Hello,
I picked up these 2 silver plated plates by JD&S at the weekend from a car boot sale for £5. They are 6" in diameter, the tops of the plates are in reasonable condition with no missing or scratched off areas of silver plate, they are covered in light scratches though. The undersides have suffered quite a bit with several areas of missing silver plate particularly around the bass rim.
I have a few questions that hopefully someone can help me with.
1) I have read that the city mark for Sheffield was a crown and then later on a rose. Is the symbol above the bugle on these plates the crown city mark for Sheffield? It does look a little crown like but not really in my opinion.
2) The best I have managed to achieve in dating this is between 1879 when they started using the bugle / trumpet mark and 1935 when they stopped electroplate manufacture. I have read that they did use the bugle / trumpet mark unofficially before 1879 though. Is anyone able to date these a little more accurately?
3) Does anyone know what specific type of plates these would have been i.e. side plates?
4) Based on their current condition is anyone who knows the UK market able to give a rough estimate as to their value? I know EPBM is less valuable due to it being more susceptible to the plate scratching off etc.
Thanks in advance for any help.
