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)
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| 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 | 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 |
| | G&B | inside a rectangle | John Grinsell & Henry Bourne - Birmingham - 1864-1871 |
| | G&C | inside a rectangle | J. Greeen |
| (G&C) inside two conjoined circles | unidentified |
| GARRARD & Co Ltd | Garrard & Co Ltd - London |
| ( G&J over B) inside a heart | G. & J. Bushell - Birmingham 1899 |
| G&J W HAWKSLEY | George Hawksley & Co - Sheffield -1852c.-1879c. |
| | G&S | inside a rectangle | Gilbert & Spurrier Ltd - Birmingham - 1886 |
| (G)(&)(S) | George Goodfellow & Sons - London |
| |G||&||S||Co| | The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd - London |
| ( G&S over Ltd) inside a 'star of David' | Gilbert & Spurrier Ltd - Birmingham |
| ( G&Sns) inside an oval | George Goodfellow & Sons- London - 1882 |
| |G||&||W||G| | Gilmour & Watson - Glasgow |
| G.ATTWOOD'S over PATENT STEEL | Charles Attwood - Durham |
| GB under a 'cross' | Alfred Field & Co - Birmingham & Sheffield |
| |G||B|[&](Co) | George Bryan & Co - Birmingham (possibly) |
| (G)(B)(&)(S) into four circles | George Bowen & Son - Birmingham |
| |G||B| [& ](S)|Co| | George Butler & Co - Sheffield |
| [ GB over &C ] inside a shield | Gotscher & Co - Birmingham |
| ( GB ) ( & ) ( S ) MITRE and 'crown' | George Bishop & Sons - Sheffield - 1894 - 1940 |
| ( GB & S ) inside a quatrefoil | George Bowen & Son - Birmingham - 1877-1890 |
| [ GB & S ] inside a shield | George Bowen & Son - Birmingham |
| ( GB ) ( & ) ( S ) | George Bishop & Sons - Sheffield - 1894 - 1940 |
| G.BISHOP & SONS over SHEFFIELD | George Bishop & Sons - Sheffield |
| G. C. over B. between two 'columns' | Gotscher & Co (formerly M J Gerritsen & Co) - Birmingham |
| G C S | George Cutts - 1857- 1881 |
| |G||C||W| (symbol) 'crown' over |THE SPECIALITE| | unidentified |
| | G D | inside a rectangle | G. Deakin & Co |
| |G||E||H| |figure|[EPNS] | George E. Hawkins & Co - Birmingham - 1887 |
| GEORGE BUTLER & CO over (ART) over SHEFFIELD ENGLAND |
George Butler & Co - Sheffield |
| GEORGE HULLEYoverTRADE 'symbol' MARK over SHEFFIELD |
George Henry Hulley - Sheffield - 1886 |
| [G.F.W over &S] inside a shield | unidentified |
| (G)(G)(&)(S) gothic | George Gordon & Son - Sheffield - 1895 |
| GENIUS under a 'Saturn planet' | John Blyde (Clintock Works) - Sheffield - 1873c.-1919 |
| (GH) inside a circle | Gee & Holmes - Sheffield |
| | GH&C°| inside a rectangle | George Hawksley & Co - Sheffield - 1864 |
| | G | H | & | C° | S | | George Hawksley & Co - Sheffield |
| | GH over CH| inside a square | George Hawksley & Co - Sheffield |
| |G||H||L| Old English | George Henry Hulley - Sheffield 1886 |
| G.H. LAUBENBURGH &Co under a 'star' | G.H. Laubenburg & Co, Birmingham |
| GHW&S | George Henry Whittaker - Sheffield |
| (G)(H)(W)(S) (EP) | George Henry Whittaker - Sheffield - 1883 |
| GIBBS in script | George Gibbs - Birmingham |
| GIBSON & CO Ltd ( + Atkin Brothers mark) | William Gibson &Co.Ltd - Belfast |
| GIBSON & CO Ld over BELFAST | William Gibson &Co.Ltd - Belfast- 1896 |
| G.KURZ &Co 'sun' '1861' | unidentified |
| G.L & C° S over ELECTROPLATE over E.P.B.M | G. Lee & Co - 1888-1967 |
| |GLADWIN||AMBASSADOR PLATE| | Gladwin Ltd - Sheffield |
| |GLADWIN Ltd||SHEFFIELD| over Embassy | Gladwin Ltd - Sheffield |
| GLORIOUS | Edwin Lander & Co - Birmingham |
| |G||Ltd||NS| | Gieves Ltd - London |
| GO AHEAD under (C&C) | Colquhoun & Cadman - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| GOLD CITY | John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919 |
| (GOLD LINED) inside a lozenge | N.C. Reading & Co - Birmingham |
| GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY | The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd - London |
| |GOLDSMITHS| (&) |SILVERSMITHS| |Co Ld| | The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd - London |
| GOOD LUCK inside a 'nail' and two 'horse-shoes' | J&J Beal (Red Hill Works) - Sheffield - 1876-1919 |
| [GOU over GH] inside a shield | William Gough - Birmingham - 1849-1859 |
| |GRC| inside a rectangle over (crown)(figure)(figure)(figure) |
George Richmond Collins & Co - Birmingham - 1848-1868 |
| GRIEL NICKEL SILVER | a trade mark of Barker Bros - Birmingham - 1892 |
| GRIFFIN under a 'griffin' | Arthur Balfour & Co - Sheffield - 1870 |
| (GRIFFiTHS & BOWETT BIRMINGHAM) inscribed inside a circle | Griffiths & Bowett - Birmingham - 1862 |
| GSL intertwined to an 'anchor' | George Shadford Lee - 1879-1900 c. |
| [G][S][L]|'anchor'|(EP) | George Shadford Lee - 1879-1900 c. |
| (GS) and | S | & | G | gothic | unidentified |
| |GT| inside a rectangle | G. Teasdell - London |
| |G.T&C°|(S)|E.P.N.S.| | George Travis & Co (possibly) |
| |G|[T](&)[C°] gothic | George Travis & Co - 1863 |
| G.TURNER &Co | Samuel Biggin - Dronfield (Sheffield) - 1892 |
| [GU] inside a shield | George Unite - Birmingham |
| GUANACO under a 'guanaco' | Doughty Alexander & Co. - Liverpool |
| GUANACO under a 'guanaco' inside a circle | John & Joshua Drysdale & Co - London 1892 |
| (GUIDE & C°) inside a 'festoon' | I. Guide & Co. - 1895 c. |
| |G.V&CO| | Gourdel, Vales & Co - London |
| |GW|inside a rectangle | George Ward |
| G.W. HARRIS & CO over SHEFFIELD | George W. Harris & Co - Sheffield - 1845-1863 |
| G.WOODHEAD & SON | Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919 |
| [GW over S ] inside a shield | George Wish - 1878 - 1934 |
| 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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