BA-BZ |
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 mark you are searching for, 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 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 |
| (B & AS) gothic inside an oblong oval | Broadhead & Atkin - Sheffield 1843-1853 |
| | B | & | B | S | | Bradley & Blake - 1881 - 1886 |
| B&C | Brookes & Crookes - Sheffield |
| |B||&||C||'crown'||S| | Brookes & Crookes - Sheffield |
| |B||&||C| | Biddle & Collingwood - Birmingham 1875 |
| |B||&||C°||L||cross| | Benetfink & Co - London 1895 c. |
| |B||&||Co| gothic [H & Co under a 'crown'] inside a shield | Edwin James Buxton & Co - Sheffield |
| (B)|&||Co||'fleur de lys'| gothic | Edwin James Buxton & Co - Sheffield - 1861-1863 |
| |B||&||G| gothic (GS) | Boardman, Glossop & Co-Sheffield and London 1895 |
| |B||&||G| gothic (GS)|EP| | Boardman, Glossop & Co- Sheffield |
| [ B & G over S ] inside a shield | Boardman & Glossop - 1861 - 1927 |
| [B&H] inside a shield | unidentified |
| [B&H] inside an oblong shield | unidentified |
| |B||&||J||S||Ltd| inside squares | unidentified |
| |B||&||K||'crown'| | C.F. Barnes & A.D. Kirkby - Sheffield - 1878 |
| | B & O'N | inside a rectangle | Henry Bourne & Daniel O'Neill - Birmingham 1881-1886 |
| [B][&][R] inside three shields | Buxton & Russell - Sheffield (possibly) |
| (B)(&)(S) inside three circles ||ROYAL COUNTY PLATE| | Bracher & Sydenham - Reading (possibly) |
| (B&S) inside an oval (S)|EP| | unidentified |
| (B&W) inside a lozenge | Burton & Waters - Birmingham c. 1921 |
| 'bagpipes' (figural) | Bird & Co (Sheffield) - Sheffield - 1919 |
| BAINBRIDGE & Co Ltd | unidentified |
| |BALL BROs||PATENT| | Ball Brothers |
| BALMAIN inside a "crescent" inside a sun | Ihlee & Horne - London |
| BARKER BROS | Barker Brothers - Birmingham |
| Barker over Ellis 'in script' | Barker Brothers - Birmingham |
| (BARNES & CO over SHEFFIELD) inside a 'safe belt' | Frederick Barnes & Co - Birmingham London &Sheffield - 1892 |
| (BARNET) inside a rectangle (|T|) | Barnet |
| 'bat' (figural) | John Batt & Company - Sheffield - 1892 |
| (BAVARIAN GOLD under a knight on horse) inside a circle | H. Samuel & Sons - Manchester |
| (BB) inside an oval (symbol)(crown) | Briddon Brothers - Sheffield - 1863-1910 |
| BB | Henry Arthur Goodall - London |
| B.B | Briddon Brothers - Victoria Plate Works |
| |B||B||symbol||symbol|['Crown' over EP] inside a shield | Briddon Brothers - Sheffield - 1863-1910 |
| (BBover B) inside a trefoil | Barker Brothers Silversmiths Ltd - Birmingham |
| [BBover S Ld ] inside a shield | Barker Brothers Silversmiths Ltd - Birmingham |
| [ B over BROS ] inside a shield | Briddon Brothers - Sheffield - 1863-1910 |
| |B.BROs| inside a rectangle | Burgess Brothers - Birmingham |
| (B)[BROS] inside a shield | Briddon Brothers - Sheffield (possibly) |
| B over C C and crossed shovel and hammer | Chantrill & Co - Birmingham |
| (B)(CO) inside two oblong ovals under & over 'S' | Bramwell & Co - Sheffield - 1895 |
| (BEACH & MINTE) and helmet inside a lozenge | Beach & Minte - Birmingham |
| |BEACON| over |PLATE| | unidentified |
| BEDFORD over SHEFFIELD under a 'lion' | John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919 |
| 'BEE' (figural) | unidentified |
| BENARES | John Round & Son - Sheffield |
| BENETFINK over LONDON | Benetfink & Co - London - 1860 c. |
| BENETFINK & CO over CHEAPSIDE | Benetfink & Co - London - 1860 c. |
| BENGALL | Thomas Radley Cadman (& Sons) - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| (BENGAL SILVER) inside a rope outline | Daniel & Arter - Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham |
| | BEN | TON | | George & Frederick Benton - 1891 - 1894 |
