From 1921
Wilcox Silver Plate
Half-circle design introduced in 1921, registered 1923; INTERNATIONAL S. CO. distinguishes the parent-company phase.
Read the stamp
Britannia silver mark
A Britannia silver mark differs from EPBM, which names electroplated tin-based Britannia metal; the seated figure belongs to the British assay group.
Britannia figure and 958
The seated Britannia figure is a traditional British standard mark. A millesimal 958 states the purity numerically. Read it with the sponsor and assay-office punches; it identifies a different silver standard from the 925 lion-passant tradition.
What to check next
Britannia metal is a tin-based alloy used beneath silver plating. EPBM therefore means electroplated Britannia metal, not 958 silver. Keep the whole phrase when comparing a worn teapot or candlestick base.
Related marks
18 marks
Undated
Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
QUADRUPLE sits outside the circular company device; no U.S.A. appears in this illustrated die.
George Greenhill JonesMaker name
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George Greenhill Jones
Seen on objects dated 1724–1738 (registered Feb 1726).
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Grimwade Grimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990 notes that there was probably an earlier sterling mark unentered as he is unlikely to have continued to work so long in the [Britannia] Standard. It appears that this is the mark in question.
Francis GarthorneMaker name
Undated
Francis Garthorne
Seen on objects dated 1691–1693, 1722.
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Attributed as "certainly Francis Garthorne" by Mitchell Mitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks, Boydell Press, 2017 . Pre-Britannia standard mark re-used after 1720 without re-registration
V NMaker name
Undated
V N
Seen on objects dated 1697.
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Noted as "unidentified" by Grimwade Grimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990 . As this is a Britannia standard mark it represents a surname beginning "Un", possibly Nathaniel Underwood
Britannia Silver CoMark wording
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Britannia Silver Company (probably)
Seen on objects dated 1966.
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" " appears in telephone directories in 3 separate locations: Rudyard, Leek, Staffordshire (1967), St Albans (1967), Sheffield (1968-1970)
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Henry Vander & Arthur Vander - CJ Vander -
Illustrated London 1927 Britannia Standard hallmark; the mark was entered in 1904.
C OMark wording
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John Cory
Seen on objects dated 1694–1695.
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Attributed as "possibly John Cory" by Mitchell Mitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks, Boydell Press, 2017 but note that Cory's Britannia Standard mark, " crowned", features a very similar which makes the attribution very likely.
Morton & JamesMaker name
Undated
Morton & James
Seen on objects dated (registered c1899 & Aug 1903).
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Morton Britton & James Phelps trading as Morton & James, stick mounters, Britannia Street, London
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Wilcox Silver Plate
Draped banner surrounds the lettering; the large 2100 is a separate article number.
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Wilcox Silver Plate
Circular crossed-hammer emblem, with QUADRUPLE PLATE outside the ring; differs from plain lettering and the later half-circle.
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Wilcox Silver Plate
Straight-line company name without the circular hammer emblem; QUADRUPLE PLATE occupies a lower line.
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Wilcox Silver Plate
Full INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. wording below the boxed IS; differs from the abbreviated half-circle stamp.
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Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
U.S.A. and QUADRUPLE are within the outer circular border, unlike the separate-wording seal.
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Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
FORBES PLATE and E.P.-W.M. WARRANTED wording distinguish this from FORBES SILVER CO. QUADRUPLE.
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Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
Pointed oval and abbreviated S.P.Co. distinguish it from the circular full-name seals.
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Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
Separate F S Co. shields and the SHEFFIELD REPRODUCTION wording replace the surrounding full-name seal.