ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER

MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER PLATE

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The two common forms of plated silver are Sheffield plate and silverplate/electroplate.
Sheffield Plate is a cheaper substitute for sterling, produced by fusing sheets of silver to the top and bottom of a sheet of copper or base metal. This 'silver sandwich' was then worked into finished pieces. At first it was only put on one side and later was on top and bottom.
Modern electroplating was invented by Italian chemist Luigi V. Brugnatelli in 1805. Brugnatelli used his colleague Alessandro Volta's invention of five years earlier, the voltaic pile, to facilitate the first electrodeposition. Unfortunately, Brugnatelli's inventions were repressed by the French Academy of Sciences and did not become used in general industry for the following thirty years.
Silver plate or electroplate is formed when a thin layer of pure or sterling silver is deposited electrolytically on the surface of a base metal. By 1839, scientists in Britain and Russia had independently devised metal deposition processes similar to Brugnatelli's for the copper electroplating of printing press plates.
Soon after, John Wright of Birmingham, England, discovered that potassium cyanide was a suitable electrolyte for gold and silver electroplating.
Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840. These two then founded the electroplating industry in Birmingham England from where it spread around the world.
Common base metals include copper, brass, nickel silver - an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel - and Britannia metal - a tin alloy with 5-10% antimony.
Electroplated materials are often stamped EPNS for electroplated nickel or silver, or EPBM for electroplated Britannia metal.
THE DIRECTORY OF BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER MAKERS: Ma-Maq
MAKER'S HISTORY
& MARK'S IMAGE
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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 LETTERS
Mackay & Chisholm - Edinburgh Mackay & Chisholm (retailer) - Edinburgh MACKAY & CHISHOLM
Edinburgh
Firm founded in 1835 (49 Newbuildings, Edinburgh). Active at 57 Princes Street (from 1879) and 59 Princes Street, Edinburgh (from 1908 to present)
Maclaurin Brothers - Sheffield MACLAURIN BROTHERS
Sheffield
Active at Sidney Works, 23-20 Sydney St, Sheffield (1871-1925). The firm was founded by the sons of James Maclaurin owner of James Maclaurin & Sons, Boston Works, 70 Bowden St, Sheffield (1865-1870)
Herbert Maclaurin - Sheffield HERBERT MACLAURIN
Sheffield
Herbert Maclaurin (born 1865) active at Matilda Works (1894-1915) and Sylvester St, Sheffield (1916-1923). Succeeded in 1894 to his father George Maclaurin (born 1839) working in Matilda Works since 1881 (formerly belonging to Wolstenholme & Biggin)
Edwin John Makin, Sheffield an advertisement of Edwin John Makin, Sheffield EDWIN JOHN MAKIN
Sheffield
Charlotte Street Works. Succeeded to George Hawksley & Co
William Mammatt & Sons - Sheffield WILLIAM MAMMATT & SONS
Sheffield
Active at Albion Plate Works, 119-121 Arundel St, (1886-1896), Portland Works, Randall St and 35-37 Townshead St, Sheffield (1897-1906). The firm succeeded William Mammatt, 18 Arundel St (1863-1864), 82 Division St (1861-1867) and 121 Arundel St, Sheffield (1882-1885). Between 1864 and 1867 the firm traded as Mammatt, Buxton & Co
William Mammatt, George Albert Buxton & Co - Sheffield An advertisement of William Mammatt, Albion Works - Sheffield MAMMATT, BUXTON & CO
Sheffield
The firm succeeded William Mammatt (18 Arundel St, 1863-1867) and was active at Arundel Plate Works, 32 Eyre St, Sheffield (1864-1857). The partnership was dissolved in 1867 and William Mammatt traded solely at 82 Division St (1867-1881) and at Albion Works, 121 Arundel St (1882-1885). The firm became William Mammatt & Sons in 1886, active in Albion Works until 1896 and in Portland Works (1897-1906)
William Manton & Son WILLIAM MANTON & SON
Birmingham
Vyse Street, Birmingham
Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield Mappin & Webb - Sheffield MAPPIN & WEBB
Sheffield

