English electroplate and silver plate: marks and hallmarks of Sheffield makers AA-AZ

SILVERPLATE MANUFACTURERS: MARKS' IMAGE & HISTORY

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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\|	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
*\|AC&Ss over* LD\|**	A. Chick & Sons Ltd - London
*\|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
\|A.I.S\|\| into a rectangle	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

\|ALEX CLARK Co Ld\| over \|WELBECH\|\|MR\| 'gothic'	Alex Clark Co Ld
\|ALEXANDER SCOTT\|	Alexander Scott - Glasgow
ALEXINA SILVER	Joseph Parker & Sons - Sheffield (possibly)
*ALFRED over* GREEN**	George Barnsley & Sons (Cornish Works) - Sheffield - 1860-1919
*ALFRED LINDLEY over* SHEFFIELD**	Alfred Lindley - 1883-1896 - Sheffield
\|ALLBRITE\|	unidentified
*\|All 'over'* port\| (in script into a square)**	Edward Allport - Birmingham
*ALL THE ROUND (inside a life belt)*	John Round & Son Ltd - 1880c.
ALMADA SILVER	Joseph Gilbert - Birmingham trademark
*\|ALPACA\|[symbol]\|ENGLAND\|*	unidentified
*ALPHA (under a crown)*	Harrison Brothers & Howson - 1898 c.
\|A\|\|L\|\|P\|\|H\|\|A\| gothic/	Viners Sheffield
*ALPHA over Viners (under a crown)*	Viners Sheffield - 1925-1974
ALPHROID	Harrison Brothers & Howson
ALUMINIUM SILVER	Daniel & Arter-Globe Nevada Silver - Birmingham
\|A\|\|M\|\|'symbol'\|\|'symbol'\|\|'symbol'\| into squares	unidentified
\|A\|\|M\|\|&\|\|Co\|\|M\|	A, Marks & Co - Manchester
\|AM\|\|&C0\|\|M\|	A, Marks & Co - Manchester
AMARANTHINE	trade mark of William Tay & Sons - Birmingham
\|A MANDARIN A\| inside a rectangle	a trade mark of Adolph Arbenz - Birmingham
AMERICAN SILVER ALLOY	trademark of Perry & Co Ltd - Birmingham
\|AMNORA\|\|PLATE\| [AS over B] into a shield	Adolph Scott - Birmingham
A M S into a ribbon	Silber & Fleming - London 1880-1898
[A](M)[S]	Silber & Fleming Ltd - London
*\|A\|\|N\| \|symbol\|\|'crown'\|*	unidentified
ANCESTOR PLATE	Webber & Hill - London
*['anchor' and 'crossed flags'] inside a shield* (figural)**	Army & Navy Cooperative Society - Westminster - 1892
[ANDP] inside a shield	A.N.D Plate Ltd - Birmingham - c. 1948
*'angel with a scythe' figural*	John Dyson - Leeds - 1892
ANGLE 'symbol' PLATE over W.H &S.E.P.	William Hutton & Sons - Sheffield 1886-1893
*\|ANGLOID\|\|'into a festoon'\|*	unidentified
(ANGORA)(E.P.C.A.) over MADE IN ENGLAND	Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd - Sheffield
Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd in script over MADE IN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND	Angora Silver Plate Co Ltd - Sheffield
AP	ALBATA PLATE (generic mark)
\|A\|\|P\|[&\|\|Co\|	Ainsworth, Pembrook & Co Ltd - Birmingham
\|A\|\|P\|[&\|\|Co\|'fleur de lys'\| 'eagle'\|gothic	Ainsworth, Pembrook & Co Ltd - Birmingham 1906-1909
APEX	John Biggin & Co - Sheffield
(APEX over J.B) inside an oval	John Biggin & Co - Sheffield - 1825-1919
\|A\|\|P\|\|E\|\|X\| 'gothic'	John Biggin & Co - Sheffield -
[A.R.] inside a shield	A. Round - Birmingham - c. 1910
ARATOR	John Round & Son - Sheffield
ARCAS	Cowper-Coles, Cowper Bickerton - London 1892
ARGENLINE	Daniel & Arter-Globe Nevada Silver - Birmingham
ARGENT SILVER	Hamilton, Laidlaw & Company - Glasgow
ARGENTINA SILVER [J.G] inside a shield	Joseph Gilbert - Birmingham
ARGENTUS inside a circle	trademark of W.Bruford &, Son - Plymouth
ARGOSY SILVER	Gilding & Silvering Co - Middlesex
ARGOSY SILVER	Solomon Lewis Gorer - Middlesex
ARGUS	Crookes Roberts & Co (Argus Works) - Sheffield - 1892-1919
ARGYLE PLATE	John Sanderson & Son - Sheffield
ARISTOCRAT	Harman Bros Ltd - Birmingham
(ARIZONA SILVER) inside a 'ribbon'	W.S. Savage & Co - Sheffield
ARMOUR over a symbol	William Page & Co - Birmingham
ARNOLD & LEWIS	Arnold & Lewis - Manchester 1875 c.

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

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