BRITISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER AND SILVER PLATE MARKS

ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM MAKERS

WITH THE ADDITION OF OTHER BRITISH, SCOTTISH AND IRISH MAKERS
THE STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO DECRYPT AND IDENTIFY SILVERPLATE MARKS
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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 "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
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    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   

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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 & C OSLER Ltd F&C Osler Ltd - Sheffield
[F & Co over S] into a shield unidentified
[F over &Co] into a shield unidentified
|F||&||F| unidentified
[F&G| into a shield unidentified
F & M and intertwined ropes Ford & Medley - Sheffield
|F||&||R||S| unidentified
|F||&||S| gothic inside three squares Furber & Son, Cheltenham
(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
(F.A)(&)(Co)(S) Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield (possibly)
(FAGH) (&)(Co) possibly a successor of Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield
|F||A||G||H||& Co| possibly a successor of Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield
|F.A.G.H & Co|(S) possibly a successor of Frederick C. Asman & Co - Sheffield
FALSTAFF Arnold E Williams - Birmingham
|F.A.M.Co| unidentified
FARQUHARSON over ARGYLE PLATE possibly a trade mark John Sanderson & Son - Sheffield
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|(&)|R|(clover) unidentified
[F]|B||'clover'|[S] unidentified
|F.B||E||P||N||S| Fenton Brothers (possibly)
|F||B||'heart'||S| unidentified
(F.B)(G) unidentified
| F.B.(G) Ld| unidentified
|F.B.G| 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| 'heart' |S| 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)(Co) into two conjoined circles unidentified
|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] Frank Cobb & Co Sheffield
(-)(+)|F||D|[crown] Frederick Derry - Birmingam - 1867-1891
F.E.A. unidentified
|F||E||Co| Gothic 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.
|F||E||T|(&Co) Frederick Ellis Timm & Co
[F.F.B over Ld] into a shield unidentified
[ FF over SF ] into a shield Fenton Brothers - 1883 - c. 1888
[FG](&)(S)('star') Frederick Green & Sons - Sheffield (possibly)
|FG&Co S|EPNS| unidentified
F.GREEN & SONS over SHEFFIELD Frederick Green & Sons - Sheffield - 1894
(F over GS) into a trefoil unidentified
F. H Francis Howard - Sheffield
|F. H| into a rectangle Francis Howard - Sheffield
(FH) gothic inside a heart Francis Higgins - London
| F | H | target | S | Francis Howard - Sheffield
[ FH&S ] into a shield unidentified
(F)(H)(C)(S)(Co)(Ld) inside separate lozenges and circles Frank Hawker Carpathian Silver Co Ltd
FIBROLOID British Xilonite Co Ltd - Middlesex - 1892
FINNINGANS Ltd over SILVERSMITHS over MANCHESTER Finnigans Ltd - Manchester
FIRMIN & SONS Ld Firmin & Sons Ltd - London
|Fitc over hew| |400||Ox over ford| |St| in script William Fitchew and Samuel Mearbeck - Sheffield
3 'flowers' (figural) Riley Carr (Nevada Works) - Sheffield - 1892
[FM] into a shield unidentified
F 'sewing machine' M Frank Mills - Sheffield
|F||M||&||Co| unidentified
(F.N)|&||S| over S ] unidentified
FOLGATE Nayler Brothers & Son(s) - London (possibly)
FOOTPRINT under a 'foot-print' T.R. Ellin - Footprint Works - Sheffield - 1892-1919
FORTNUM & MASON Fortnum & Mason - London
|F||P|(&)|Co.||B| unidentified
|F.R| unidentified
F.R. & CO over Ld Fenton, Russell & Co Ltd - Edinburgh
FRANK HAWKER Ltd Frank Hawker & Co Ltd - Birmingham
FRANK MILLS over HANOVER WORKS SHEFFIELD Frank Mills & Co Ltd - Sheffield
FRANK MILLS & CO LTDunderTRIMILS Frank Mills & Co Ltd - Sheffield
|FS||&||D||S| unidentified
F.SPILLER Spiller Francis Edward - London
|F||T||&||SONS| 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
|FW| 'tiller' figural Frank Wood or I Guide, Sheffield
[F.W] inside a shield Frederick Whitehouse - Birmingham)
(F.W) inside an oval unidentified
F.W AFGHAN SILVER Frederick Whitehouse - Birmingham (possibly)
[F.W] |ELECTRO IMPERIAL| Frederick Whitehouse - Birmingham
[F.W over S] inside a shield Frederick Wilson & Co - Sheffield - 1883
|F||W||&Co|[L][&][S] Frederick Wilson & Co - Sheffield
|F||W||&||Co| Frederick Wilson & Co - Sheffield (possibly)
F.W.SHEFFIELD unidentified
[ 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, Argentium, Argentine Plate, Argentum, Ascetic, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver, Buxbridge, Electrum, Encore, Exquisite, Insignia Plate, Nevada Silver, Norwegian Silver, Pelican Silver, Potosi Silver, Silverite, Sonora Silver, Spur Silver, Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel Silver, Venetian Silver, W.M White Metal,....





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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS
AA/AE    AF/AZ    BA/BZ    CA/CH    CI/CZ    DA/DZ    EA/EZ    FA/FZ    GA/GZ    HA/HG    HH/HZ    IA/IG    IH/IZ    JA/JC    JD/JI    JJ/JP    JQ/JS    JT/JZ    KA/LZ    MA/MZ    NA/PA    PB/PZ    QA/RJ    RK/RZ    SA/SG    SH/SZ    TA/TH    TI/TZ    UA/WB    WC/WF    WG/WL    WM/WS    WT/ZZ   

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