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: JA-JM
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
| J & Co| inside a rectangle Johnson & Co - Birmingham - 1879-1899
| J |& | C | T | James & Charles Tidmarsh - London - 1886 c.-1899
|J||&||G||B| gothic Jonas & George Bowen - Birmingham - 1859-1877
|J|(&)|J|(W) gothic unidentified
|J||&||JM| J. & J. Maxfield - Sheffield 1889
(J)(B)(&Co) unidentified
|J||&||T| John Jenkins & Herbert Timm - Sheffield 1892
|J|[&]|T||S| John Jenkins & Herbert Timm - Sheffield
JAMES ALLAN over SHEFFIELD James Allan & Co - Sheffield 1855-1872
J.ALLAN &CO James Allan & Co - Sheffield 1849 - 1855
JAMES DEAKIN &SONS over CUTLERS SHEFFIELD James Deakin & Sons - 1871-1900 c.
JAMES DIXON & SONS over SHEFFIELD James Dixon & Sons - 1851
|JAMES HARDY & CO LTD over ABERDEEN over ADELPHI QUALITY| James Hardy & Co Ltd - Aberdeen
JAMES TIDMARSH over WARRANTED Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919
|JAMES WALKER over LONDON| James Walker - London
JAMES WEIR James Weir - Glasgow
(JAPANESE SILVER ) inside a rope profile Daniel & Arter, Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham
(JA. over S) inside a triangle Joseph Ashworth (Bruce Works) - Sheffield - 1892
J.ASHTON over SHEFFIELD John Askham (Broad Lane Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1919
JAY over 366 ESSEX ROAD over LONDON James Jay - London - 1867-1897
|J||A||Y||S| inside for squares Harold R. Jay - Sheffield - 1927-1952 (possibly)
| JB | gothic John Biggin - 1859 - 1894
[ J.B. ] inside a shield Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1889 - 1892
[JB] inside a shield J. Bradbury - 1889-1892
(JB) inside a lozenge John Biggin - 1859 - 1894
(J B) inside a heart Thomas Bradbury & Sons (Joseph Bradbury) - Sheffield
| J | B | & | C° | John Batt - 1896 - 1938
(J)(B)(&Co) unidentified
| J | B | & | C° | 'gothic' John Bednal & Co - Sheffield - 1895
| J | B | & | C° | John Brown & Co - 1897 - 1932
|J||B|(&)|C°||Ltd| John Batt - 1896 - 1938
[JB over & over GB ] inside a shield Jonas & George Bowen - Birmingham - 1859-1877
(JB&S)inside an oval Jonas Bowen & Sons - Birmingham - 1877
|J||B||&||S|[EP and 'crown']inside a shield James Ballantyne & Son - Glasgow - 1897
(JB & S over 'lighthouse' over 1837) inside a safe belt John Baker & Sons (Monmouth Works) - Sheffield - 1850-1919
(JBC & S Ld) inside a 'crescent' J.B. Chatterley & Sons Ltd - Birmingham - 1896
J.B.C & S.Ld without frame J.B. Chatterley & Sons Ltd - Birmingham - 1896
[JB] (&)(S)['fleur de lys'] Jonathan Bell & Sons - Sheffield - 1897
|J.B.C| inside a quatrefoil John Bodman Carrington - London - 1880
[ J B over E B) inside a quatrefoil Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1863 - 1867
J.B over[E][H][P] inside three shields unidentified
[JB] |E||P||N||S| Jonathan Bell & Sons - Sheffield
( J BROWN over SHEFFIELD ) Joseph Brown - 1849-1867
[JBS] inside a shield J.B. Silvester - Birmingham - c.1870
[ JB over TB ] inside a shield Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1832-1947
( J B ) over (T B) Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1867 - 1885
J C ) inside a 'bow' James Chesterman & Co - Sheffield 1892-1919
|JC over &C°] inside a shield James Chesterman & Co. - Sheffield - 1862
[J.C&C°Ld| inside a rectangle John Collyer & Co. Ltd - Birmingham - 1900
[J C over & S] (into a shield) John Clarke & Sons (possibly)
[J C over & over SONS] (into a shield) John Clarke & Sons - 1894 - 1923
J.C over B between two 'arrows' James Clews - Birmingham 1892
( J C ) over ( N C ) TJ & N. Creswick - 1853 - 1855
( J.D&C°Ld) inside an oval Johnson, Durban & Co.Ltd - Birmingham - 1897
( J D ) ( & ) ( S ) ['crown'] James Deakin & Sons - 1871 - 1890 c.
