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: FA-FZ |
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 |
| (F & A) inside an oval | Fenton & Anderson - 1857-1859 |
| (F & S ) inside a trefoil (cross)(crown) | Fattorini & Sons, Bradford, Kirgate & Westgate - 1895 c. |
| |F||&||S||'cross'||'crown'| | Fattorini & Sons - Kirkgate & Westgate, Bradford - 1890 c. |
| |F&W||Ltd| | unidentified |
| (F)(A)(&)(Co) (S) | Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield 1899 |
| | F.A | &Co | S | NS | | Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield 1905-1940 |
| (FAGH) (&)(Co) | unidentified |
| FARROW & JACKSON over LONDON & PARIS | Farrow & Jackson - London |
| FATTORINI & SONS LTD over BRADFORD | Fattorini & Sons - Kirkgate & Westgate, Bradford - 1890 c. |
| 'faucet (double)' (figural) | James Christie & Sons Ltd - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| FAUGH-A-BALLAGH | Edwin Blyde & Co (Clintock Works) - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| |F.B||E||P||N||S| | Fenton Brothers (possibly) |
| (F.B)(G) | unidentified |
| | F.B.(G) Ld| | unidentified |
| | F. Bros | | Fenton Brothers - 1859- c. 1896 |
| |F. BROs||Ld||S| | Fenton Brothers |
| | F. Bros || Ltd | | Fenton Brothers - 1897- c. 1910 |
| | F. Bros |(S) | Fenton Brothers - 1860-1896 c. |
| (F. BROS. L&S) | Fenton Brothers - London & Sheffield |
| |F||B||S| gothic | unidentified |
| |F.B.T| under a 'fleur de lys' | Francis Boone Thomas - London - 1871-1901 |
| |F C | conjoined inside a square | Frank Cobb & Co - 1905- c. 1911 |
| |F. COBB & CO | | Frank Cobb & Co |
| |F C |[&][CO]|S|(EP) | Frank Cobb & Co (possibly) |
| |F.C &Co S||EPNS|[A1] | Frank Cobb & Co |
| (F.C)(&CO)(S)[EP over NS] | unidentified |
| (-)(+)|F||D|[crown] | Frederick Derry - Birmingam - 1867-1891 |
| F.E.A. | unidentified |
| |F||E||L||crown| | Frederick Efbank Leefe - London - 1859 |
| FENTON BROS LTD | Fenton Brothers |
| ( F.E.T over &Co ) inside a quatrefoil | Frederick Ellis Timm & Co - 1860 - 1918 |
| [ FET ] [ &Co ][A1] gothic | Frederick Ellis Timm & Co - 1877 c. |
| [ FF over SF ] into a shield | Fenton Brothers - 1883 - c. 1888 |
| F.GREEN & SONS over SHEFFIELD | Frederick Green & Sons - Sheffield - 1894 |
| (F over GS) into a trefoil | unidentified |
| F. H | Francis Howard - 1890 c. |
| (FH) gothic inside a heart | Francis Higgins - London |
| | F | H | target | S | | Francis Howard - 1870- 1874 |
| [ FH&S ] into a shield | unidentified |
| FIBROLOID | British Xilonite Co Ltd - Middlesex - 1892 |
| FINNINGANS Ltd over SILVERSMITHS over MANCHESTER | Finnigans Ltd - Manchester |
| 3 'flowers' (figural) | Riley Carr (Nevada Works) - Sheffield - 1892 |
| [ FN over S ] into a shield | unidentified |
| FOOTPRINT under a 'foot-print' | T.R. Ellin - Footprint Works - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| F.R. & CO over Ld | Fenton, Russel & Co Ltd - Edinburgh |
| FRANK MILLS over HANOVER WORKS SHEFFIELD | Frank Mills & Co - Sheffield |
| FRANK MILLS & CO LTDunderTRIMILS | Frank Mills & Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| |FS||&||D||S| | unidentified |
| FUERTE under a bull | Michael Hunter &Son, Talbot Works |
| FURBER & SON over CHELTENHAM | Furber & Son, Cheltenham - not identified- |
| (FUSI YAMA over a bird) inside a circle | John Batt & Co - London |
| |F.V.F.| 'star' | unidentified |
| [F.W] inside a shield | Frederick Wilson - Sheffield |
| F.W AFGAN SILVER | unidentified |
| [F.W over S] inside a shield | Frederick Wilson & Co - Sheffield - 1883 |
| [ FW over WD ] inside a shield | Wilson & Davis - Sheffield |
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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history, oddities ...
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