Mappin & Webb HISTORY and MARKS

Mappin Brothers Mappin Brothers Mappin Brothers Mappin Brothers MAPPIN BROTHERS
Sheffield and London
Mappin Brothers was active at Queens Cutlery Works, 6-10 Bakers Hill, Sheffield (1850-1905). They started electroplating in 1865
Marples & Co - Sheffield (possibly) MARPLES & CO (possibly)
Sheffield
Active at Napier St, Sheffield (1900-1907). In 1908 the firm became Marples, Wingfield & Wilkins
William Marples & Sons - Sheffield William Marples & Sons - Sheffield WILLIAM MARPLES & SONS
Sheffield
c. 1880/1890
M.W &W unidentified M.W &W unidentified MARPLES WINGFILED & WILKINS (possibly)
Sheffield
Active at Sykes Works, 148 Eyre St, (1908-1933), Portland Works, 75-77 Hill St, Sheffield (1934-1953). The firm succeeded to Marples & Co and ceased electroplating c. 1940
Richard Martin - Sheffield - 1854-1897 RICHARD MARTIN
Sheffield - 1854-1897
Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield WEST & SON DUBLIN unidentified retailer Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield a trade mark of Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co Sheffield Martin Hall & Co EPGS Sheffield Martin Hall & Co PS Sheffield MARTIN HALL & CO
Sheffield
The origin of the firm in the partnership established in 1820 in Sheffield by Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts who traded as Wilkinson & Roberts.The firm's cronology is: John Roberts (1836), Roberts & Hall ( 1846), Martin Hall & Co (1854), Martin Hall & Co Ltd (1866-1936). Martin Hall & Co was one of the best known British manufacturers and partecipated to many international exhibitions including the Crystal Palace 1851 Great Exhibition. They had also a line of production in electroplate and in a patented white metal called "Martinoid"
A 1858 advertisement of Martin Hall & Co Sheffield A 1858 advertisement of Martin Hall & Co Sheffield
Martin & Naylor - Fargate, Sheffield MARTIN & NAYLOR
Fargate, Sheffield
In 1852 amalgamated with Roberts & Hall and henceforth became known as Martin, Hall & Co.
Joshua Maxfield & Sons Joshua Maxfield & Sons - Sheffield & London Joshua Maxfield & Sons - Sheffield & London J. & J. Maxfield - Sheffield MAXFIELD & SONS
J & J MAXFIELD
MAXFIELD & SONS (Silversmiths) LTD
Sheffield & London
Maxfield & Sons, founded c1855, was active at the end of the 19th century in its factory Enterprise Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield and their London showrooms at 47 Beak St, Regent Street with Joshua Maxfield as senior partner. In 1901 Maxfield & Sons and the associated businesses of J.& J. Maxfield and W.Mammat & Sons were converted into a single liability company under the style of J. & J. Maxfield Ltd and in 1908 was reformed as Maxfield & Sons (Silversmiths) Ltd.
Frank Mills & Co - Sheffield FRANK MILLS & CO
Sheffield
63 Division Street: 1894-1906


Mosley Flowers & Co (possibly) Robert Fead Mosley - Sheffield MOSLEY FLOWERS & CO (possibly)
R.F. MOSLEY & CO
Sheffield

This mark refers, possibly, to a business of Robert Frederick Mosley and Arthur Samuel Flowers or to R.F. Mosley & Co Ltd, Portland Works, Randall St, Sheffield (1900-1911)
William James Myatt  & Co - Birmingham William James Myatt  & Co - Birmingham WILLIAM JAMES MYATT & CO
Birmingham
Active at Graham St and Frederick St, Birmingham (c. 1900)

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 Joseph Kopf: Tallinn silver mark
 Germany  Hanau  Austria  Mexico  Latvia - Estonia
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate Herrmann factory silver plate mark
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks Continental European silver plate marks
Elkington hallmark Peter Charles Faberge mark Georg Jensen hallmark 1945-1951 Gorham Athenic hallmark Tiffany hallmarks WMF hallmarks Reed & Barton mark Mappin & Webb mark Hester Bateman mark Wiener Werkstatte monogram
Elkington
Fabergé
Georg Jensen
Gorham
Tiffany & Co
WMF
Reed & Barton
Mappin & Webb
Bateman
Wiener Werkstatte
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