BRITISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE MARKSALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM MAKERS |
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| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: JN-KZ |
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 "Sheffield silver marks" you are searching for, and the
silver plate marks identification, the alphabetical order in this page refers to
hallmark's letters or to "figural" definition (NOT to firm's name: further details following the STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SILVERPLATE MARKS)
|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 silver plate hallmark
gothic : the letters are in gothic style
date indicates approximate period of firm's activity
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERPLATE 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 |
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| |ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS | MAKER - PERIOD |
| (JN) inside an oval | J. Needham |
| (JN) inside an oval | J. North |
| [ JN ] ( & ) ( S ) (crown) [ S ] | John Nowill & Sons - 1864 - 1897 |
| (J)(N)[&] (S)'old English' (A) | John Nowill & Sons - 1867 |
| |J.N||'dog' facing left||'crown'||PS| | John Neal - London - 1867-1880 |
| JN over S intertwined to a 'cross' | John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield - 1894 c.-1904 |
| J.N.LOWE (SHEFFIELD)Ld | unidentified |
| JOHN A. ASHBERRY & SONS over SHEFFIELD | John A. Ashberry & Sons - Sheffield |
| |JOHN BAIN LTD| inside a rectangle | John Bain Ltd - Edinburgh |
| |JOHN|| BAKER| inside two rectangles | John Baker - Sheffield |
| (JOHN BEDFORD over a 'lion' over SHEFFIELD) inside a circle | John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919 |
| JOHN COPLEY & SONS over SHEFFIELD over XX | John Copley & Sons - Sheffield - 1870-1892 |
| JOHN HEITFOR | John Heitfor - Sheffield |
| (JOHN NODDER & SONS over OSMINIUM over SHEFFIELD) into an oval | John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield |
| JOHN NODDER over & SONS over SHEFFIELD) | John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield |
| (JOHN NODDER over & SONS over SHEFFIELD) into an oval | John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield |
| J N over 'a cross with S intertwined' | John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield |
| |JOHN POUND| | unidentified |
| JOHN TURTON & Co Ld over SHEFFIELD | John Turton & Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| JOHN WIGFALL &CO under BONA-FIDE | Joseph Elliot & Sons - Hollis Croft - Sheffield - 1876 c. - 1919 |
| JOHN YATES & SONS | John Jates & Sons - Birmingham |
| |JOR over DAN and a 'fork'| inside a rectangle | T. Jordan |
| JOSEPH DEAKIN & SONS over SHEFFIELD | Joseph Deakin &Sons - Sheffield - 1856-1864 |
| JOSEPH DEAKIN over & SONS over SPRING STREET WORKS over SHEFFIELD | Joseph Deakin &Sons - Sheffield - 1864-1889 |
| JOSEPH ELLIOT & SONS over CUTLERS. SHEFFIELD | Joseph Elliot &Sons - 1890 c. |
| JOSEPH FENTON & SONS | Joseph Fenton & Sons - Sheffield |
| JOSEPH HAYWOOD & COMPy over MANUFACTURERS.SHEFFIELD | Joseph Haywood & Co - 1890 c. |
| JOSEPH RIDGE & CO over SHEFFIELD | Joseph Ridge & Co - 1880-1884 |
| JOSEPH SMITH & SONS | a trade mark of Joseph Allen & Sons - Sheffield - 1864 c. - 1925 |
| |JOSEPH WESTBY & CO| | Joseph Westby & Co - Sheffield - 1900-1911 |
| | J | P | & | C° | (gothic) | James Pinder & Co - 1877 - 1894 |
| | J | P | & | S | | Joseph Parker & Sons - 1872 - 1935 |
| (JP) |&||S||+||S| | Joseph Parker & Sons (possibly) |
| ( J. PETFIELD over WICKER over SHEFFIELD ) inside an oval | Jackson Petfield - Wickes - 1878-1881 |
| | JR | inside a rectangle | J. Roberts |
| | JR | inside a rectangle | Joseph Rodgers & Sons |
| ( JR ) inside a quatrefoil | Joseph Rodgers & Sons |
| | JR | (&)|Co| 'crown' | Joseph Ridge & Co (possibly) |
| ( JR ) (&)|S||*||+| | Joseph Rodgers & Sons |
| [ JR over & R ] inside a shield | John Round & Son Ltd, Tudor & Arundel Works |
| |J||R||&||S| over |E||P||N||S| | John Round & Son |
| ( JR ) ( & ) (S ) ( Ltd ) | John Round & Son - 1872 - 1957 |
| ( JR ) ( & ) (S ) [ crown ] gothic | John Round & Son - 1863 - 1897 |
| (JR)(&)|S||*||+| gothic | Joseph Rodgers & Sons - 1871 |
| J.R &S and (World) inside a circle | John Round & Sons Ltd - Tudor & Arundel Works |
| (JR)[E][*][+]|P| | Joseph Rodgers & Sons |
| (J)(R)(axe)(G)(R) | Joseph Rodgers & George Rodgers |
