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 |
| SILVERPLATE MANUFACTURERS: MARKS' IMAGE & HISTORY |
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| |ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS | MAKER - PERIOD |
| C & C over DOUGLAS SILVER | Colquhoun & Cadman |
| (C & C over C) into a trefoil | unidentified |
| | C & Co | | Carrington & Co - London - c. 1893 |
| | C & C° | | Creswick & Co - 1863 - 1890 |
| |C||&||Co| | Carnelly & Co - Birmingham - 1867-1885 c. |
| [C & Co under a 'crown'] inside a shield | George Richmond Collis & Co - Birmingham & London - 1873-1888 |
| (C)[&](Co) gothic | Creswich & Co - 1855 c.-1887 |
| (C&Co) inside a rectangle | Creswich & Co - 1863 - 1887 |
| |C & CO 'castle' EP| gothic | Corbell & Co |
| C & C° over VALPARAISO under a 'star' | M. Clark & Co - 1892 |
| |C&F| | Coles & Fryer Ltd - Birmingham |
| (C)[&](H) gothic | unidentified |
| (C)|&|[K] (crown)[fleur de lys] gothic | Culf & Kay - Sheffield - 1896 |
| (C)|&|[K] [S] into four squares | Culf & Kay - Sheffield |
| (C&L) under a 'crown' into a trefoil contour | unidentified |
| (C&R) inside an oval | unidentified |
| ( C )( & )( W ) ( B ) | Collings & Wallis - Birmingham |
| C & W MONTANA SILVER | Collings & Wallis - Birmingham |
| CALEDONIA SILVER | Watson & Gillott - Sheffield |
| CAMBRIA SILVER GH&S | unidentified |
| |CAMEL| | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| 'camel' (figural) | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| CAMEO over a ('female bust') inside an oval | Parkin & Co Sheffield |
| |CAM over ERON| |DUN over DEE| | Alexander Cameron - Dundee |
| CAMPANA | G. Bell & Sons - Liverpool and Buenos Aires (Argentina)-1892 |
| CANADIAN over GOLD over "bird" over L.B. CANADA |
Levetus Brothers - Birmingham |
| CANNON figural mark | Charles S. Green & Co Ltd - Birmingham or George Wilkin - Sheffield |
| CAPITAL under a "capital column" | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd - 1900 c. |
| |CARDINAL||PLATE| | Elkington & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| CARDINAL PLATE | The Northern Goldsmiths - Newscastle-upon-Tyne |
| CAROLINE plate | unidentified |
| | C B | | C. Boardman |
| [C][B]|cross||crown| | unidentified |
| (C.B & S into a trefoil | Charles Boyton & Son - London |
| (C.B & S Ld) into an oval | Charles Boyton & Son Ltd - London (after 1919) |
| C.B & S over L | Charles Boyton & Son - London |
| | C B over E P | | Roberts & Belk - 1879 - 1892 |
| [C.B. oved INC over Ltd] into a shield | possibly a mark of Cooper Brothers |
| [CBros over L] inside a shield | Cole Brothers - London (possibly) |
| | CBRS | inside a rectangle | Clifford Bros - Birmingham - c. 1911 |
| | C | BROS | S | | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield 1867 - 1964 |
| | C || BROS || S | gothic | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| | C || BROS | + (DON) | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| (C)(B)(S) 'gothic' | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| |C||B||S| | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| C.CARTWRIGHT & SONS | unidentified |
| | C ||C ||Co || S | gothic | George Hawksley & Co-Charlotte St.Works-Sheffield 1864-1867 |
| | C ||C ||G || P | gothic | unidentified |
| C.CUTTS | Charles Cutts - Sheffield |
| | C E | inside a rectangle | George Edwards - Glasgow |
| (symbol)(C)(E)(symbol) | unidentified |
| C E & Co | Thomas Ellin & Co - Sylvester Works - Sheffield 1892-1919 |
