ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER

MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER PLATE

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The two common forms of plated silver are Sheffield plate and silverplate/electroplate.
Sheffield Plate is a cheaper substitute for sterling, produced by fusing sheets of silver to the top and bottom of a sheet of copper or base metal. This 'silver sandwich' was then worked into finished pieces. At first it was only put on one side and later was on top and bottom.
Modern electroplating was invented by Italian chemist Luigi V. Brugnatelli in 1805. Brugnatelli used his colleague Alessandro Volta's invention of five years earlier, the voltaic pile, to facilitate the first electrodeposition. Unfortunately, Brugnatelli's inventions were repressed by the French Academy of Sciences and did not become used in general industry for the following thirty years.
Silver plate or electroplate is formed when a thin layer of pure or sterling silver is deposited electrolytically on the surface of a base metal. By 1839, scientists in Britain and Russia had independently devised metal deposition processes similar to Brugnatelli's for the copper electroplating of printing press plates.
Soon after, John Wright of Birmingham, England, discovered that potassium cyanide was a suitable electrolyte for gold and silver electroplating.
Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840. These two then founded the electroplating industry in Birmingham England from where it spread around the world.
Common base metals include copper, brass, nickel silver—an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel—and Britannia metal-a tin alloy with 5–10% antimony.
Electroplated materials are often stamped EPNS for electroplated nickel or silver, or EPBM for electroplated Britannia metal.
alphabetical glossary of electroplate and silver plate makers' hallmarks
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Elkington & Co. Ltd - Birmingham Elkington & Co. Ltd - Birmingham Elkington & Co. Ltd - Birmingham Elkington & Co. Ltd - Birmingham Elkington & Co. Ltd Birmingham
Fenton Brothers Sheffield . Fenton Brothers Sheffield
Harrison Fisher & Co Sheffield . Harrison Fisher & Co
Sheffield
CW Fletcher & Sons Sheffield . CW Fletcher & Sons
Sheffield
Harris & Land Sheffield . Harris & Land
Sheffield
Hawksworth, Eyre & Co Sheffield . Hawksworth, Eyre & Co
Sheffield
Hukin&Heath - Birmingham Hukin&Heath - Birmingham Hukin & Heath Birmingham
William Hutton & Sons Sheffield William Hutton & Sons Sheffield William Hutton & Sons Sheffield William Hutton & Sons 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 B. B. S. Ltd, Ashberry, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Buxbridge - Trademark name of JT&Co., Electrum, Encore TT&Co Trademark of T. Turner, Exquisite, HH&S , I.XL Geo. Wostenholm & Son, Insignia Plate, JB&S EP A1, JD&S = John Dixon & Sons, K & TL , M&W Mappin and Webb, N.S. New Silver, Nevada Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Norwegian Silver; Trademark of WG&S, Pelican Silver JGNS, Potosi Silver N&S WP, RN&S EP Neill, Silverite = Trademark of W P & Co , Sonora Silver = Trademark of Walker and Hall, Spur Silver = Trademark of E B & Co for Edwin Blyde & Co, Stainless N. S., Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel Silver, Venetian Silver - Trademark of Deykin & Sons, WF&SS EP
alphabetical glossary of electroplate and silver plate makers' hallmarks
LISTING
OF MAKERS
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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ELKINGTON DATE LETTER

Birmingham town marks Dublin town marks Edimburgh town marks Sheffield town marks Exeter town marks
Birmingham Dublin Edimburgh Sheffield
STERLING SILVER OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
AA
AE
AF
AZ
BA
BZ
CA
CH
CK
CZ
DA
DZ
EA
EZ
FA
FZ
GA
GZ
HA
HG
HH
HZ
IA
IG
IH
IZ
JA
JC
JD
JH
JJ
JP
JQ
JS
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
JT
JZ
KA
LZ
MA
MZ
NA
PA
PB
PZ
QA
RH
RK
RZ
SA
SG
SH
SZ
TA
TH
TI
TZ
UA
WB
WC
WF
WG
WL
WM
WS
WT
ZZ
Moskow hallmark St Petersburg hallmark official marks - legge 5 Febbraio 1935 Paris 1818/1838 hallmarkParis 1797/1809 hallmark London town mark Sheffield town mark
Russian silver marks Italian silver marks French silver marks English silver marks
German silver hallmark Hanau silver hallmark Austrian silver hallmark
 Germany  Hanau  Austria
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks
Elkington hallmark 1842-1860 Georg Jensen hallmark 1945-1951 Gorham Athenic hallmarkGorham Martelé hallmark Tiffany hallmarks WMF hallmarks Reed & Barton mark
Elkington Georg Jensen Gorham Corporation Tiffany & Co WMF Reed & Barton
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