MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF CHANNEL ISLANDS SILVER |
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CHANNEL ISLANDS SILVERSMITHS ALPHABETICAL LISTING: A - F |
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MARK |
MARK IMAGE |
INFORMATION |
UNIDENTIFIED
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AS
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possibly Jersey c. 1710
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UNIDENTIFIED
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CF
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Jersey c. 1720
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UNIDENTIFIED
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CJ
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Channel Islands c. 1790
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UNIDENTIFIED
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CR
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end 17th
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UNIDENTIFIED
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E.D
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Jersey c. 1750
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UNIDENTIFIED
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FP
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Jersey end 18th c.
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UNIDENTIFIED
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GB
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Jersey c. 1760
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UNIDENTIFIED
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GD
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Guernsey c. 1710
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UNIDENTIFIED
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GM
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Jersey c. 1750/1812
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UNIDENTIFIED
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GS crown and fleur de lys
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Jersey c. 1730/1779
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UNIDENTIFIED
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HM
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possibly Jersey c. 1700
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UNIDENTIFIED
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H.M
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Guernsey c. 1790
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UNIDENTIFIED
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HS
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Guernsey c. 1760
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IA
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Jersey 1685/1744
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IA crowned
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Guernsey c. 1753/1807
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UNIDENTIFIED
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ID inside a shield
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mark present on a spoon
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UNIDENTIFIED
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I.D
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Guernsey c. 1781/1788
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IH
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Guernsey c. 1725/1785
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IL crowned
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Jersey c. 1770
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IP
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Jersey beginning 18th c.
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UNIDENTIFIED
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IS
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Guernsey c. 1710/1720
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UNIDENTIFIED
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JC
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Jersey c. 1780/1790
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UNIDENTIFIED
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L.C crowned
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Jersey c. 1760/1800
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UNIDENTIFIED
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LP crowned
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Jersey c. 1710
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UNIDENTIFIED
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LP
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Jersey c. 1720
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UNIDENTIFIED
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LS
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Jersey c. 1710
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UNIDENTIFIED
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M
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Jersey c. 1780
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UNIDENTIFIED
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P.B crowned
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Jersey c. 1730/1750
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UNIDENTIFIED
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PD crowned
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Jersey c. 1740
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UNIDENTIFIED
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PP
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Jersey 18th c.
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UNIDENTIFIED
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R.B crowned
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Jersey and Guernsey c. 1698
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UNIDENTIFIED
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SH
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Guernsey c. 1760
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UNIDENTIFIED
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SO
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Guernsey c. 1710
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UNIDENTIFIED
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SR
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Guernsey c. 1790
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UNIDENTIFIED
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T.B
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Jersey c. 1650/1660
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UNIDENTIFIED
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TC
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Jersey c. 1740
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UNIDENTIFIED
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TM
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Guernsey c. 1780/1790
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CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THEIR SILVER
A BRIEF HISTORY
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The inhabited islands of the Channel Islands are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm (the main islands); Jethou, Brecqhou (Brechou), and Lihou. All of these except Jersey are in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but the Minquiers, Écréhous, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq (the Paternosters), uninhabited groups of islets, are part of the Bailiwick of
Jersey. Burhou and the Casquets lie off Alderney. The islands were annexed to the Duchy of Normandy in 933. In 1066, William II of Normandy, a vassal to the king of France, invaded and conquered England, becoming William I of England,also known as William the Conqueror. Since 1204, the loss of the rest of the monarch's lands in mainland Normandy has meant that the Channel Islands have been governed as separate possessions of the Crown. The legal system of the islands was based on the Norman Grand Coutumier and many aspects of Norman law remain to the present day. Even after Normandy was lost to France and the islands came under the effective control of England, they still managed to maintain their own legal system, customs and privileges, these rights having been confirmed by successive monarchs since the 13th century. The system was however uncodified in Jersey until 1771 and from the 13th century islanders have maintained that such customs and privileges are theirs of right. The most important of these charters of ratification were granted by Edward III in 1341 and by Elizabeth I in 1559. >Large amounts of Channel Islands silver are unmarked in the presumption that there was no reason to mark pieces ordered by a customer to his goldsmith. The London Goldsmiths' Company had no jurisdiction in the Channel Islands and there being no legal standard of metal in the Channel Islands other than that enacted in Jersey in 1771, the retailer had to take personal responsibility for what he was selling. This is perhaps the reason behind the practice of Channel Island goldsmiths of overstriking the marks of the original makers of the goods with their own. The maker's mark on existing Channel Islands silver and gold often reflects French influence, for instance in the inclusion of a crown or a fleur de lis. They consists of two or three initials, representing the initial letters of maker's name, as in CWQ, for Charles William Quesnel. Occasionally the third letter represents a preposition, as in TDG, for Thomas de Gruchy; an article as in JLG, for John le Gallais or that of the last name broken up to provide an extra initial, as in FKB, for Francis Kerby (Kirby). This practice seems to derive from the tendency of many Channel Islanders to use three initials, because their last names (of French origin) carried le, la, de, de la, or du. The use of initial marks became obligatory in Jersey in 1771, when the Code des Lois (Code of Laws) was published. A typical artifact of Channel Islands silver is the "Presentation Cup". These cups, commonly known as christening cups, of a type rarely seen in Britain, present substantial stylistic differences between the designs of the cups of Jersey and Guernsey. Both cups have two handles, but the Jersey cup is about one and a half inches high and four inches in diameter while the Guernsey cup is approximately two and a half inches high and three inches in diameter with an everted or splayed out top. The Jersey cup is shallow while the Guernsey cup is much deeper. Occasionally these cups have two set of initials engraved on the bowl and, following the French custom, may have been "marriage cups" |
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BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY Old Channel Islands Silver, its Makers and Marks by Richard H. Mayne, Print Holding & Investments Ltd, Jersey, 1969 |
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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 |
| THE DIRECTORY OF MAKERS' MARKS | AA AE |
AF AZ |
BA BZ |
CA CH |
CK CZ |
DA DZ |
EA EZ |
FA FZ |
GA GZ |
HA HG |
HH HZ |
IA IG |
IH IZ |
JA JC |
JD JH |
JJ JP |
JQ JS |
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS | JT JZ |
KA LZ |
MA MZ |
NA PA |
PB PZ |
QA RH |
RK RZ |
SA SG |
SH SZ |
TA TH |
TI TZ |
UA WB |
WC WF |
WG WL |
WM WS |
WT ZZ |
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES | 18th CENTURY | 19th CENTURY | 20th CENTURY | PER TOWN |
| THE DIRECTORY OF CAPE SILVERSMITHS | A - C | D - I | J - M | N - T | U - Z |
| THE DIRECTORY OF CHANNEL ISLANDS SILVERSMITHS | A - F | G - H | I - P | Q - Z | unidentified makers |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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