ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE

ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS

WITH THE ADDITION OF OTHER BRITISH, SCOTTISH AND IRISH 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
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 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 & Crookers
|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||&Co||S| Blyde & Co - Sheffield (possibly)
|B||&||C||'crown'||S| Brookes & Crookes - Sheffield
|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||&||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)(&)(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 Barker Brothers - Birmingham - 1886-1896
(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
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 1890
BIEN Charles Cadman & Sons - (Canal Works) - Sheffield - 1892
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
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, Argentium Argentine Plate, Argentum, Ascetic B. B. S. Ltd, Ashberry, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Buxbridge - Trademark name of JT&Co., Electrum, Encore TT&Co Trademark of T. Turner, Exquisite, HH&S , I.XL Geo. Wostenholm & Son, Insignia Plate, JB&S EP A1, JD&S = John Dixon & Sons, K & TL , M&W Mappin and Webb, N.S. New Silver, Nevada Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Norwegian Silver; Trademark of WG&S, Pelican Silver JGNS, Potosi Silver N&S WP, RN&S EP Neill, Silverite = Trademark of W P & Co , Sonora Silver = Trademark of Walker and Hall, Spur Silver = Trademark of E B & Co for Edwin Blyde & Co, Stainless N. S., Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel Silver, Venetian Silver - Trademark of Deykin & Sons, WF&SS EP
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
Moskow hallmark St Petersburg hallmark official marks - legge 5 Febbraio 1935 Paris 1818/1838 hallmarkParis 1797/1809 hallmark London town mark Sheffield town mark
Russian silver marks Italian silver marks French silver marks English silver marks
German silver hallmark Hanau silver hallmark Austrian silver hallmark Sanborn/Mexico silver mark
 Germany  Hanau  Austria  Mexico
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks
Elkington hallmark 1842-1860 Georg Jensen hallmark 1945-1951 Gorham Athenic hallmarkGorham Martelé hallmark Tiffany hallmarks WMF hallmarks Reed & Barton mark
Elkington Georg Jensen Gorham Corporation Tiffany & Co WMF Reed & Barton
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