BRITISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE MARKSALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM MAKERS |
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For an easier reference to the "Sheffield silver marks" you are searching for, and the silver plate marks identification, the alphabetical order in this page refers to hallmark's letters or to "figural" definition (NOT to firm's name: further details following the STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SILVERPLATE MARKS)
|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 silver plate hallmark
gothic : the letters are in gothic style
date indicates approximate period of firm's activity
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERPLATE 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 |
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| |ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS | MAKER - PERIOD |
| A 'shoe' (figural) | George Barnsley & Sons (Cornish Works) - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| A 'pistol' (figural) | Jonathan Crookes & Son - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| (a)[symbol](1) | William Page -Birmingham |
| |A&CO| inside a rectangle | Asprey & CO |
| (A)(&)(CO)(S)[symbol] | unidentified |
| |A|[&||Co]||C||symbol| gothic | Ainsworth, Taylor & Co - Birmingham - 1895- 1906 (possibly) |
| [A][&][Co][Ltd](G) | Arthur & Co Ltd - Glasgow - c.1905/1910 (possibly) |
| ( A )(&)(D)| S | [Hourglass] | Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin 1879 c. |
| ( A & D)(S) (Hourglass) | Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin 1893 |
| [A&JZ] under a 'crown' inside a shield | A&J Zimmerman - Birmingham |
| | A | (&)[L]('crown')| M | | Arnold & Lewis - Manchester - 1875 |
| (A)(&)[N](CS)(Ld.) | Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd - London |
| |A&N.C.S.L| | Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd - London |
| |symbol||A||&||O| 'gothic' | Atkin & Oxley - Sheffield - possibly - |
| | A | |&|| S | | Armstrong & Scott - Birmingham 1894 |
| | A & S | | T. Aston & Son - Birmingham 1893 |
| (A& S) |S| 'into an oval' | unidentified |
| [A& over W] inside a shield | unidentified |
| (A)(&)(W) inside three circles | Atkins & Wigley - Birmingham (possibly) |
| |A.A||EP| | Andrew Allison - Glasgow |
| |AA| | George Butler & Co - Sheffield - 1872 |
| ( AB) inside a lozenge | Albert Cowley Bloxham - London |
| AB inside a crown | unidentified |
| ( AB.) | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1893 |
| ( A.B ) | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1869 |
| ( A )| B |('symbol') | unidentified |
| |A.B||'bee', figural| | Abraham Blanckensee - Birmingham |
| | A || B |['symbol'] |'fleur-de-lys'| ['blade'] gothic | Alfred Browett - Browett, Ashberry & Co - Birmingham - 1897 |
| | A || B |['symbol'] |'crown'| ['blade'] gothic | Alfred Browett - Browett, Ashberry & Co - Birmingham - 1897 |
| [ AB over &C°] gothic | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1893 |
| | A | B | & | C° | gothic | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. (possibly) |
| |A||B|[&](Co)[S] | A.J. Beardshaw & Co. 1879 c. |
| A.B & S without frame | unidentified |
| A.BARRETT & SONS | Andrew Barrett & Sons - London |
| A.BRIGHT & CO | Atkinson BrothersSheffield |
| |A.B.S| | Atkinson Brothers - Sheffield |
| | A | B | * | S | | Atkin Brothers - from 1853 |
| A.BROOKSBANK over 'cannon' | Abram Brooksbank & Co - Sheffield |
| A between BROS and LTD inside an oval over EPNS.A1 | Adie Brothers - Birmingham |
| | A || B || S | gothic [EP]['cannon'] | Abram Brooksbank & Co - Sheffield |
| [A.C] into a shield | Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co Ltd - London |
| |AC| into a square | unidentified |
| AC & Co without frame | unidentified |
| |A.C.BLOXHAM||insect: figural| | Albert Cowley Bloxham - London |
| ACE 'ace of spades' | unidentified |
| ACME gothic | Henry Williamson - London |
| ACME over INDUSTRIA | John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919 |
| A D intertwined | Austin & Dodson (Cambia Works) - Sheffield |
| [AD intertwined over & Co] into a shield | Austin, Dodson & Co - Sheffield |
| [A.D over & Co Ltd] into a shield | Austin, Dodson & Co Ltd - Sheffield |
| |A||D|&||K| into four square | unidentified |
| ADELPHI | trade mark of James Hardy & Co Ltd - Aberdeen |
| ADMIRAL | Larder & Burgess - Sheffield |
| |AEB| into a rectangle | unidentified |
| A E F intertwined inside a lozenge | Arthur E. Furniss |
| |A||E||F||&||S| inside five squares | A. E. Furniss & Sons - Sheffield |
| A.E. FURNISS over SHEFFIELD | Arthur E. Furniss - 1859 |
| |AEH||B|'symbol')'crown' | Arthur E. Heckford - Birmingham |
