ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATEALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS |
|
created by Giorgio B. owner of www.silvercollection.it ©  |
 |
 |
This is a page of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu,
a 1000 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about
antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver,
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 ...
|
| BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: TA-UZ |
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 |
| T over a 'hook' | Robert Bateman (Globe Works) - Sheffield - 1892 |
| | T | & | B | | Thompson & Brown - 1844 - 1848 |
| | T | |&| | J | 'cross' | Taunton & Johnson - Birmingham |
| 'tap (double)' (figural) | James Christie & Sons Ltd - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| TAUNTON over & over JOHNSON | Taunton & Johnson - Birmingham 1885 |
| ( TAYLOR'S ELECTRIC over GOLD & SILVER ) inside a circle | Lloyd, Taylor & Co - London |
| TAYLOR over SHEFFIELD | Needham, Veall & Tyzack, Eye Witness Works |
| (T.B) inside an oval | T. Beardmore - Birmingham - 1893 |
| |T.B| inside a rectangle | unidentified |
| | TB & C° | inside a rectangle | T.Badger & Co |
| [ TB & S + crown ] inside a shield | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1853 - 1897 |
| |T||B|(&)|S||S| | Thomas Bradbury & Sons |
| [ TB over &S ] inside a shield | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1858-1863 and 1892 - 1916 |
| ( TB over &S ) inside a trefoil | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1832-1947 |
| [ 'crown' over TB &S ] inside a shield | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1853-1857 |
| |T||B|(&)|S||S| gothic | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1832-1947 |
| [ TB over JH ] inside a shield | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - 1878 - 1885 |
| (T)(B)(S)(EP) gothic | Thomas Bradbury & Sons - possibly |
| T.D & S without contour | unidentified |
| | T.E | inside a rectangle | T. Ellis |
| | T E | inside a rectangle | T W Eaton |
| | T.E. & C° | | T W Eaton & Co - 1904 - 1911 |
| (TEK over S) inside a lozenge and two circles | Thomas E. Kitchin & Co - Sheffield - c. 1868 |
| | T F | inside a rectangle | T. Freeman |
| | T G | inside a rectangle | Thomas Goodfellow - London - 1873-1893 |
| ( T G ) inside an oval | Thomas Goodfellow - London - 1893 |
| | T.G. Ltd | | Tom Gilpin Ltd - 1938 - 1942 |
| ([TH over &S] inside shield (EP) inside an oval | Thomas Harwood & Sons - Birmingham |
| [T.H over &S ][symbol]('crown')(E reverse P conjoined) | Thomas Harwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1864-1896 |
| | T | H | B | S | | Thomas Henry Blake - Sheffield |
| (THE ALEX CLARK over LONDON over MANUFACTURING CO) inside an oval | The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co Ld - London |
| THE CAVENDISH | Robert Belfitt - Sheffield - 1892 |
| THE CAVENDISH | George Butler & Co. 1848-1926 |
| THE CYPRUS | Judd & Co - London |
| THE EL DORADO aside a 'screw' | E.M. Dickinson, Murray Works - Sheffield |
| THE GOLDEN CUPID over 'shield and ribbon' | Edwin Fear - Bristol |
| THE GOLDSMITHS CO over DUCAL PLATE | The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd - London |
| THE GOLFER under a 'golfer' | A.J. Blyde (Clintock Works) - Sheffield - 1865-1919 |
| THE over GREAT EASTERN | R. & J. Walsham - Birmingham |
| THE HOPE PLATE over HV monogram | H.H. Vivian. & Co. Ltd - Birmingham |
| THE over HUNGRY WOLF over BRAND. | Henry Barnascone & Son - Sheffield - 1860-1934 |
| THE INVICTA aside a 'screw' | E.M. Dickinson, Murray Works - Sheffield |
| THE MASHER on a 'ribbon' crossed with a 'walking stick' | Bramwell, Brownhill & Co |
