English electroplate and silver plate: marks and hallmarks of Sheffield makers

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: SA-SZ

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 MAKERS 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

IMAGES

I-J

K-L

N-O-P

Q-R

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

S between two crossed 'golf club'	Francis Arnold Colley - Ranmoor (Sheffield) - 1892
[S & B] inside a shield	unidentified
*(S)(&)[B] gothic* (crown)[crown over EP]**	unidentified
( S & C ) inside an oval	Sansom & Creswick
\| S & Co \|	Arthur Elwell Spurrier & Co - London - 1883
[S & Co] inside a shield	Arthur Elwell Spurrier & Co - London - 1886
( S & C ) inside an oval	Sansom & Creswick
[ S ] [ & ] (D ) [symbol] gothic	Sansom & Davenport - Sheffield - 1853 - 1856
( S & H \| inside a rectangle	Slater, Son & Horton
( S & H \| inside a rectangle	Stacey, Henry & Horton
( S & P ) inside an oval	unidentified
*(S&S)inside an oval* \|E\|\|P\|\|N\|\|S\|(cross)(A1)**	unidentified
SAFE besides a 'safe'	George Albert Centrell - Sheffield - 1892-1919
SAFETY over JHA & Co over STEEL inside a 'life belt'	John Henry Andrew & Co - Sheffield - 1860 c. - 1919
(SANS VARIERI) inside a ribbon under 'leopard head'	John Henry Andrew & Co - Sheffield - 1860 c. - 1919
SARDIUS	Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919
SAVARS.	Evans, Lescher & Webb - London
SAVARS.	Evans Sons & Co - Liverpool
*( SAV over* ORY ) ('symbol')( LON over DON )(J)**	Adey Bellamy Savory & Sons - London 1854-1866
\| S B \| inside a rectangle	Slack Brothers - Sheffield
\|S\|\|B\|\|&\|\|C° \| gothic	S. Bright & Co - Sheffield - c.1864
S. B & Co \|	Successors of Samuel Buckley & Co Ltd-London
\|S\|\|B\|\|&\|\|M\|	Sturger, Bladdon & Middleton - Birmingham
\|S B & S Ld\|	Solomon Blanckensee & Son Ltd - Birmingham -1892
(S)(B)(L)(W) gothic	Slack Brothers - Sheffield - c. 1862
\|S\|\|B\|\|M\| gothic	Sturger, Bladdon & Middleton - Birmingham - 1884
\|S\|\|BROS\|	Slater Brothers - Sheffield - 1894

*( S C ) intertwined inside a circle* over GORDON SILVER**	Spurrier & Co - London
( S 'crossed arrows' F ) inside an oval	James Shaw & Fisher - 1870 - 1894
[SD over & Co over LTD] inside a shield	Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd - Birmingham
SELF DEFENSE under a 'native warrior'	James Burnand & Son - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919
\|SE over &S \| inside a square	Samuel Evans & Sons - Birmingham - 1875
*(S)\|E\|\|symbol\|('crown')*	Samuel Evans & Sons - Birmingham - 1875
[ SF over AJF ] inside a shield	Fenton Brothers - Sheffield - 1888 - c. 1891
\| SFE&Co \| inside a rectangle	S.F. Evans & Co - Birmingham - 1894
[ SF over WS ] inside a shield	Fenton Brothers - Sheffield - 1891 - c. 1896
\|S\|\|G\|\|S\|(Co)	Sheffield Goods Supply Co - Sheffield - 1891 - 1894
\| S \| H \| & \| Co \|	Frederick Sibray, J.F. Hall & Co - Sheffield - 1878-1918
SHARP over a 'tooth'	Abraham Ashton - Sheffield - since 1848
*SHAW & FISHER over* SHEFFIELD**	James Shaw & Fisher - 1833-1894
*SHAW & FISHER over* 43 SUFFOLK ROAD over SHEFFIELD**	James Shaw & Fisher - 1872-1894
\|S HIBBERT & SON\| over \|YUKON\|\|SILVER\| inside three rectangles	S.Hibbert & Son - 1900-1909
'shovel and hammer crossed' CBC (figural)	Chantrill & Co - Birmingham - 1892
*SKINNER & Co under 'two lions and shield'* over PATENTEE over SHEFFIELD**	Albert Skinner & Co - Sheffield
'skull and crossed bones' (figural)	John Creossland - Sheffield - 1892-1919
SIBERIAN SILVER	Hawksworth, Eyre & Co
*\|SIDNEY\|\|symbol\|\|SILVER\|*	James Deakin & Sons - Sheffield
SIGNPOST (figural mark)	William Suckling - Birmingham 1895
SILVA	John Henry Potter - Sheffield 1884-1940
SILVA over 'two heads woman'	John Henry Potter - Sheffield 1884-1940
SILVENE	Henry Fielding - Birmingham
( SILVER ASH ) inside a ribbon	John Yeates & Sons - Birmingham
SILVERINE	Maurice Baum - Sheffield - 1889-1903
( SILVERMINIUM ) inside a roll	Arthur Heckford Egerton - Birmingham

