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 MAKER'S MARKS: 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
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 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
S between two crossed 'golf club' Francis Arnold Colley - Ranmoor (Sheffield) - 1892
[S & B] inside a shield Slack & Barlow - Sheffield
(S)(&)[B] gothic (crown)[crown over EP] Slack & Barlow - Sheffield
( 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 & Co interwined ] inside a quatrefoil Arthur Elwell Spurrier & Co - London - 1890
[ 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 & J) under a 'crown' Spear & Jackson - Sheffield
( S & P ) inside an oval unidentified
(S&S)inside an oval |E||P||N||S|(cross)(A1) unidentified
(S)(&)(S)inside three circles Stephenson & Sons - Manchester & Sheffield
SA over C inside a trefoil Hammond, Creake & Co - Sheffield
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
|SANDERS & CO over -LONDON-| inside a rectangle Sanders & Co - London
(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| Sturges, 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
(S.D & Co Ltd) Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd - London - c. 1907
[SD over & Co over LTD] inside a shield Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd - London
SEAL unidentified
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
(SELFRIDGE) inside an oblong six sides polygon Selfridge & Co Ltd - London
[ 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.J.L.&Co.| over LEVIATHAN PLATE S.J.Levi & Co - Birmingham
S LINLEY over OLD Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering - Sheffield - 1892
(S.Ltd) inside an oval William Suckling - Birmingham
| S. M & C° | Sharrard, Mosley & Co - 1905 - 1910
|SM&CO| Sampson Mordan & Co - London
(S.MAW SONS & THOMPSON LONDON ) inside a circle S. Maw Sons & Thompson - London
S.MORDAN & C° S. Mordan & Co - London
|S||N|(&)|Co|(S) unidentified
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
SPEAR & JACKSON Spear & Jackson - Sheffield
'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 S.J.Levi & Co - Birmingham
|S||R||&||M| unidentified
| S R over C B | Roberts & Belk - 1867 - 1879
|S. S. P. & Co Ld| Sheffield Nickel & Silver Plating Co. Ltd - 1877 - 1898
|S||S||P||&||C||Co||Ld| Sheffield Nickel & Silver Plating Co. Ltd
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
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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