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: GA-GZ
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
| 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

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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