HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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	R & D Roberts & Dore, Birmingham 1931 hallmark Sheffield 1931 hallmark
	RG in script under a crown R & S Garrard & Co -Robert Garrard II- , London 1835 hallmark
	R.G Robert Garrard I, London 1805 hallmark
	RH Robert Hennel, London 1868 and 1869 hallmark
	RH over DH Robert Hennell and David Hennell, London 1801 hallmark
	RH over SH Robert Hennell and Samuel Hennell, London 1809 hallmark

	RM over EH into a lozenge Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- , London 1835 hallmark
	R.P Robert Pringle & Sons Chester 1914 hallmark London 1912 hallmark
	R fleur de lys P Robert Peaston , London 1768 hallmark
	RR Richard Richardson, Sheffield 1904 hallmark
	RR Robert Rutland, London 1808 hallmark
	R.S Robert Scott, Glasgow 1858 hallmark
	SA over C into a trefoil Hammond, Creake & Co -Saint Arnaud Creake- , Sheffield 1910 hallmark
	S.B&S LD S. Blanckensee and Son Ltd, Chester 1930 hallmark

	SD into an oval Stuart Devlin, London 1982 hallmark
	SH Solomon Hougham, London 1798 hallmark
	SH over DC Hayne & Cator, London 1840 hallmark
	SLd William Suckling Ltd Birmingham 1941 hallmark
	SM over & Co Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1900 hallmark

	SP Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1818 hallmark
	SW Samuel Wood, London 1761 hallmark
	S&Co Ltd Searle & Co Ltd, London 1939 hallmark

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

London	Birmingham	Dublin	Edimburgh	Sheffield	Chester

The British and English silver hallmarking system is based on a combination of marks that makes possible the identification of the origin and the age of each silver piece manufactured or traded in the UK.
The silver assay marks are:

Town mark, corresponding to the mark of the assay office that has verified the piece

Lion's passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased certifying the silver's quality
Maker's mark, identifying the silversmith presenting the piece to the Assay Office

Date letter, in cycles of twenty letters of the alphabet of different shape identifyings the year in which the piece was verified by the Assay Office

A further mark was introduced in the period 1784 - 1890 in British and English silver hallmarking system:
Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of duty

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