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: 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 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 |
| S between two crossed 'golf club' | Francis Arnold Colley - Ranmoor (Sheffield) - 1892 |
| [S & B] inside a shield | Slack & Barlow - Sheffield |
| (S)(&)(B) inside conjoined circles | unidentified |
| (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|(&)|H| gothic |EDIn| | Sutherland & Horne - Edinburgh (possibly) |
| (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 |
| [S&W] inside a shield | Stower & Wragg - Sheffield (possibly) |
| 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 |
| |S||D||&||Co||Ltd| | Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd - London |
| [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 |
| SHARMAN D. NEILL over BELFAST | Sharman D. Neill - Belfast |
| 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 |
| |SILVASEAL| | a trade mark of Gee & Holmes - Sheffield |
| 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 |
| SILVERPRIDE PLATE | Slack & Barlow Ltd - Sheffield |
| SILVERSTEIN | W.R. Box & Co - Dublin |
| ( SILVERODE) inside a lozenge | John Ingram - Birmingham |
| | SINGALESE | inside a rectangle | Hutton - 20th century |
| SIR JOHN BENNETT in script | Bennett (1907) Ltd - London c. 1932 |
| |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 |
| [SM] intertwined into a shield | Barker-Ellis - Birmingham |
| | S. M & C° | | Sharrard, Mosley & Co - 1905 - 1910 |
| |SM&CO| | Sampson Mordan & Co - London |
| |S||M||&||CO||Ltd| | Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd- London |
| (S.MAW SONS & THOMPSON LONDON ) inside a circle | S. Maw Sons & Thompson - London |
| S.MORDAN & C° | Sampson 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 & RICHARDSON over SHEFFIELD - ENGLAND |
Southern & Richardson - Sheffield - 1872-1890 |
| SOUTHERN CROSS over BRAND | Mason Brothers Ltd - London |
| |SPC| inside a rectangle | unidentified |
| 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 |
| [S][S][W][&][Co] [S] | S S Wing & Co - Sheffield - 1889-1910 |
| 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 |
| |S W ||&||S| | unidentified |
| '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, 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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silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, silver and gold jewellry, marks and hallmarks, articles,
books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington),
history, oddities ...
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