Help to read hallmarks

British Silver
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Can anyone help me with reading this please? I’ve tried reading it myself but I’m getting nowhere

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Too rubbed to make out clearly, but it’s just silverplate. The “A1” is the giveaway - it’s what silverplate makers used to identify their best quality plating. Of course, no one ever stamped anything “B4.” :wink:

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I suspect that the letters in the left are HP and S which would conventionally identify the maker, HP, and location, S for Sheffield. However such a manufacturer is not identified by our usual electroplate identification site. The shield almost certainly contains EP over NS for electroplated nickel silver.

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Thanks. I suspected as much but other than the A1 I couldn’t make anything else out. Now you’ve said it the EPNS is of course clear as day :roll_eyes::joy:

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So apparently the mark is for Harrison Fisher & Co Ltd of, as Phil correctly states, Sheffield,
which was “…active at 70 Trafalgar St.between 1897 and 1899 and Surrey Lane, Wellington St and 9 Eyre Lane, Sheffeld from 1900 to 1925.”

It became Harrison Fisher & Co in 1900 and ceased the manufacture of electroplated wares in 1925 but continued in the business of selling . It used the trade marks EVERBRITE, HOLMES SILVER, MADRAS SILVER, PELHAM PLATE and TRAFALGAR.

Harrison Fisher also registered a plain HF mark in 1889 as Sheffield manufacturers of sterling which appears in www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk and the answer to this question became clear while I was looking for a makers for some sterling silver manufactured by HF. (Ibid)

CRWW

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Those who like to know where Harrison Fisher emerged from and what his company became might find this polemic interesting. I did.

So stainless steel lured him and his company from silver and silver electro-plate into the emerging and very profitable knife-making business.

CRWW

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For what they charge for eyeglass frames these days, you should be able to see into the future.

ETA: And if you want to know why they’re so expensive, read about Luxottica:

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Apologies, I amended my note when I discovered EyeWitness has more to do with Methodism than eye glasses. Although yes, I think there is a part of that religion which enables future watch. Harrison went into property speculation.

CRWW

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Thank you for the additional information.

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Well spotted match… well spotted indeed! :clap::clap::clap:

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Thank you.

Sometimes things come together.

CRWW