Sheffield silver plate markings

Admin04.08.2021

Sheffield plate

Most of what is generally available in the marketplace today is silverplate, but Old Sheffield plated wares are still around.

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Admin09.08.2021

How to Identify Silver EPNS

Plate markings silver sheffield Old Sheffield

The technique Boulsover developed was to sandwich an ingot of copper between two plates of silver, tightly bind it with wire, heat it in a furnace and then mill it out in to sheet, from which objects could be made.

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Admin05.07.2021

English silver marks: marks and hallmarks of Sheffield sterling silver

Secondly, all evidence of copper must be hidden, and so the finishing of edges had to be approached with special care and attention.

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Admin02.07.2021

Silver Plate or Silverplate?

From 1780 until 1853 the Sheffield assay office used, on small items, a punch with date letter and crown combined.

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Admin20.08.2021

Silver Plate or Silverplate?

Old Sheffield Plate is usually identified using certain names and dates imprinted on the metal.

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Admin17.06.2021

Sheffield Makers Marks

Much has often been made of the subject of whether it is acceptable to re-plate a piece of Old Sheffield Plate.

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Admin06.07.2021

Old Sheffield Plate Marks 1

Plate markings silver sheffield images.tinydeal.com, Makers'

However, by accidental discovery at a pivotal moment a whole industry was created in Sheffield and beyond.

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Admin23.07.2021

English silver marks: marks and hallmarks of Sheffield sterling silver

These are rare and seldom recognised.

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Admin05.08.2021

Silver, Old Sheffield Plate & Silverplate

So some of what was saved in silver content was spent on labour.

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