| C E & Co | Charles Ellis & Co - Sheffield 1892 |
| ( C ) ( E ) (& ) (Co ) | Charles Ellis & Co - Sheffield - 1855 - 1900 |
| C.ELLIS over JEWELLER over KIRKGATE over WAKEFIELD | unidentified |
| Celtic in script | unidentified |
| ( C.E over N) inside a shield | Charles Edward Nixon - Sheffield |
| ( CE over N) inside a trefoil | Charles Edward Nixon - Sheffield |
| |CENTURY PLATE| | James Walker - London |
| |C||F||&|(Co)|S| | Charles Favell & Co |
| (C)(G)(&)(Co) (EPNS) | C.Green & Co - Birmingham |
| |C.G.H| into a rectangle | unidentified |
| |C.G.Hg| into a rectangle | unidentified |
| (C)(H)(&)(Co) | unidentified |
| [CHAMPION on a pennant] inside a shield | Thomas S. Richards & Co - Birmingham |
| (CharlesRCowie) in script inside an oval | Charles Rennie Cowie - Glasgow - 1892 |
| CHARs OWEN | Charles Owen - Sheffield |
| CHAs OWEN & CO | Charles Owen & Co- Sheffield |
| CHARLES JENNER & Co | Charles Jenner & Co - Edinburgh |
| ( C.H.C) inside a rectangle | Charles Howard Collins - Birmingham 1889 |
| CHEETAH under a 'cheetah' | English & Foreign Steel Co - Birmingham - 1892 |
| CHELTENHAM over AND COMPANY LTD over SHEFFIELD over ENGLAND between two 'unicorns' | Cheltenham & Co Ltd - Sheffield (unidentified) |
| CHESTER | A.E. Poston & Co Ltd - Birmingham (possibly) |
| CHESTER PLATE | A E Poston & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| [CHH over S] inside a shield between EP and NS (gothic) | Charles Henry Hattersley - Sheffield- 1891-1918 |
| CHI DURA VINCE over a 'six pointed star' | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| CHILIAN SILVER | trade mark of Daniel & Arter - Birmingham |
| [CH over & W] inside a shield | Cartwright, Hirons & Woodward- Birmingham - 1853-1859 |
| ( CH over & over JF) inside a quatrefoil | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - Sheffield - 1860 c. |
| ( CH over JE ) | Hawksworth, Eyre & Co - Sheffield - 1867 - 1869 |
| |C||H||I||E||F| 'old English' | unidentified |
| CHILESIAN SILVER | JPC Manufacturing Co - Birmingham (possibly) |
| C.H. LAUBENBURGH & Co under a 'star' | C.H. Laubenburg & Co - Birmingham |
| CHROMWELL | Brown, Bailey's Steel Works Ltd - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| CINDERALLA | Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919 |
| CIVIC under REGISTERED over TRADEMARK | T. Land & Son - Sheffield - 1945-1977 |
| |C||J||symbol||L| | unidentified |
| ( CJ ) (& ) (C° ) | Christopher Johnson & Co 1878 - 1952 |
| ( CJA ) (S) (hourglass) | Charles James Allen - Sheffield |
| (C.)(J.)(A) '(hourglass) into four circles | Charles James Allen - Sheffield |
| |C||J||A| 'elephant' into four squares | Charles James Allen - Sheffield |
| |C.J.A & N| | C.J. Adie & Nephew - Birmingham - c. 1902 |
| C.JOHNSON & CO over SHEFFIELD | Christopher Johnson & Co 1896 |
| |C||L||A||R||K| | The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co (possibly( |
| CLARKE'S over PATENT | John Clarke & Sons - 1895 |
| CLARK'S overJUBILEE GOLD | John Clark - Birmingham - 1892 |
| 'clepsydra' (figural) | Allen & Darwin - Sheffield 1865 c. - 1919 |
| C.L. REIS & Co GLASGOW | C.L. Reis & Co - Glasgow |
| [ CL over TL] inside a shield | Levesley Brothers, Central Works - Sheffield |
| CMCo without frame | unidentified |
| |C||M||E| gothic | unidentified |
| COBRA | trade mark of Frank Cobb & Co - Sheffield |
| 'cockerel' (figural) |D| or |D||&||S| 'Gothic' | William R. Deykin & Sons - Birmingham (possibly) |