| ( THE NEEDLE and an 'obelisk' ) inside a circle | William Milner & Sons - Leek |
| THEOPHILUS RICHARDS & CO | Theophilus Richards & Co - Birmingham & Co |
| THE 'ring' RING | John Clarke & Sons- Sheffield |
| The " Sceptre" over " Jubilee" in script | Howell & James Ltd - London |
| | THE STANLEY KNIFE inside a six sides polygon | Brooker & Crookes (Atlantic Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1919 |
| ( THE STEAM ELECTROPLATING over AND GILDING COMPANY | inside a square | Steam Electro-Plating & Gilding Co. Southampton |
| |T.H| |symbol||symbol||symbol||L|[P over GS] | Thomas Hardwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1845-1864 |
| THO BARCLAY & SON over 'crossed anchor' | Silverston, Isaac & Co |
| THOMAS under 'crown and fleur de lys' | Francis Boone Thomas - London - 1871-1901 |
| THOMAS ALDRIDGE | Thomas Aldridge - London - 1865 c. |
| THOS GOODE & CO over SOUTH AUDLEY STREET | Thomas Goode & Co - London |
| (THOMAS OTLEY over & SONS over SHEFFIELD) inside an oval | Thomas Otley & Sons - Sheffield - 1876-1888 |
| THOMAS OTLEY over & SONS over SHEFFIELD | Thomas Otley & Sons - Sheffield - 1889 |
| THOMAS OTLEY over SHEFFIELD | Thomas Otley - Sheffield - 1861-1875 |
| THOS PARKIN over 45 SYCAMORE ST over SHEFFIELD | Thomas Parkin - 1839-1871 |
| ( THOS WHITE over A1 over SHEFFIELD ) inside an oval | Thomas White . 1866-1892 |
| THORNHILL over 144 over BOND STREET under a 'crown' | Thornhill - London |
| TIGER | W.A. Colley Ltd - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| TIGER under a 'tiger' (symbol) | Deakin. Reuss & Co, Tiger Works - Sheffield - 1892 |
| TIP under a 'horse's head' | Hale Brothers |
| ( T J over & C N ) inside a quatrefoil | TJ & N. Creswick - 1852 - 1853 |
| |T.L| inside a rectangle | unidentified |
| ( T L over & over EM ) inside a quatrefoil [EP]('owl')['crown'](A1) | Thomas Latham & Ernest Morton - Birmingham - 1866-1896 |
| ( T L over & over EM ) inside a quatrefoil [EP](symbol)['simbol'](A1) | Thomas Latham & Ernest Morton - Birmingham - 1897 |
| T.JOWITT over SHEFFIELD | Alfred Beckett & Sons - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| | T | L | & | S | S | | T Land & Son - Sheffield - 1901 - 1919 |
| | T M | inside a rectangle | T. Marples |
| | T || N | | B | | Thompson & Brown |
| TOBOGGAN under JOHN ASKHAM SHEFFIELD | John Askham (Broad Lane Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1919 |
| TOLEDO under 'hand and sabre' | John Henry Andrew & Co - Sheffield - 1860 c. - 1919 |
| [T.O over &S ] inside a shield | Thomas Otley & Sons - 1889-1900 |
| TOPAZ | Albert Samuel Bradley |
| T. OTLEY over SHEFFIELD | Thomas Otley & Co - c.1846 -1860 |
| TOTTENHAM HOUSE over a 'shop window' | James Schoolbred & Co - Middlesex |
| |'crown'||T||P| gothic | Thomas Prime & Son - Birmingham |
| | T P L | inside a rectangle | T.P. Lowe |
| | T R | inside a rectangle | T.Royle |
| |T||R||&||CO| | Thomas Russell & Co, Edinburgh - 1893 |
| |T||R||&||S| | Thomas Ross & Sons - 107 Buchanan St.-Glasgow |
| TRADE (B inside a lozenge) MARK | Thomas Bland & Sons - Liverpool - 1892 |
| TRADE CIVIC MARK over E.P.B.M. | Land - 1920-1944 |
| TRADE MARK and a 'six crossed arrows' | Creswick - 1852-1890 |
| TRADE MARK and a 'phoenix' | Aluminium Co Ltd - London |
| TRADE MARK and an 'animal holding a globe' | Daniel & Arter, Globe Nevada Silver Works - Birmingham |
| TRADE MARK and a 'lion holding a flag' | Armstrong, Stevens & Son - Birmingham |
| ( TRADE MARK over a'tree' ) inside a circle | Planters' Stores & Agency Co - London & Son - Birmingham |
| TRADE MARK under an'Aladdin Lamp' | Roberts & Belk - 1895-1920 c. |
| TRADE MARK over a'clover' over EMPIRE | Henry Bernascone & Son - 1884 |
| (TRADE MARK) inside a 'pencil' | Barnet Solomon Cohen - London - 1892 |