| (B over GH over Ld) inside a lozenge | The Birmingham Guild of Handicrafts Ltd - Birmingham - 1897 |
| |B.G.Ltd| inside a rectangle | The Birmingham Guild of Handicrafts Ltd - Birmingham |
| B.GRAYSON & SON over SHEFFIELD | Benjamin Grayson & Son - Sheffield - 1871 - 1910 |
| |BHA | inside a rectangle | Barnett Henry Abrahams - London c. 1890 |
| (B)(H)(A) inside three circles | Barnett Henry Abrahams - London c. 1890 |
| |B||H||Ld| inside three squares | Birmingham Handicrafts Ltd - Birmingham |
| BIEN | Charles Cadman & Sons - (Canal Works) - Sheffield - 1892 |
| BIG BEN 'symbol' E.DENT | E. Dent & Co - London |
| BIRDCAGE under a 'birdcage' | Frederick Charles Asman - Sheffield - 1850 |
| | BIRKS - ELLIS | over a lion | unidentified |
| BIRKS - ELLIS | unidentified |
| B.J.R.&S | B.J. Round & Sons - Birmingham 1900 |
| BLUE RIBBON ARMY surrounded by a ribbon | Arthur Culf (Rock Works) - Sheffield - 1872-1901 |
| (B) over (M)(S) inside three circles SILVERINE | Maurice Baum |
| ( BN ) | Beaumont & Nicholson 1923 - 1940 |
| (BOLIVIAN SILVER) inside a lozenge | William Page &Co - Birmingham |
| (BON ACCORD) inside a ribbon | Slack & Grinold, Bath Works |
| BONAFIDE | John Wigfall & Co - Sheffield |
| BOODLE & DUNTHORNE | Boodle & Dunthorne Ltd - Liverpool |
| BOVAL | James Woolley Sons & Co - Manchester |
| |BP||Co| gothic | unidentified |
| (BRAZILIAN SILVER)inside a rope outline | Daniel & Arter, Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham |
| BRENADA SILVER over J.R. McC. | James Robert McClelland |
| BRILHO and candlestick | Atkinsons Brothers, Milton Works - 1861 |
| BRISBANE SILVER | James Shaw & Fisher - Sheffield |
| BRITANNIA over female figure called Britannia | Philip Ashberry & Sons - 1861 |
| BRITANOID | a trade mark of Barker Bros - Birmingham |
| BRITISH under roaring lion's head | Browett, Ashberry & Co - Birmingham - 1897 |
| BRITISH under fighting man with sword | Benjamin Grayson & Son - 1871 or Lee & Wigfull - Sheffield |
| BROADHEAD & Co over SHEFFIELD | Roger Broadhead & Co |
| BROADHEAD & ATKIN over NORTH STREET WORKS over SHEFFIELD over V 'crown' R | Broadhead & Atkin - Sheffield 1843-1853 |
| BROADHEAD & CO | Broadhead & Co - Sheffield |
| BROADHEAD over & ATKIN over SHEFFIELD | Broadhead & Atkin - Sheffield 1843-1853 |
| BROADHEAD HALL & CO | W.H. Brittain (Alma Works) - Sheffield 1892 |
| BROOM over a 'broom' over DAVID MILLER & SON over SHEFFIELD | Thomas Henry Blake - Sheffield - 1860-1919 or Castle & Turton (Premier Works) - Sheffield - 1892 |
| [ BROS over S ] inside a shield | Briddon Brothers - Sheffield - 1882 |
| BRUMBY & MIDDLETON over SHEFFIELD over E.P.B.M. | Brumby & Middleton - 1889-1897 |
| crown |B||S||Co| | Boardman Glossop & Co |
| BSL | unidentified |
| BULL-DOG under 'dog's head' | James Casson & Sons - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| (BURMAROID)inside a rope outline | Daniel & Arter, Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham |
| BURNL'S over REVUE | William Burnell - Sheffield - 1876-1919 |
| [BUR over TON] inside a shield | Anthony Burton (possibly) - 1900-1909 |
| BURYS & CO (with various figures) | Burys & Co (Regent Works) - Sheffield - 1850-1919 |
| BUSY over B | Samuel Barton - Sheffield - 1892 |
| BUTCHERS FRIEND inside a 'butcher's knife' | Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919 |
| BUTLER over SHEFFIELD | George Butler & Co. 1848-1926 |
| BUXTON & over RUSSEL | Edwin James Buxton & Samuel Russel - 1852-1860 |
| (BW&A) inside a rectangle | Badger, Warral &Armitage |
| (BW)[&](Co) | Bingley, George Bower |
| |B||W||&||S| gothic | unidentified |
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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