[ SILVERN ] inside a shield	John Yeates & Sons - Birmingham
( SILVERO & C° )	William Rae & Co - Liverpool
SILVERSTEIN	W.R. Box & Co - Dublin
( SILVERODE) inside a lozenge	John Ingram - Birmingham
\| SINGALESE \| inside a rectangle	Hutton - 20th century
*S LINLEY over* OLD**	Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering - Sheffield - 1892
\| S. M & C° \|	Sharrard, Mosley & Co - 1905 - 1910
(S.MAW SONS & THOMPSON LONDON ) inside a circle	S. Maw Sons & Thompson - London
S.MORDAN & C°	S. Mordan & Co - London
*SONORA SILVER [W&H over* S]**	Walker & Hall
SOUND under a 'whistle'	J & J Beal (Red Hill Works) - Sheffield - 1876 c.-1919
*SOUTHERN & over* RICHARDSON over SHEFFIELD**	Southern & Richardson - 1887-1900 c.
*SOUTHERN CROSS over* BRAND**	Mason Brothers Ltd - London
'crescent' SPENCER over SHEFFIELD	Spencer Matthias & Sons
SPHINX BRAND under a 'sphinx'	John Batt & Company - London
\|S\|[P]\|M\|\|C\|[shield] gothic	Sheffield Plate Co - 1884
SPURRIER	William Spurrier - Birmingham - 1850 c.-1887
(SQUIRREL 'figural squirrel' over BRAND) over MADE IN ENGLAND	Thomas White - Birmingham - 1892
\|S\|\|R\|\|&\|\|M\|	unidentified
\| S R over C B \|	Roberts & Belk - 1867 - 1879

S. S. P. Ltd	Sheffield Nickel & Silver Plating Co. Ltd - 1877 - 1898
STANCH under a 'dog'	J & Riley Carr (Bailey Lane Works) - Sheffield -1892-1919
STAND	Walter & Frank Brown Ltd - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919
( STANDARD over ECLIPSE PLATE ) inside a circle	George Wheeler - Birmingham
*" STANDARD " over* VICTORIA over SILVER**	Frederick Derry - Birmingham
'stars' (three) inside a 'trefoil' (figural)	Barker Bros - Birmingham 1892
( S ) ( T ) ( B )	unidentified
\|S\|[TB&S under a 'crown'] inside a shield	Thomas Bradbury & Sons 1858-1896
(STEAMER) inside a 'steamer'	Cowie Bros & Co - Glasgow - 1892
STEELINE	English & Foreign Steel Co - Birmingham - 1892
( STERLING over £ over BRAND ) inside a circle	Keep Brothers - Birmingham
'St. George on horse' (figural)	S.S Brittain & Co - Sheffield - 1860-1919
STOIC	George Barnsley & Sons (Cornish Works) - Sheffield - 1860-1919
STRIPES under 3 'stripes'	Baum Bros - Sheffield
SUCCESS inside a 'sabre'	Ball Bros - Sheffield - 1865-1919
SUNLIGHT	Lever Brothers - Port Sunlight
\|S W \| inside a rectangle	W. & S. Ward - Manchester
'swan' (figural)	S.S Brittain & Co - Sheffield - 1860-1919
*SYCAMORE TREE under a 'tree'* Trade Mark**	Frederick William Dover -Sycamore Tree Works-Sheffield 1892
SYLFERET under an 'Aladdin Lamp'	Roberts & Belk, Furnival Works
*SYLVESTER over* &CO over SHEFFIELD**	Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919

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


Russian silver marks	Italian silver marks	French silver marks	English silver marks


Germany	Hanau	Austria	Mexico


American Silver Plate marks	English Electroplate silver marks	Old Sheffied Plate marks


Elkington	Georg Jensen	Gorham Corporation	Tiffany & Co	WMF	Reed & Barton

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