THE DIRECTORY OF CANADA SILVERSMITHS
MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF CANADIAN SILVER
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There was no official regulation of the purity of the metal used in the industry in Canada until the early 20th century.
After 1760 Montreal gradually took over as the center of silversmithing in Canada although there were also a number of silversmiths in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. English styles became the norm and silversmiths began to use English-style maker's marks with their initials in a rectangular outline. These marks were occasionally accompanied by "Montreal", "Quebec" or "H", "HN" or "HNS" for Halifax.
Benjamin Etter, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada F.S. QUEBEC F.S mark, Francois Sasseville, Quebec 1797-1864
By the early 19th century it was common to include pseudo marks that resembled British hallmarks, like sovereign's heads, lions, crowns.
F.M. and English pseudo-hallmarks mark, Franz F. Meyer, Halifax - Nova Scotia 1809-1847 IM NB and English pseudo hallmarks mark, John Munro, New Glasgow - New Brunswick 1813-1864
The current Canadian hallmarking system is based on the Precious Metals Marking Act of 1985. Jewellery makers, importers and retailers are responsible for having the correct hallmarks on items. Hallmarks must be registered by the Register of Trademarks, Industry Canada in which abbreviations and inscriptions for jewellery items in either English or French are permitted.
For silver items, "sterling" (92.5% silver and 7.5% other alloys ) is considered the standard measurement for purity under federal regulations. Authentic sterling silver items are stamped with "STERLING", "STER", or "925". Hallmarks that follow the traditional British certifying system or has applied by the government of any foreign country under the laws of that country may also be placed on the item.
Where an article that is wholly manufactured in Canada is composed of a precious metal of a quality prescribed in the regulations and has an authorized quality mark applied to it, there may be applied to the article a national mark consisting of:
- a lion's head inside a letter "C"( (1934-1978)
- a maple head inside a letter "C" (after 1978)
Canada National mark 1934-1978 Canada National mark after 1978

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SILVERSMITH'S NAME
MARK - TOWN - DATE
SARGANT S.J.
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1880s
SARK F.W. & BROS
F.W.S.&B
Napanee
c. 1880s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SASSEVILLE & ORKNEY
IS and IO into two squares and pseudo English lion passant hallmark
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1800s/1860s
SASSEVILLE Francois
F.S. QUEBEC F.S mark, Francois Sasseville, Quebec 1797-1864
F.S and QUEBEC into two rectangles
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1800s/1860s
SASSEVILLE Joseph
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1770s/1830s
SAUNDERS H & A. Jewellers
H.&A.S
Toronto and Montreal, Ontario and Quebec
c. 1860s/1880s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO
SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO in a rectangle
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1890s/1920s
SAUNDERS S.A.
S.A.SAUNDERS in a rectangle
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1850s/1900s
SAVAGE David
D.SAVAGE in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Guelph, Ontario
c. 1850s/1860
SAVAGE George
G S and English pseudo hallmarks, George Savage, Montreal and Toronto, Ontario c. 1820s/1840s (courtesy Ian Service) SAVAGE and English pseudo hallmarks, George Savage, Montreal and Toronto, Ontario c. 1820s/1840s (courtesy Ian Service) SAVAGE and English pseudo hallmarks, George Savage, Montreal and Toronto, Ontario c. 1820s/1840s (courtesy Ian Service) SAVAGE and English pseudo hallmarks, George Savage, Montreal and Toronto, Ontario c. 1820s/1840s
G S without contour and pseudo English hallmarks
or SAVAGE in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Montreal with a branch in Toronto, Ontario
c. 1820s/1840s
George Savage (1767-1855), born in Huddersfield, England, was an able wathchmaker. He established his business in Canada c. 1818. Around 1823 he had a large stock of English Key Wind Lever Watches and was supplied of spoons by Peter Bohle.


