BRITISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE MARKS

ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM 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 " 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
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
MAKER'S HISTORY
& MARK'S IMAGE
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
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FIGURAL TRADE MARKS | ALPHABETIC SYMBOLS | OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE | DATING UK PATENT MARKS |
| ELKINGTON DATE LETTERS | WALKER & HALL DATE LETTERS | MAPPIN & WEBB DATE LETTERS |
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 | 'gothic' Bradley & Blake - 1881 - 1886
B&C Brookes & Crookes - Sheffield or Biddle & Collingwood - Birmingham
|B||&||C||'crown'||S| Brookes & Crookes - Sheffield or Biddle & Collingwood - Birmingham
|B||&||C°||L||cross| 'gothic' 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&H) inside an oblong oval 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
BARNETT A. Barnett & Son - Birmingham - 1863
'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
BENNETT & HERON Bennett & Heron Ltd - Sheffield
| 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
B P a generic mark for Britannia Plate or British Plate
|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 Birmingham Silver Plate Ltd - Birmingham
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 - 1900-1909
|BUR over TON| inside a rectangle Anthony Burton
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, Worral &Armitage
(BW)[&](Co) Bingley, Bower & Co
|B||W||&||S| gothic B. Worth & Sons - Sheffield
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, Argentium, Argentine Plate, Argentum, Ascetic, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver, Buxbridge, Electrum, Encore, Exquisite, Insignia Plate, Nevada Silver, Norwegian Silver, Pelican Silver, Potosi Silver, Silverite, Sonora Silver, Spur Silver, Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel Silver, Venetian Silver, W.M White Metal,....
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate Herrmann factory silver plate mark
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks Continental European silver plate marks
BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
London town marks Birmingham town marks Dublin town marks Edinburgh town marks glasgow town marks Sheffield town marks Exeter town marks
London Birmingham Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow Sheffield Chester
STERLING SILVER OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
AA
AE
AF
AZ
BA
BZ
CA
CH
CK
CZ
DA
DZ
EA
EZ
FA
FZ
GA
GZ
HA
HG
HH
HZ
IA
IG
IH
IZ
JA
JC
JD
JH
JJ
JP
JQ
JS
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
JT
JZ
KA
LZ
MA
MZ
NA
PA
PB
PZ
QA
RH
RK
RZ
SA
SG
SH
SZ
TA
TH
TI
TZ
UA
WB
WC
WF
WG
WL
WM
WS
WT
ZZ
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