| |A.E POSTON & Co Ltd| | A E Poston & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| (*A.E.W*) inside a six side polygon | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| [A.E over W] into a shield | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| |AEW| into a rectangle | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| A.E.W without contour | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| [A.E.W & S] inside a shield | Arnold E Williams - Birmingham |
| ( A ) ( F ) ( & ) ( C° ) | Alfred Field & Co - Sheffield |
| | A | | F | | & | | C° | | Alfred Field & Co - Birmingham &Sheffield |
| ( A ) ( F ) ( & ) ( C° ) | Alex Fraser & Co 1894 - 1900 |
| |A|(F)|&||J|(T)|S| | A.F. & J.Tofield - Sheffield - 1887-1900 |
| [A]|F.BROS||LTD|(BP) | Fenton Brothers - 1897-1910 c. |
| AFGHAN SILVER | Frederick Whitehouse - Birmingham |
| AFRICAN SILVER (under a snake) | Hills-Menke & Co - Birmingham Spittle & Heape - Sheffield Selig, Sonnenthal & Co - London and Sheffield (possibly) |
| |A.GOODMAN &CO| over a trumpet | Goodman, Gainsforth & Fairbairn - Sheffield c. 1800 (Old Sheffield Plate) |
| AGUILA | Frederick Barnes & Co - Birmingham London &Sheffield - 1892 |
| ( A . H ) | Martin Brothers & Co |
| |A||H||&||Co| gothic | unidentified |
| |A.H|(symbol||A||EP| | Aaron Hatfield - Sheffield |
| |A||H||&||H||S|['bird'] | Hukin & Heath - Birmingham |
| |AH||&S| | Aaron Hatfield & Sons - Sheffield |
| (A)(H)(symbol)(J)(H) | Aaron Hatfield - Sheffield |
| (A over H.T) (into an upside down heart) | Albert Henry Thompson - Sheffield - 1885 |
| (AIAX) | unidentified |
| AITCHISON | James Aitchison - Edinburgh |
| |A||J||three crowns| | unidentified |
| (AJ) into an oval |A||N||cross||crown| | unidentified |
| |A.J.B| inside a rectangle | A.J. Bailey - Birmingham |
| ( A over JR ) (inside a clover) | Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes & Barber- Sheffield - 1878 - 1886 |
| |AJZ| inside a rectangle | A&J Zimmerman - Birmingham |
| [AK under a crown inside a shield] 'symbol' |GP| 'symbol' | Abraham Kemp - Birmingham |
| |ALBA| |W.R&Co| inside two rectangles | Wingfield, Rowbotham & Co - Sheffield |
| ALBANY PLATE | unidentified |
| |al||ba||ta| in lower case gothic | a generic mark for ALBATA SILVER |
| ALBESCENT SILVER | Joseph Gilbert - Birmingham |
| ALBION SILVER | Lee & Wigfull - Sheffield |
| |ALD| inside an indented rectangle | A.L. Davenport Ltd - Birmingham |
| (ALD) inside a circle | A.L. Davenport Ltd - Birmingham |
| A.ROSLING | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| |6 crossed ARROWS| inside square (figural) | Creswick & Company - Sheffield - 1855 c.-1877 |
| ( ART ) inside a circle | George Butler & Co - Sheffield 1848-1926 |
| ( ART ) + 'key' | George Butler & Co - Sheffield 1872 - 1925 |
| ARTHUR PRICE inside a circle | Arthur Price - Sheffield |
| ARTHUR PRICE & CO LTD | Arthur Price - Sheffield |
| ARTIFICERS GUILD | Artificers Guild - London - 1901-1942 |
| |ARTISAN PLATE| inside a rectangle | Barnett Henry Abrahams - London |
| ARUNDEL & CO | Colquhoun & Cadman - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| |ARUNDEL PLATE| under | C.W.F || S| over | EPNS.A1 | | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| AS | ALBATA SILVER (generic mark) |
| (A.S) [&](G.R)|S|(EP) | Scott & Randle - Sheffield/Birmingham |
| |AS| |&||GR| | Scott & Randle - Sheffield/Birmingham |
| |A.S| |&||G.R| | Scott & Randle - Sheffield/Birmingham |
| ASCEND over WW THOS over STANIFORTH under 'two wings' | William T. Staniforth, Ascend Works |
| |ASH||BER||RY| inside three rectangles | Philip Ashberry & Sons out of business 1936 |
| |ASHBERRY| inside a rectangles | Philip Ashberry & Sons |
| ASPREY | Asprey & Co Ltd - London |
| ASPREY over LONDON | Asprey & Co Ltd - London |
| |ASRISTA| | William Page & Co - Birmingham |
| |A||T|[&Co]|'fleur de lys'| 'eagle'|gothic | Ainsworth, Taylor & Co - Birmingham - 1895 |
| |A||T|[&||Co]|'fleur de lys'| 'eagle'|gothic | Ainsworth, Taylor & Co - Birmingham - 1895 |
| |A||T|[&Co]|'crown'| 'eagle'|gothic | Ainsworth, Taylor & Co - Birmingham - 1895 |
| (ATKIN BROS) (NS) | Atkin Brothers - 20th century |
| ATKINSON BROS 'IN MIND' SHEFFIELD | Atkinson Brothers - Sheffield |
| [A.T.C] inside a shield | A.T. Cannon Ltd - Birmingham |
| ATLAS besides 'Atlas' | John Brown & Co (Atlas Works) - Sheffield - 1848-1892 |
| ATTRACT under two 'magnets' | Bromley, Fisher (& Turton) (Midland Works) - Sheffield - 1870c.-1919 |
| AUSTRALIAN SILVER | William Naylor & Co - Birmingham |
| A.W (inside a heart) | Arthur Willis - 1897 |
| [AW&JH] inside a shield | unidentified |
| A.W.G Ltd | unidentified |
| AX1 | Ellis Newton - Birmingham |
| AZTEC over SARBON | James Deakin & Sons - 1871 - 1898 |
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:
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