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
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BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS: JN-KZ
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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|ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY OF MARKS MAKER - PERIOD
(JN) inside an oval J. Needham
(JN) inside an oval J. North
[ JN ] ( & ) ( S ) (crown) [ S ] John Nowill & Sons - 1864 - 1897
(J)(N)[&] (S)'old English' (A) John Nowill & Sons - 1867
|J.N||'dog' facing left||'crown'||PS| John Neal - London - 1867-1880
J N over 'a cross with S intertwined' John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield
JN over S intertwined to a 'cross' John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield - 1894 c.-1904
J.NOWILL & SONS John Nowill & Sons - Sheffield
J.N.LOWE (SHEFFIELD)Ld unidentified
JOHN A. ASHBERRY & SONS over SHEFFIELD John A. Ashberry & Sons - Sheffield
|JOHN BAIN LTD| inside a rectangle John Bain Ltd - Edinburgh
|JOHN|| BAKER| inside two rectangles John Baker - Sheffield
(JOHN BEDFORD over a 'lion' over SHEFFIELD) inside a circle John Bedford & Sons (Lion Works) - Sheffield - 1865c.-1919
JOHN COPLEY & SONS over SHEFFIELD over XX John Copley & Sons - Sheffield - 1870-1892
JOHN HEITFOR John Heitfor - London
(JOHN MCCLORY & SONS under MADE IN ENGLAND) into a circle John McClory & Sons - Sheffield
(JOHN NODDER & SONS over OSMINIUM over SHEFFIELD) into an oval John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield
JOHN NODDER over & SONS over SHEFFIELD) John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield
(JOHN NODDER over & SONS over SHEFFIELD) into an oval John Nodder & Sons - Sheffield
|JOHN POUND| unidentified
JOHN SHELDON John Sheldon & Co - Birmingham
JOHN TURTON & Co Ld over SHEFFIELD John Turton & Co Ltd - Sheffield
JOHN WIGFALL &CO under BONA-FIDE Joseph Elliot & Sons - Sheffield
JOHN YATES & SONS John Yates & Sons - Birmingham
( JO )( HN ) ( YA ) ( TE ) ( S ) John Yates & Sons - Birmingham
|JONES||'symbol'| Charles Jones - Birmingham
|JOR over DAN and a 'fork'| inside a rectangle T. Jordan
JOSEPH DEAKIN & SONS over SHEFFIELD Joseph Deakin &Sons - Sheffield - 1856-1864
JOSEPH DEAKIN over & SONS over SPRING STREET WORKS over SHEFFIELD Joseph Deakin &Sons - Sheffield - 1864-1889
JOSEPH ELLIOT & SONS over CUTLERS. SHEFFIELD Joseph Elliot & Sons - Sheffield
JOSEPH FENTON & SONS Joseph Fenton & Sons - Sheffield
JOSEPH HAYWOOD & COMPy over MANUFACTURERS.SHEFFIELD Joseph Haywood & Co - Sheffield
JOSEPH RIDGE & CO over SHEFFIELD Joseph Ridge & Co - 1880-1884
JOSEPH SMITH & SONS a trade mark of Joseph Allen & Sons - Sheffield - 1864 c. - 1925
|JOSEPH WESTBY & CO| Joseph Westby & Co - Sheffield - 1900-1911
| J | P | & | C° | (gothic) James Pinder & Co - Sheffield
|J.P||&Co| James Pinder & Co - Sheffield
|J||P||&||Co| James Pinder & Co - Sheffield
[JP over &Co] James Pinder & Co - Sheffield (possibly)
| JP | & | C° | (into three squares) James Pinder & Co - Sheffield
| J | P | & | S | Joseph Parker & Sons - Sheffield
|J||P||&||S||'crown'| gothic John Parker & Sons - Birmingham (possibly)
(JP)(&)(S)(S) unidentified
(JP) |&||S||+||S| Joseph Parker & Sons (possibly)
|J||P||C| JPC Manufacturing Co - Birmingham (possibly)
( J. PETFIELD over WICKER over SHEFFIELD ) inside an oval Jackson Petfield - Wickes - 1878-1881
| JR | inside a rectangle J. Roberts
[JR] conjoined inside a shield Joseph Rodgers & Sons
| JR | inside a rectangle Joseph Rodgers & Sons
( JR ) inside a quatrefoil Joseph Rodgers & Sons
| JR | (&)|Co| 'crown' Joseph Ridge & Co (possibly)
( JR ) (&)|S||*||+| Joseph Rodgers & Sons
[ JR over & R ] inside a shield John Round & Son Ltd, Tudor & Arundel Works
|J||R||&||S| gothic John Round & Son
|J||R||&||S| over |E||P||N||S| John Round & Son
( JR ) ( & ) (S ) ( Ltd ) John Round & Son - 1872 - 1957
( JR ) ( & ) (S ) [ crown ] gothic John Round & Son - 1863 - 1897
(JR)(&)|S||*||+| gothic Joseph Rodgers & Sons - 1871
J.R &S and (World) inside a circle John Round & Sons Ltd - Tudor & Arundel Works
( JR ) ( & ) (S ) (Ltd) gothic John Round & Son Ltd - Sheffield
(JR)[E][*][+]|P| Joseph Rodgers & Sons
[J]|R|&)[J]|N| (NEILL) John Roberts & John Neill - Sheffield (possibly)
(J)(R)(axe)(G)(R) Joseph Rodgers & George Rodgers
(JR)[P][+][*]|S| Joseph Rodgers & Sons - 1858-1871
|J.S| inside a rectangle Joseph Smith
|JS 'in script'||symbol||symbol||symbol| John Smallwood - Sheffield
|J||S||&||S|'star' John Sanderson & Son - Sheffield (possibly)
[JS over &S]|'animal'| John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896