| (JR)[P][+][*]|S| | Joseph Rodgers & Sons - 1858-1871 |
| |J.S| inside a rectangle | Joseph Smith |
| |J||S||'star'||S | (EP) | John Sanderson - Sheffield |
| | J | S | & |S | star| | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham (possibly) |
| [JS over &S]|'animal'| | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896 |
| [JS over &S]|'animal'||'crown'||A| | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896 |
| [JS over &S]|'animal'||'crown'||B| | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896 |
| J.SANDERSON over & SON | John Sanderson & Son - Sheffield |
| |J||S||D||*| | J.Dixon - 1848-1878 |
| (J)(S)(H)(&)(Co) inside separate circles | unidentified |
| J.SHARPE over SHEFFIELD | John Askham (Broad Lane Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1919 |
| |J||S||S||EP||NS| | unidentified |
| |J.S.S| inside an oblong six sides polygon | unidentified |
| | J.T | inside a rectangle | J. Thomson |
| | J.T | gothic inside a rectangle | J. Thomson |
| J T & Co without contour | John Turton & Co |
| | J | T | & | C° | Ltd | S | | John Turton & Co - 1910 - 1923 |
| | J | T | & | C° |S | | John Turton & Co - 1898 - 1909 |
| | J || T || & || S | | John Townroe & Sons - 1887 - 1916 |
| (JT over B) 'into a quatrefoil' | Latham & Morton (possibly) |
| | J || T || E || & || S | old English | unidentified |
| | J || T ||H ||symbol | 'gothic' | unidentified |
| (J)(T)(M)(I)[M] | James Tidmarsh - London |
| [J][T][S] 'gothic' into three shields over JOHN TURTON | John Turton & Co |
| (J)(T)(S)('mallet') | John Turton & Co |
| | JT || S || symbol || EP | | John Turton & Co - 1898 - 1923 |
| [ J.T over T.T ] inside a shield | Towndrow Brothers - 1862 - 1872 |
| JUBILEE GOLD under CLARK'S | John Clark - Birmingham - 1892 |
| JUNO | Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919 |
| J. W | Joseph Wolstenholme - 1850 - 1857 |
| |J||W| 'gothic' | unidentified |
| |J||W||&Co| | John Wigfall & Co - Sheffield - 1889-1911 |
| |J.W & Co| inside a rectangle | John Wigfall & Co - Sheffield |
| (JW)(&)(Co)[L&S] | unidentified |
| |J||W||&|[S] | unidentified |
| J.W.B | unidentified |
| |JWB Ld| 'inside a rectangle' | unidentified |
| [J.W. over B] inside a shield | J.W. Benson Ltd - London |
| J.W.Benson in script | J.W. Benson - London |
| J. WOLSTENHOLME over SHEFFIELD in an oval | Joseph Wolstenholme - Sheffield |
| |J||W|(S)(EP) | Spurrier & Co (John Walter Spurrier) - London & Birmingham |
| (J.W.T) inside three conjoined circles | James Walter Tiptaft - Birmingham - 1886 |
| ( J ) ( Y ) ( & ) [ S ] gothic | John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861 |
| | J | | Y | | & | | S | gothic | John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861 |
| JY&S | John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861 |
| |J||Y||&||S| gothic | John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861 |
| |J|(Y)(&)[S](BP) gothic | John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861 |
| | J. Y. C. | | John Y. Cowlishaw - 1872 - 1897 |
| |J.Y.C| inside a rectangle | J.Y.Cowlishaw |
| |K||&||Co| | Kay & Co - Worcester - possibly - |
| (K)(&)(P)('crown')(C) | Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow 1882-1896 |
| |K||&||P||G| | Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow 1882-1896 |
| (K&P) inside an oval | Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow |
| [K&P]('fleur de lys')(G) | Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow |
| (K)(&)(S)(S)(P) | unidentified |
| "KARANTI SILVER" over GOLDTECTA over "ECLIPSE SOVEREIGN PURSE" | Levetus Brothers - Birmingham |
| |KAY & CO| into a rectangle | Kay & Co - Worcester (possibly) |
| (KB) into an oval | K. Bright Ltd - Sheffield |
| |K.BROs| | Kemp Brothers - Bristol - 1898 |
| KEMP BROS over4 UNION ST over BRISTOL | Kemp Brothers - Bristol |
| (KENDAL & DENT) inside an oval | Kendal & Dent - London |
| |KING'S||Ld| over |HULL| | King's Ltd - Hull |
| KINGSLEY PLATE | a trade mark of Walter Belk & Son - Sheffield |
| [KINGTONS over METAL] inside a shield | Levetus Brothers - Birmingham |
| KINGSWAY PLATE over S Ld | a trade mark of William Suckling Ltd |
| |KIRBY.BEARD&C°Ld| inside a rectangle | Kirby, Beard & Co - Birmingham & Redditch - 1897 |
| |Kp BROs| inside a rectangle | Kemp Brothers - Bristol |
| K S I A | Keswick School of Industrial Art |
| KV & C | 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:
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