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: CA-CZ |
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 |
| | C & Co | | Carrington & Co - London - c. 1893 |
| | C & C° | | Creswick & Co - 1863 - 1890 |
| |C||&||Co| | Carnelly & Co - Birmingham - 1867-1885 c. |
| [C & Co under a 'crown'] inside a shield | George Richmond Collis & Co - Birmingham & London - 1873-1888 |
| (C)[&](Co) gothic | Creswich & Co - 1855 c.-1887 |
| (C&Co) inside a rectangle | Creswich & Co - 1863 - 1887 |
| |C & CO 'castle' EP| gothic | Corbell & Co |
| C & C° over VALPARAISO under a 'star' | M. Clark & Co - 1892 |
| (C)|&|[K] (crown)[fleur de lys] gothic | Culf & Kay - Sheffield - 1896 |
| (C)|&|[K] [S] into four squares | Culf & Kay - Sheffield |
| (C&R) inside an oval | unidentified |
| ( C )( & )( W ) ( B ) | Collings & Wallis - 1894 - 1900 |
| |CAMEL| | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| 'camel' (figural) | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| CAMAGES over HOLBORN | unidentified |
| CAMEO over a ('female bust') inside an oval | Parkin & Co Sheffield |
| CAMPANA | G. Bell & Sons - Liverpool and Buenos Aires (Argentina)-1892 |
| CANADIAN over GOLD over "bird" over L.B. CANADA |
Levetus Brothers - Birmingham |
| CAPITAL under a "capital column" | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd - 1900 c. |
| |CARDINAL||PLATE| | Elkington & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| CARDINAL PLATE | The Northern Goldsmiths - Newscastle-upon-Tyne |
| | C B | | C. Boardman |
| (C)(B)(S) | Charles Belk - Sheffield |
| | C B over E P | | Roberts & Belk - 1879 - 1892 |
| | CBRS | inside a rectangle | Clifford Bros - Birmingham - c. 1911 |
| | C | BROS | S | | Cooper Brothers 1867 - 1964 |
| | C || BROS || S | gothic | Cooper Brothers |
| | C ||C ||Co || S | gothic | George Hawksley & Co-Charlotte St.Works-Sheffield 1864-1867 |
| | C E | inside a rectangle | George Edwards - Glasgow |
| C E & Co | Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919 |
| C E & Co | Charles Ellis & Co - Sheffield 1892 |
| ( C ) ( E ) (& ) (Co ) | Charles Ellis & Co - Sheffield - 1855 - 1900 |
| C.ELLIS over JEWELLER over KIRKGATE over WAKEFIELD | unidentified |
| ( C.E over N) inside a trefoil | Charles Edward Nixon - Sheffield |
| |CENTURY PLATE| | James Walker - London |
| (C)(G)(&)(Co) (EPNS) | C.Green & Co - Birmingham |
| [CHAMPION on a pennant] inside a shield | Thomas S. Richards & Co - Birmingham |
| (CharlesRCowie) in script inside an oval | Charles Rennie Cowie - Glasgow - 1892 |
| CHARs OWEN | Charles Owen - Sheffield |
| CHAs OWEN & CO | Charles Owen & Co- Sheffield |
| CHARLES JENNER & Co | Charles Jenner & Co - Edinburgh |
| ( C.H.C) inside a rectangle | Charles Howard Collins - Birmingham 1889 |
| CHEETAH under a 'cheetah' | English & Foreign Steel Co - Birmingham - 1892 |
| CHELTENHAM over AND COMPANY LTD over SHEFFIELD over ENGLAND between two 'unicorns' | Cheltenham & Co Ltd - Sheffield (unidentified) |
| [CHH over S] inside a shield between EP and NS (gothic) | Charles Henry Hattersley - Sheffield- 1891-1918 |
| CHI DURA VINCE over a 'six pointed star' | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| [CH over & W] inside a shield | Cartwright, Hirons & Woodward- Birmingham - 1853-1859 |
| ( CH over & over JF) inside a quatrefoil | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - Sheffield - 1860 c. |
| ( CH over JE ) | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - Sheffield - 1867 - 1869 |
