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 MAKERS: MA-OZ
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
IMAGES A B C D E F G H I-J K-L M N-O-P Q-R S T-U-V W-X-Y-Z
IMAGES unidentified 1 unidentified 2 unidentified 3 unidentified 4
ELKINGTON DATE LETTER
CLICK ON THE RED NAME FOR MAKER'S MARK IMAGE
|ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS MAKER - PERIOD
| M & B | gothic inside a rectangle Joseph Mappin & Brothers
( M & B ) inside a waved outline rectangle Mackay & Chisholm - Edinburgh
[ M & Co ] inside a shield unidentified
| M | & | C° | Ltd | R F Mosley & Co 1900-1911
| M || &| | C° ||EP||NS| R F Mosley & Co (possibly)
M & H over ARMITAGE over MOUSE over HOLE over FORGE Brooks & Cooper - Sheffield - 1892-1919
| M || &| | N ||symbol| Martin & Naylor - Fargate, Sheffield - 1849-1854
| M & S ] gothic inside a shield (symbol) inside an oval Joshua Maxfield & Sons - 1894
[ M ] [ &] [ W ] into shields Mappin & Webb - Sheffield - c. 1863
| M | (&) | W |(EP) unidentified
( M over & & over W ] in script inside a lozenge Mappin & Webb - Sheffield & London - 1897 c.
|MACKAY & over CHISHOLM| inside a rectangle Mackay & Chisholm - Edinburgh - 1882
MACLAURIN BROS Maclaurin Brothers - Sheffield- 1876-1893
| MADRAS SILVER | inside a rectangle Fisher - 1900-1925
'mallet' inside a 'bottle' Aird & Anderson - Liverpool - 1892
MANDARIN over CHIN 'figure' EASE Adolph Arbenz - Birmingham . 1892
MAPPIN & WEBB over LONDON John Newton Mappin & George Webb - Sheffield & London - 1871-1880 c.
MAPPIN & WEBB over PRINCE'S PLATE Mappin & Webb - 1887
MAPPIN & WEBB'S over PRINCES PLATE Mappin & Webb - Sheffield & London - 1899 c.
(MAPPIN BROS )inside an oval Mappin Brothers, Queens Works - Sheffield & London
('sun') |MAP over PIN||BROT over HERS| Mappin Brothers - 1850
('sun') |MAPPIN||BROTHERS||B| Mappin Brothers - 1865-1905
MAPPIN-BROTHERS over 222.REGENT STREET over AND over LONDON.BRIDGE Mappin Brothers - 1863-1894
(MARCA DE COMERCIO over a 'guanaco' over GUANACO) inside a circle J.& J. Drysdale & Co. - London
'marine monster' (figural)
over EP ON COPPER over |MADE IN ENGLAND|		 unidentified
(MARTINOID) inside a ribbon a trade mark of Martin Hall & Co
MATCHLESS over an 'arrow' Alfred Beckett & Sons - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919
MATTHIAS SPENCER & SONS Matthias Spencer & Sons
MAURICE BAUM over TRADE MARK over SHEFFIELD Maurice Baum - Sheffield
MAZEPPA under a 'horse' Samuel Hancock & Sons, Mazeppa Works
| M B | gothic inside a rectangle Mappin Brothers, Queens Works
| M || B | M. Beal
| M || B || C° | William Mammatt, George Albert Buxton & Co - Sheffield - 1865-1867
|M||B| gothic |MAP over PIN| Mappin Brothers - 1848-1863
M.B over MOULSON BROTHERS over CAST STEEL Alfred Beckett & Sons - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919
(M B over R under a 'crown' ) inside a 'padlock' Mc Lean Brothers & Rigg Ltd - London
|M||B||'crown'||S| gothic Maurice Baum - Sheffield - 1884
M DE J L & S under a 'seashore landscape' inside a circle M de J. Levi & Sons - London
MERIT under an 'acrobat John Baker & Company, Wheeldon Works
METEOR inside a 'shovel' Cocker Bros. Ltd - Sheffield - 1862c- 1919
| MEXICAN SILVER | inside a rectangle Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919
(M)(G&S)(Co) gothic The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd - London - 1880-1898
[ M H over & C° ] inside a shield Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall & Co - 1854
|M||H||& C°| gothic (A) [EP under a 'crown'] Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall & Co - 1860-1896
| M | H | & C° | U | Martin Hall & Co - 1854 - 1897
[M H over & C°] inside a shield Richard Martin Ebenezer Hall & Co Sheffield - 1854
M H & C° Martin Hall & Co - 1854 - 1897
'mitre' (figural) George Bishop & Sons - 1890 c.
MITRE under a 'mitre' George Bishop & Sons - 1890 c.
MIXITINE Swan & Adams, Canada Works - Birmingham.
MM&CO EPG3 into a lozenge Martin Hall & Co
MONKEYunder a 'monkey' Lockwood Brothers Ltd
MONTANA SILVER over Collings & Wallace in script Collings & Wallace - Birmingham 1892
MOSES EADON Moses Eadon & Sons - Monmore Green - Sheffield - 1892
MOTOR under a 'car' Richard W. Carr & Co - Sheffield - 1892-1919
[MP]('crown')(PRIME)('thistle')(AI) Thomas Prime & Son - Birmingham - 1844-1894
|M||R||&Co| 'gothic' (S)[EP under a 'crown'] Richard Martin - Sheffield - 1854-1897
| M | + | S | + | EP | unidentified
( M T over R under a 'crown' ) inside a lozenge James McEwan & Co Ltd - London
MUNKA under a 'crown' unidentified
| M | W | crown | S | Mark Willis - 1872 - 1885
| M | W | & | Co | gothic Mappin Webb & Co - 1864 - 1872
| M | W | & | S | Mark Willis
M.W &W unidentified
|M||W||'crown'||S|(EP) Willis - 1873-1885
(N & W) into an oval Norton & White - Birmingham - 1873
(N)(C)|&||Co| gothic Naylor, Clark & Co - Birmingham - 1869
NEAL'S over PYRO SILVER John Neal & Co - London
( NEILL )inside an oval Henry Wilkinson & Co
N.E.V.A. over EXPRESS John Clarke & Sons- Sheffield
( NEVADA SILVER ) inside two conjoined circles Daniel &Arter, Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham
NEW CALEDONIAN SILVER over a 'mermaid' E.R. Martino - Birmingham
( NICKELINE ) John Mcleownan Mc Murtrie - Glasgow
NINROD under a 'cap' John Nodder & Sons - 1863
| N J conjoined ||'dog' | 'crown' | |PYRO| John Neal & Co - London
( N over Ltd ) inside a triangle John Nowill & Sons - 1928 - 1965
Abram Brooksbank & Co - Sheffield - 1849-1919
|N||V||&||T||S| Needham, Veall & Tyzach - Sheffield - 1890 c.
N.W. Northon & White - Birmingham - 1883-1899
[O & B Ld]|S||rhinoceros' head|[EP over NS]|A1| Oliver & Bower Ltd - Sheffield
| O& E | inside a rectangle Osborn & Elliot
O I O Clarke Shirley & Co - Sheffield 1892
OLD and a 'circle' Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering - Sheffield - 1892
OLD and a 'circle' WM J. Bingham (Clough Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1892
( ONWARD ) inside a ribbon Slack & Grinold, Bath Works
OPOBA Boswell, Hatfield & Co (Hope Works) - Sheffield - 1892-1919
ORCHID Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919
OSYRIS under a 'pharaon' Schurhoff & Co - Birmingham
(OUT) inside a 'shell' Cocker Bros. Ltd - Sheffield - 1862c- 1919

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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