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 Alphabetic symbols | 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 |
| ( R & B) inside an oval | Samuel Roberts & Charles Belk - 1863 |
| | R & B | inside a rectangle | Roberts & Briggs - Sheffield |
| | R & B | in script inside a rectangle | Rose & Brough - Birmingham - 1894 |
| | R & B | | Roberts & Belk - 1864 - 1867 |
| | R | & | B | | Roberts & Belk - 1864 - 1867 |
| | R || & || B | |'symbol' | Roberts & Briggs - Sheffield |
| ( R ) [ &] ( C° ) ( S )(symbol) | Benjamin W Ramsden - 1872-1897 |
| [ R & D over S.L ] inside a shield | Roberts & Dore (Sheffield) Ltd - Sheffield and London - c. 1916-1973 |
| [ R & D over Ltd ] | Roberts & Dore (Sheffield) Ltd - Sheffield and London - c. 1916-1973 |
| | R & H | inside a rectangle | Roberts & Hall |
| | R&RK| | unidentified |
| [R & S] inside a shield | unidentified |
| | R & S | inside a rectangle | Roberts & Slater - Sheffield |
| ( R )( & ) (S )('symbol') ( S ) | Samuel Roberts & Joseph Slater - Sheffield - 1845-1858 |
| R.&W. SORLEY over GLASGOW | R.&W. Sorley - Glasgow |
| |R & W W| | Richards & Walsh - Wexford - 1897 |
| R A under a 'bird' | Richard Atkinson - Sheffield - |
| RADIANT | W.R.Humphreys & Co - Sheffield |
| RAENO | RAENO SILVER PLATE CO LTD - Birmingham |
| ( RAIN BOW ) inside a ribbon | Openshaw & Co - Birmingham & London |
| RAJAH | Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919 |
| RAMS HEAD | Alfred Beckett & Sons - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| | R || B | | Rodhes Brothers |
| |R||B| gothic | unidentified |
| R.BROADHEAD | Broadhead & Atkin (North Street Works) - 1843-1853 |
| R. BROADHEAD & Co over SHEFFIELD | Roger Broadhead & Co - 1853-1900 |
| |R||B| gothic |S| | unidentified |
| RECTO | Frederick Barnes & Co - Birmingham & London |
| |REDGE PLATE| | unidentified |
| REGATTA | Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919 |
| REGENT PLATE | The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd - London |
| |REGENT| over |PLATE| inside two rectangles | Garrard & Co - London |
| REGENT SILVER | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham |
| REGENT TABLEWARE | John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham |
| ROMNEY PLATE | Roberts & Belk - Sheffield |
| ROSING inside a circle | Rosing Brothers & Co - London |
| "ROYAL STANDARD" | Frederick Derry - Birmingham |
| "ROYAL STANDARD" over VICTORIA over SILVER | Frederick Derry - Birmingham |
| |R||P||'crossed axes'||L| | Robert Pringle & Co - London - 1882 |
| |R||P||&Co||L| | Robert Pringle & Co - London - 1882 |
| (R)(P)(&)(S) inside four stars | unidentified |
| R.PARKIN over CAMPOLANE over SHEFFIELD | Richard Parkin & Son - Sheffield |
| |R||P||'star'||L| | Robert Pringle & Sons- Wilderness Works - Middlesex-1892 |
| |R||P||'crossed axes'||L|[EP over NS] | Robert Pringle & Sons- Wilderness Works - Middlesex |
| [RR] conjoined inside a shield | Richard Richardson - 1873-1900 |
| R.RICHARDSON over CORNWALL WORKS over SHEFFIELD | Richard Richardson |
| | RR |[ S ] [ symbol ]|EP| | Richard Richardson |
| | RR || S | [ symbol ]|EP| | Richard Richardson |
| ( RS ) ( &) ( C° ) [ S ] | R Stevenson & Co - Sheffield - 1894-1900 |
| |R||S||G| | Robert Scott - Glasgow - 1897 |
| | R | S | P | Co | | RAENO SILVER PLATE CO LTD - Birmingham |
| R. SPILLER | unidentified |
| R. STEWART over GLASGOW | Robert Stewart - Glasgow (possibly) |
| |R||T||&||Co||S| inside squares | unidentified |
| R.VERNON & SONS. | Alfred Beckett & Sons - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| ( REVIVISCEME over PHOENIX over a 'phoenix' over WORKS) inside a circle | Frederick Derry - Birmingham |
| REVLIS over SHAW & FISHER | James Deakin & Sons - 1871 - 1898 |
| |RYALS||&Co| | unidentified |
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