THE DIRECTORY OF AUSTRALIA SILVERSMITHS
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NOT IDENTIFIED ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS |
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| SILVERSMITH'S NAME AND MARKS |
SILVERSMITH'S INFORMATION |
J.HAMMERTON & SON
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Victoria, Geelong active 1880s/1920s. Hammerton family is still in business but has changed location to Mildura, Victoria. Ryan Hammerton is the fourth generation silversmith in the family  |
HARDY Bros. Ltd.
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New South Wales, Sydney active since 1850s. They advertised as goldsmiths, silversmiths, manufaturers and also wholesalers but most of the holloware and flatware they sold wasn't actually manufactured by them. W.J. Sanders was the main supplier of the Hardy retail jewellery business in Australia. Hardy Bros had UK sponsor marks registered in London, Birminghham, Sheffield and Chester used to punch silverware manufactured by other British silversmiths. They were appointed with Royal Warrant as goldsmiths & jewellers on 22 July 1929. The conjoined HB was the mark used on items manufactured by the Sydney company Magnus Goldring (incorporating Edwin Harrop) and retailed by Hardy |
HARLEY Walter
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New South Wales, Sydney active 1820s |
HARRIS & SON |
Western Australia, Geralton manufacturer of a range of silverware featuring sterlin silver Australia wildflowers |
| HARROP Edwin MAGNUS GOLDRING INC. EDWIN HARROP  |
New South Wales, Sydney Active in Sydney until his death (1894). The business, continued by his son Edwin George Harrop, was sold in 1915 to Magnus Goldring (representative of the firm since 1895). After his death (1918) his sons Harold and Leslie Goldring undertook the management of the family business that became a proprietary company in 1957. After the death of Leslie, the business was conducted by Harold Goldring and his two sons Magnus George and Kenneth. The present managing director of the company is Stephen Goldring (son of Magnus George and great grandson of the founder). Trade mark INVICTA |
HOLLINGDALE Edward Joseph |
born 1821 - died 1882 |
HENDRICK Charles (possibly) |
New South Wales, Sydney c. 1840 |
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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER -
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
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| IMAGES | A& AC |
AD AK |
AL AZ |
B& BB |
BC BO |
BP BZ |
C& CA |
CB CC |
CD CF |
CG CL |
CM CS |
CT CZ |
D& DB |
DC DL |
DM DZ |
E& EA |
EB ED |
EE EH |
EI EO |
EP EZ |
F& FD |
FE FJ |
FK FZ |
G& GB |
GC GG |
GH GL |
GM GR |
GS GZ |
| IMAGES | H& H& |
HA HB |
HC HE |
HF HL |
HM HU |
HV HZ |
I& IG |
IH IL |
IM IZ |
J& JA |
JB JC |
JD JG |
JH JK |
JL JQ |
JR JR |
JS JS |
JT JZ |
KA KZ |
L& LB |
LC LZ |
M& MB |
MC MI |
MJ MZ |
N& NZ |
OA OZ |
P& PK |
PL PZ |
QA QZ |
| IMAGES | R& RB |
RC RG |
RH RK |
RL RQ |
RR RZ |
S& SB |
SC SI |
SJ SR |
SS SZ |
T& TC |
TD TG |
TH TN |
TO TS |
TT TZ |
UA UZ |
V& VZ |
W& WA |
WB WB |
WC WC |
WD WE |
WF WG |
WH WL |
WM WM |
WN WR |
WS WS |
WT XZ |
YA YZ |
ZA ZZ |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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AUSTRALIA AND ITS SILVER
A BRIEF HISTORY
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| Australia in the 19th century was made up of six separate
colonies, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia, South Australia
(including, at this time, also the Northern Territories). In term of working silversmiths only three colonies supported any number of craftsmen, namely South Wales capital, Sydney, Victoria, capital Melbourne and South Australia capital, Adelaide. In the first half of the 19th century inhabitants of Australia were few tenths of thousands and pre 1850 Australian silver by comparison to colonial silver in general must be considered very rare. Most working silversmiths with retail business carried imported silver or plated items as current stock and locally produced items were manufactured only to fulfill immediate orders (as presentation trophies) when the waiting time to order pieces from England was too long. No form of official mark or date letter system was introduced into the hallmarking of Australian silver. Early Australian silversmiths marked their objects with their full name or initials and imitations of English hallmarks as leopard's heads, lions and anchors. In 1988 was formed the Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia. A voluntary system of marking was introduced (maker's mark, standard mark, guild mark and date letter). |
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