| COGENT PLATE | C.Green & Co - Birmingham |
| COLLIS & Co) | George Richmond Collis & Co - Birmingham & London |
| (COLLIS over & Co) inside a quatrefoil | George Richmond Collis & Co - Birmingham & London - 1873-1893 |
| COMA | A.T.H. Coward - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| COMB 'a comb' INATION | Lewis Barnascone - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| COMMON SENSE | John Shaw & Sons Ltd - Wolverton |
| 'compasses' (figural) | William Adams Inc. Birmingham and New York |
| CONQUEROR over a 'sword' | J.Beardshaw & Son (Baltic Works) - Sheffield - 1850c.-1919 |
| CONSERVATIVE under a 'church' | J & J Beal (Red Hill Works) - Sheffield - 1876 c.-1919 |
| COOPER under a 'man hammering a barrel' | Cooper Brothers - Sheffield |
| COOPER LUDLAM | Cooper Ludlam - Sheffield |
| COPE 'symbol' | C.G. Cope - Birmingham |
| CORNWALL SILVER | Richard Richardson |
| |CORONATION over SILVER PLATE| | unidentified |
| CORONET??? under a Royal Crown | unidentified |
| CORPORATE [5573] MARK | Joseph Deakin & Sons - 1856-1864 |
| |COWEN'S| | George H. Cowen - Sheffield |
| Cox in script | unidentified |
| (C)(P)(&)[CO] old English | unidentified |
| C.P.WALKER & CO Ltd | C.P. Walker & Co Ltd |
| CRAFTON | trademark of Frank Hawker & Co Ltd - Birmingham |
| 3 'crescent moon intertwined' (figural) | Camm.Bagshaw & Co - Sheffield - 1892-1919 |
| CRESWICK & Co | Creswick & Company - Sheffield - |
| 'cricket' (figural) | Lewis Barnascone - Sheffield - 1860-1919 |
| CRIEL SILVER NICKEL | Barker Brothers - Birmingham |
| CRIS over a 'pin' | John Bednall & Co - Sheffield - 1855c.-1919 |
| "cross over a full moon" 'figural' | G.B. Dunn - Birmingham |
| CROSS BROs Ltd | Cross Bros Ltd - Cardiff |
| |6 CROSSED arrows| inside square | Creswich & Company - Sheffield - 1855 c.-1877 |
| 'two crossed swords' (figural) | unidentified |
| |CROWN SILVER| | Richard Richardson - Sheffield |
| (C)(S)(C) (S)(L) inside circles | unidentified |
| [CSG over & Co] inside a shield | Charles S. Green & Co - Birmingham |
| by C.S. Green & Co Ltd (in script) | Charles S. Green & Co - Birmingham |
| ( C S over WS ) | William & George Sissons - Sheffield |
| [CT over B] |EP||symbol||NS| | Charles Truman Burrows & Son - Birmingham |
| C.T. MAINE | Charles T. Maine - Jersey |
| (C)(symbol)[TP](symbol) | Thomas Prime - Birmingham |
| |C||T||S||&||Co| gothic | unidentified |
| ['cupid with bow'] inside a shield | John Grinsell & Sons - Birmingham - 1879 |
| CULFONIA | Culf & Kay - Sheffield |
| |CUPRO||BRITISH| | trademark of Benjamin Grayson & Son |
| CUTWELL over JOHN COE & COMPANY over ALBION WORKS.SHEFFIELD |
John Coe & Co - Sheffield - 1892 |
| [CW] [symbol](EP)(NS) | Charles Wilkes - Birmingham - 1893 - 1934 |
| |CW|(symbol)[Q][symbol]|AP| | unidentified |
| | C.W.F | | Charles William Fletcher - Sheffield - 1894 |
| | C.W.F | S | EP | | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| | C.W.F || S| over | EPNS.A1 | over |ARUNDEL PLATE| | C W Fletcher & Sons Ltd - 1915 - 1952 |
| (CWS) inside a lozenge | Co-operative Wholesale Society - Manchester |
| C++X | Lockwood Brothers Ltd - 1898 c. |
| |CYCLOPS| | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
| CYCLOPS under three 'crowns' | Charles Cammel & Co Ltd - (Cyclops Steef Works) - Sheffield - 1845-1895 |
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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