| ( TRADE MARK over a'tower' over V.W.S. & Co ) inside a circle | Van Wart, Son & Co - Birmingham |
| TRADE MARK over G&C and a 'bull's head' | Gotscher & Company - Birmingham |
| TRADE MARK over a'squirrel' inside a circle over THE SQUIRREL | Thomas White - Birmingham |
| TRADE MARK over WP inside a 'crown' | William Page & Co - Birmingham |
| [ TRA over X ] inside a lozenge | W.R. Nutt & Co - 1894 |
| TRE 'treble clef' BLE | James Chesterman & Co (Box Works) - Sheffield 1892-1919 |
| TRIMILS over FRANK MILLS & CO LTD | Frank Mills & Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| TRIPLE DEPOSIT | Mappin & Webb - Sheffied & London - 1899 c. |
| "TRUE" | William Bocking - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| TRUROX | a trade mark of Atkin Brothers (Truro Works) - Sheffield |
| ( TRUSTWORTHY ) inside a ribbon | Mappin 1873 |
| ( TRY ) over a 'swan' | Newton, Francis & Sons, Portobello Works |
| | T. T | inside a rectangle | Thomas Turner - Sheffield |
| ( TT ) ( & ) ( C° ) ( S ) | Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield - 1883 - 1940 |
| | T T | inside a rectangle |&||C°| | Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield - 1865-1885 c. |
| ( T T ) inside two conjoined circles |&||C°| | Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield - 1886 |
| ( T T ) inside two conjoined circles (&)(C°)(S)|ENCORE|(EP) | Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield - 1883-1940 |
| [ T T over S ] inside a shield | Thomas Thorold Sturtevant - London - 1871 |
| |T.TURNER & Co Ltd| inside a chamfered rectangle | Thomas Turner & Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| 'turtle' (figure) | William Atkins & Co (Reliance Steel Works) -Sheffield - 1848-1919 |
| |TURTONS| | John Turton - Sheffield |
| [ TW ] (inside a shield | Thomas Woolley - Birmingham - 1898 |
| ( TW ) | unidentified |
| ( TW ) (eagle) ( & S ) | Thomas Wilkinson & Co - Birmingham - 1844-1875 |
| |T||W||&CoLtd| | Thomas Wilkinson & Sons - Birmingham - 1875 |
| [T.W over &Co over LtdS] inside a shield | Travis, Wilson & Co - Sheffield - 1908-1967 |
| | T.W | (inside a rectangle) | Thomas Woolley - Birmingham - 1887-1897 |
| ( T.W ) (fleur de lys) (triangle) | Thomas White (possibly) |
| ( T.W ) (star) (triangle) | Thomas White - 1872 - 1891 |
| T.W & Co LTD under MANOR PLATE | Thomas Wilkinson & Co - Sheffield |
| | TW over & C° |] inside a shield | Thomas White & Co - Birmingham - 1884-93 |
| | TW |['pelican']| & S | | Thomas Wilkinson & Sons - Birmingham - 1875 c. |
| | T.W | ('bird')) |& S| inside two rectangles | Thomas Wilkinson & Sons - Birmingham |
| (T.W) inside an oval | Thomas Woolley- Birmingham - 1887 |
| |T.W&S| inside a rectangle | Thomas Ward & Sons Ltd - Sheffield |
| |T.W.E| | T.W.Eaton & Co. - Sheffield - 1898 |
| T.W. EATON & CO. over SHEFFIELD | T.W.Eaton & Co. - Sheffield - 1899 |
| T.WILKINSON & SONS over BIRMINGHAM | Thomas Wilkinson & Sons - Birmingham |
| T.W. WARD | T.W. Ward - Sheffield |
| U 'star' S | Isaac Barnes - Sheffield - 1892 |
| UNETT PLATE over MADE IN ENGLAND | unidentified |
| UNICORN | unidentified |
| UNITY | Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd - Manchester & 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,
 |
  |
 |
 |
 |
| American Silver Plate marks | British Electroplate Silver marks | American Sterling Silver marks | British Sterling Silver hallmarks | Old Sheffied Plate marks |
This is a page of Silvercollection.it "A Small Collection of
Antique Silver and Objects of vertu",
a 1000 pages widely illustrated website offering all you wish to know about
antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver,
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 ...
|