| CHROMWELL | Brown, Bailey's Steel Works Ltd - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| CINDERALLA | Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919 |
| CIVIC under REGISTERED over TRADEMARK | T. Land & Son - Sheffield - 1945-1977 |
| ( CJ ) (& ) (C° ) | Christopher Johnson & Co 1878 - 1952 |
| ( CJA ) (S) (hourglass) | Charles James Allen - Sheffield |
| |C.J.A & N| | C.J. Adie & Nephew - Birmingham - c. 1902 |
| C.JOHNSON &CO over SHEFFIELD | Christopher Johnson & Co 1896 |
| CLARKE'S over PATENT | John Clarke & Sons - 1895 |
| CLARK'S overJUBILEE GOLD | John Clark - Birmingham - 1892 |
| 'clepsydra' (figural) | Allen & Darwin - Sheffield 1865 c. - 1919 |
| C.L. REIS & Co GLASGOW | C.L. Reis & Co - Glasgow |
| [ CL over TL] inside a shield | Levesley Brothers, Central Works |
| CMCo without frame | unidentified |
| COGENT PLATE | C.Green & Co - Birmingham |
| (COLLIS over & Co) inside a quatrefoil | George Richmond Collis & Co - Birmingham & London - 1873-1893 |
| COMA | A.T.H. Coward - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| COMB 'a comb' INATION | Lewis Barnascone - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| COMMON SENSE | John Shaw & Sons Ltd - Wolverton |
| CONQUEROR over a 'sword' | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| CONSERVATIVE under a 'church' | J & J Beal (Red Hill Works) - Sheffield - 1876 c.-1919 |
| COOPER under a 'man hammering a barrel' | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| COOPER LUDLAM | Cooper Ludlam - Sheffield |
| CORPORATE [5573] MARK | Joseph Deakin & Sons - 1856-1864 |
| (C)(P)(&)[CO] old English | unidentified |
| C.P.WALKER & CO Ltd | C.P. Walker & Co Ltd |
| 3 'crescent moon intertwined' (figural) | Camm.Bagshaw & Co - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| CRESWICK & Co | Creswick & Company - Sheffield - |
| 'cricket' (figural) | Lewis Barnascone - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| CRIEL SILVER NICKEL | Barker Brothers - Birmingham |
| CRIS over a 'pin' | John Bednall & Co - Sheffield - 1855c.-1919 |
| |6 CROSSED arrows| inside square | Creswich & Company - Sheffield - 1855 c.-1877 |
| 'two crossed swords' (figural) | unidentified |
| (C)(S)(C) (S)(L) inside circles | unidentified |
| [CSG over & Co] inside a shield | Charles S. Green & Co - Birmingham |
| by C.S. Green & Co Ltd (in script) | Charles S. Green & Co - Birmingham |
| ( C S over WS ) | Willian & George Sissons - 1855 - 1891 |
| [CT over B] |EP||symbol||NS| | unidentified |
| (C)(symbol)[TP](symbol) | unidentified |
| ['cupid with bow'] inside a shield | John Grinsell & Sons - Birmingham - 1879 |
| CULFONIA | Culf & Kay - Sheffield |
| CUTWELL over JOHN COE & COMPANY over ALBION WORKS.SHEFFIELD |
John Coe & Co - Sheffield - 1892 |
| [CW] [symbol](EP)(NS) | unidentified |
| | C.W.F | | Charles William Fletcher - Sheffield - 1894 |
| | C.W.F | S | EP | | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| | C.W.F || S| over | EPNS.A1 | over |ARUNDEL PLATE| | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| (CWS) inside a lozenge | unidentified |
| C++X | Lockwood Brothers Ltd - 1898 c. |
| |CYCLOPS| | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| CYCLOPS under three 'crowns' | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
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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