SAVAGE George & Son
George Savage & Son, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, Canada George Savage & Son, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, Canada George Savage & Son, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, Canada George Savage & Son, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, Canada George Savage & Son, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GS&.S in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario
c. 1830s/1850s
Partnership of George Savage and his eldest son Joseph Savage. The firm relailed silverware made by Robert Hendery.
SAVAGE & LYMAN
SAVAGE & LYMAN mark, Savage & Lyman, Montreal and Toronto CANADA 1851/1867 SAVAGE & LYMAN and English pseudo hallmarks mark, Savage & Lyman, Montreal and Toronto CANADA 1851/1867
SAVAGE over & LYMAN in a rectangle
SAVAGE & LYMAN and English pseudo hallmarks
Montreal with a branch in Toronto, Ontario
c. 1850s/1867
Partnership of Joseph Savage and his brother-in-law Theodore Lyman. The firm relailed silverware made by Robert Hendery
SAVAGE LYMAN & Co
SAVAGE over LYMAN & Co and English pseudo hallmarks mark, Savage Lyman & Co, Montreal CANADA 1868/1879
SAVAGE over LYMAN & Co and English pseudo hallmarks mark, Savage Lyman & Co, Montreal CANADA 1868/1879
SAVAGE over LYMAN &Co in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Montreal, Quebec
c. 1867/1878
Joseph Savage and Theodore Lyman were joined as partners by Henry Birks and Chas. W. Hagar.
In 1878 the firm went into bankruptcy. Henry Birks remained as manager while the assets were liquidated.
SAVAGE W.H.
W.H.S
Montreal, Quebec
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SCHINDLER Jonas
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1760s/1780s
SEIFERT Gustavus
G.SEIFERT STERLING, Gustavus Seifert, Quebec City (courtesy Deborah Quinn) Gustavus Seifert, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Gustavus Seifert, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
G.S in a rectangle or G.SEIFERT QUEBEC or G.SEIFERT STERLING
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1850s/1930s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SHARPLEY & SON RICE
S&S and pseudo English hallmarks
Montreal, Quebec
c. 1870s/1890
SHARPLEY & SONS
R.SHARPLEY &SONS
Montreal, Quebec
c. 1830s/1900s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SHARPLEY Rice
RS and pseudo English hallmarks (rampant lion and bust), Sharpley Rice, Montreal, Quebec, 1830s-1880
RS and pseudo English hallmarks (rampant lion and bust)
R.SHARPLEY
Montreal, Quebec
c. 1830s/1880
SHEFFIELD HOUSE
SHEFFIELD HOUSE
Quebec City, Quebec
c. 1860s
SIMPSON HALL MILLER & Co
S.H.M.&CO
Montreal, Quebec
c. 1870s/1890s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SMELLIE James
James Smellie, Quebec, Canada
IS or SI and pseudo English hallmarks
Quebec
1819-1829
SMITH Bros.
S.Bs
Kingston
c.1880s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SMITH S.W.
S.W.S in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Guelph, Ontario
c. 1860s/1880


SPAHN Justin
Justin Spahnn, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
J.Spahnn in a rectangle
Fredericton, New Brunswick
born 1803 - active 1856
SPANENBERG Frederick W.
Frederick W. Spanenberg, Kingston, Ontario
F.W.S and English pseudo hallmarks
RW&S STERLING
Kingston, Ontario
c. 1870s/1880s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SPANENBERG George
George Spangenberg, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
S in script
Kingston, Ontario
c. 1840s/1870s
SPANENBERG S.A.
S.A.S
Kingston, Ontario
c. 1880s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
SPIKE Edmund Lloyd
Edmund Lloyd Spike, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
ES in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. 1830s/1900s
SPIKE Thomas Daniel
E&T.S in a rectangle and pseudo English hallmarks
Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. 1840s/1920s
STANDARD SILVER CO
Standard Silver Co. of Toronto - Toronto, Canada Standard Silver Co. of Toronto - Toronto, Canada Standard Silver Co. of Toronto - Toronto, Canada Standard Silver Co. of Toronto - Toronto, Canada Wm. Rogers - Hamilton, Canada Monarch Silver Co, a division of Standard Silver Co. of Toronto - Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Succeeded in 1893 to Acme Silver Co. In 1912 merged to International Silver Co of Canada Ltd (1912-1931). In addition to plated holloware they sold Holmes & Edwards flatware and later (eagle) Wm. Rogers (star) plate flatware.
From 1924 the head office was in Hamilton and in 1949 a new factory was built in Niagara Falls. In 1963 they moved to another new factory built in Perth (Ontario). In 1972 International Silver Company sold the entire business to a group who continued production under the name of Heritage Silversmiths.
MONARCH SILVER CO was a division of Standard Silver Co


STANLEY & AYLWARD LTD
Stanley & Aylward Ltd. - Toronto, Canada
Essay in scrpt
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1920s
STEACY T.B.
T.B.STEACY
Brocksville
c. 1860s/1960s
Touch mark acquired by Henry Birks & Sons
STENNET William
W.S and English pseudo hallmarks, William Stennet, Kingston, Ontario, Canada W.S and English pseudo hallmarks, William Stennet, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
W.S and English pseudo hallmarks
Kingston, Ontario
c. 1820s/1840s
STERLING CRAFT LTD
S and C interwined in a circle
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1920s
STERN SAMUEL
Toronto, Ontario
c. 1880s
STHEPANIS Gothelf
GS in a rectangle
Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. 1780s/1790s
STERNS Edwin
Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. 1830s
STOUGHTON W.M.
W.M. Stoughton, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
STOUGHTON into a rectangle
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
c. 1825



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