[JS over &S]|'animal'||'crown'||A| John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896
[JS over &S]|'animal'||'crown'||B| John Sherwood & Sons - Birmingham - 1858-1896
J.SANDERSON over & SON John Sanderson & Son - Sheffield
|J||S||D||*| James Dixon & Son - Sheffield
|J.S.D.| James Dixon & Son - Sheffield
|J||S||D|'gothic' James Dixon & Son - Sheffield
|JSD| James Dixon & Son - Sheffield
(J)(S)(D) James Dixon & Son - Sheffield
(J)(S)(H)(&)(Co) inside separate circles unidentified
J.SHARPE over SHEFFIELD John Askham (Broad Lane Works) - Sheffield - 1864-1919
|J||S||S||EP||NS| unidentified
|J.S.S| inside an oblong six sides polygon unidentified
|J||S||'star'||S| John Sanderson - Sheffield
| J.T | inside a rectangle J. Thomson
| J.T | gothic inside a rectangle J. Thomson
J T & Co without contour John Turton & Co - Sheffield
(J T)(&)(Co)|symbol|(S) John Turton & Co - Sheffield
| J | T | & | C° | Ltd | S | John Turton & Co - Sheffield
| J | T | & | C° |S | John Turton & Co - Sheffield
| J || T || & || S | John Townroe & Sons - 1887 - 1916
(JT over B) 'into a quatrefoil' Latham & Morton (possibly)
| J || T || E || & || S | old English unidentified
| J || T ||H ||symbol | 'gothic' unidentified
(J)(T)(M)(I)[M] James Tidmarsh - London
[J][T][S] 'gothic' into three shields over JOHN TURTON John Turton & Co
(J)(T)(S)('mallet') John Turton & Co
| JT || S || symbol || EP | John Turton & Co - 1898 - 1923
[ J.T over T.T ] inside a shield Towndrow Brothers - 1862 - 1872
| J || T || W | into three squares unidentified
|J||U||&||S| into four squares James Usher & Son - Lincoln (possibly)
JUBILEE GOLD under CLARK'S John Clark - Birmingham - 1892
JUNO Britzius & Goldstrass - Sheffield - 1870-1919
J. W Joseph Wolstenholme - 1850 - 1857
|J||W| 'gothic' unidentified
|J||W||&Co| John Wigfall & Co - Sheffield - 1889-1911
|J.W & Co| inside a rectangle John Wigfall & Co - Sheffield
(JW)(&)(Co)[L&S] unidentified
|J||W||&|[S] unidentified
J.W.B J.W. Benson - London (possibly)
|JWB Ld| 'inside a rectangle' J.W. Benson Ltd - London
[J.W. over B] inside a shield J.W. Benson Ltd - London
J.W.Benson in script J.W. Benson - London
J.W. JOHNSTON J.W. Johnston - Carlisle
J. WOLSTENHOLME over SHEFFIELD in an oval Joseph Wolstenholme - Sheffield
|J||W|(S)(EP) Spurrier & Co (John Walter Spurrier) - London & Birmingham
(J.W.T) inside three conjoined circles James Walter Tiptaft - Birmingham - 1886
( J ) ( Y ) ( & ) [ S ] gothic John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
| J | | Y | | & | | S | gothic John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
JY&S John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
|J||Y||&||S| gothic John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
|J|(Y)(&)[S](BP) gothic John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
|JY&S| into a rectangle John Yates & Sons - Birmingham - from 1861
|J.Y.C| inside a rectangle John Y. Cowlishaw - Sheffield
|K||&||B||'symbol'||'symbol'| unidentified
|K||&||Co| Kay & Co - Worcester - possibly -
K & M under a 'crown' over a ['rampant lion'] Kirk & Matz - Sheffield and Denver (USA)/font>
(K)(&)(P)('crown')(C) Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow 1882-1896
|K||&||P||G| Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow 1882-1896
(K&P) inside an oval Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow
[K&P]('fleur de lys')(G) Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow
|K||&||P||symbol||G| gothic Kerr & Phillips - Glasgow
(K)(&)(S)(S)(P) unidentified
|KARANTI SILVER| Levetus Brothers - Birmingham
|KAY & CO| into a rectangle Kay & Co - Worcester (possibly)
(KB) into an oval K. Bright Ltd - Sheffield
|K.BROs| Kemp Brothers - Bristol - 1898
KEMP BROS over4 UNION ST over BRISTOL Kemp Brothers - Bristol
(KENDAL & DENT) inside an oval Kendal & Dent - London
|KING'S||Ld| over |HULL| King's Ltd - Hull
KINGSLEY PLATE a trade mark of Walter Belk & Son - Sheffield
KINGS SILVER unidentified
[KINGTONS over METAL] inside a shield Levetus Brothers - Birmingham
KINGSWAY PLATE over S Ld a trade mark of William Suckling Ltd
|KIRBY.BEARD&C°Ld| inside a rectangle Kirby, Beard & Co - Birmingham & Redditch - 1897
KOBAN SILVER unidentified
|Kp BROs| inside a rectangle Kemp Brothers - Bristol
K S I A Keswick School of Industrial Art
KV & C unidentified

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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STERLING SILVER OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
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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