ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATEALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS |
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| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: RA-RZ |
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 |
| 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 |
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, EPCA, Electro Plated Copper Alloy,
EPGS - Electro Plated German Silver, EPMS - Electro Plated Magnetic Silver, African Silver, Albion Silver,
Alpha Plate, Ambassador Plate, Angle Plate, Argentium, Argentine Plate, Argentum,
Ascetic, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver, Britanoid, Cardinal Plate, Electrum, Embassy Plate, Encore, Exquisite,
Insignia Plate, Kingsley Plate, New Silver, Nevada Silver, Norwegian Silver, Pelican Silver, Potosi Silver,
Royal County Plate, Silva Seal, Silverite, Sonora Silver, Spur Silver, Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel
Silver, Unity Plate, Venetian Silver, Welbeck Plate,
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