Country guide
American silver hallmarks
Among American silver hallmarks, a crown, lion or anchor used in an American company logo is not automatically a British assay group.
Distinctive marks and standards
A company name can appear on spoon backs, hollowware bases and jewelry. STERLING is 92.5% silver. EPNS, SILVER PLATE and QUADRUPLE PLATE describe plated wares rather than sterling throughout.
What to check next
Compare the maker name with its documented trademark. A crown, lion or anchor used in an American company logo is not automatically a British assay group. A model number and an owner monogram serve different roles.
Related marks
62 marks
From 1921
Wilcox Silver Plate
Half-circle design introduced in 1921, registered 1923; INTERNATIONAL S. CO. distinguishes the parent-company phase.
Undated
Reed & Barton
Written company name and STERLING replace the three-device trademark arrangement; the separate number is not part of the name.
From 1886
E. G. Webster & Son
Plain serif E G W and S replace the curled Gothic lettering; EPNS can accompany examples of this family.
Undated
Forbes Silver Co. / Meriden Britannia / International Silver
QUADRUPLE sits outside the circular company device; no U.S.A. appears in this illustrated die.
From 1929
Wm. A. Rogers / later Oneida
R emblems flank ROGERS, while the explicit Oneida company name separates this successor stamp from earlier versions.
1878–1976
Licensed Wm. Rogers eagle-and-star line; Simpson, Hall, Miller and later International Silver
Eagle precedes the plain WM ROGERS name and a five-pointed star follows it; no SON or MFG CO.
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From 1969
Bell Trading Post / Sunbell Corporation
Small bell is surrounded by short straight rays; STERLING appears separately underneath. No signpost.
Undated
Paul Revere Jr. workshop; also Sr.
Initial P precedes surname; inherited punch shared with Paul Revere Sr.
Undated
Benedict Manufacturing Company
Bee flanked by B letters inside a diamond, accompanied by the Period Plate line name.
Undated
International Silver Company
Full International Sterling name with the named Lord Saybrook pattern and P 664 model.
Undated
Poole Silver Company
Single straight block-letter name-and-standard line; 440 is a product number, not assigned a year.
Undated
Friedman Silver Company
Animal supporters replace the outer shields; the number 500 does not date the mark.
Undated
Friedman Silver Company
Use the central device to separate this from the lettered shield variant; no dated sequence confirmed.
stamped · silver-plated base metal · Brooklyn, New York, United States
Company activity c.1908–1960 is context, not a verified date interval for this die.
Undated
Wilcox Silver Plate
Draped banner surrounds the lettering; the large 2100 is a separate article number.
Undated
Wilcox Silver Plate
Circular crossed-hammer emblem, with QUADRUPLE PLATE outside the ring; differs from plain lettering and the later half-circle.
Undated
Wilcox Silver Plate
Straight-line company name without the circular hammer emblem; QUADRUPLE PLATE occupies a lower line.
Undated
Wilcox Silver Plate
Full INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. wording below the boxed IS; differs from the abbreviated half-circle stamp.
Undated
Reed & Barton
Only the central R is shielded; STERLING sits in its own horizontal rectangular cartouche.