( J D ) ( & ) ( S ) ['lamp'] James Deakin & Sons - 1871 - 1898
| J | D | [&] | S | gothic James Dixon & Sons - 1848 - 1878
[ J D & S ] inside a shield James Dixon & Sons
( J D & S ) inside a pennant James Dixon & Sons
(J)(D)(&)(S) under a trumpet James Dixon & Sons - 1879-1935 c.
[ J ]| D | & | [ S ] gothic James Dixon & Sons - 1879 - c. 1935
( J.D )(&) ( S ) ( S ) James Dixon & Sons
|J.E.B| J.E. Bushell - Birmingham 1891
J.E.B inside a shield J.E. Bushell - Birmingham
JE over B inside a shield J.E. Bushell - Birmingham (possibly)
(J E S) inside a trefoil unidentified
|J||E||&||S||S| Joseph Elliot & Sons - Sheffield - 1890 c.
|J.E||&S||S||EP||A1| Joseph Elliot & Sons - Sheffield
|JF| inside a rectangle James Fenton - Birmingham
(J.F.F) inside an oval James Fenton
[JFF over FF ] inside a shield Fenton Brothers - 1875 - c. 1883
[ JFF over &FF ] inside a shield Fenton Brothers - 1868 - c. 1875
[ JF over G ] inside a shield John Fullerton - Glasgow - 1878
(J.F) [NODDER] inside a shield John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield 1863-1904
[ J.G ] inside a sort of shield John Gough - Birmingham - 1870-1885 c.
|J||G| gothic [flower]|2| unidentified
[ J.G. over & S ] inside a shield John Gilbert & Sons - Birmingham & London - 1894
| J.G. & S | inside a chamfered rectangle John Grinsell & Sons - Birmingham - 1892
[J.G] inside a shield ARGENTINA SILVER John Gilbert & Sons - Birmingham
( J G G x S ) John George Graves - 1900 - 1914
J.G.GRAVES over EPNS S J.G. Graves - 1900-1914
| JGJ| in script unidentified
(J)|G|(J) unidentified
[ J.G over N S ] into a shield John Gilbert - Birmingham & London
[ J.G over S ] inside a shield EPNS (gothic) John Gallimore - Sheffield
|j| |'fleur de lys'| |h| gothic John Harrison - 1843-1866
(JH)|&||Co|['crown'](EP) unidentified
JH&CO intertwined James Howard & Co - Sheffield - possibly
J.HALL & Co over MANCHESTER J. Hall & Co - Manchester - unidentified
J.H. AWMACK.LD unidentified
| J. H. H | inside a chamfered rectangle J.H. Hunt - Birmingham - 1887-1898
( J ) ( H ) ( H ) ('tower') James Henry Hardy - 1872 - 1897
|J.HH&C°| inside a rectangle) J.H. Hunt & Co - Birmingham - 1898
[J][H]|N||W| John Harrison & Sons - Dromfield
J.H.POTTER over SHEFFIELD John Henry Potter - Sheffield
|J.H.S| inside a rectangle J.Slate &Son
(J.H.H) inside a crescent |SIBERIAN||SILVER| J.Hawksworth - 1867-1911
| J | H | N | W | John Harrison - 1843 - 1865
| J. H. P | [S] gothic John Henry Potter - Sheffield
( J.H. POTTER over SUPERIOR over SILVER PLATE over John Henry Potter - 1890 - 1865
(J)(J)|Dur||rant| John James Durrant - London - 1874-1897
( J . K . B ) Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - 1873 - 1892
( JKB over TH over GW ) Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - 1873 - 1892
[J][L][&][S] into four shields James Lewis & Sons - Sheffield - 1894
|J||L||Ltd| unidentified
| J.M | inside a rectangle Mappin & Son
( J )| symbol | ( M ) | star | gothic unidentified
J.M.&C° John Morton & Co - Sheffield & London

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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