ENGLISH, SCOTTISH AND IRISH SILVER MARKS
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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES (PER TOWN)
The hallmarking of British silver 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 marks are:

Town mark, corresponding to the mark of the assay office that has verified the piece
London town mark Sheffield town mark Birmingham town mark Newcastle town mark Dublin town mark Edimburgh town mark Glasgow town mark

Lion's passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased certifiying the silver's quality
lion passant: 1598-1820 lion passant: after 1820 Britannia and lion's head erased: from 1697 to 1718
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 identifies the year in which the piece was verified by the assay office
London date letter 'a'
A further mark was used in the period 1784 - 1890:
Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of duty
Sovereign head: duty mark from 1784 to 1890
BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ILLUSTRATED LISTING OF MARKS
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES		 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| DUTY MARKS | LEOPARD'S HEAD | LONDON MARKS | WOMEN SILVERSMITHS | PSEUDO HALLMARKS | IMPORT MARKS | CONTEMPORARY MARKS |
SILVERSMITHS' IDENTIFICATION - MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
PER TOWN
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BIRMINGHAM SILVERSMITHS :
ADIE Brothers Ltd - A.E.C. - BARKER Bros Ltd - BARNARD Edward - BARNARD John - BETTRIDGE John - BISHTON Thomas - BROADWAY & Co - COOK J. & Sons Ltd - C.P.S. - DEAKIN & FRANCIS - DIXON James & Son - ELKINGTON & Co - FJH over CB - FOGELBERG Andrew - GEC - GREENBERG Israel Sigismond - GREENWOOD William & Sons - GRINSELL John &Sons - H.A.& Co - HAZLEWOOD T.H. & Co - HCD - HT - HUTTON William & Sons - J.C Ltd - JONES A.E. - LEVI and SALAMAN - MATTHEWS H - OLLIVANT & BOTSFORD - PEMBERTON Samuel - PUGH William - EGP - GE & FD - ROBERTS & DORE - SUCKLING William Ltd - TURNER & SIMPSON - WB - WD - WILMOT J. -
CALCUTTA SILVERSMITHS :
HAMILTON & Co - Oomersi Mawji, Bhuy -
CHESTER SILVERSMITHS :
ATTENBOROUGH Jay, Richard & Co - BLANCKENSEE S. & Son Ltd - C.L &S - NEALE William & Sons - PRINGLE Robert & Sons - T&S - W.N -
DUBLIN SILVERSMITHS :
BAINBRIDGE Elizabeth - FARNETT Thomas - LAW William - MARCH Charles - POWER Edward - TUDOR Thomas - TWY Edward - WEST & CO -
GLASGOW SILVERSMITHS :
GDR -
LONDON SILVERSMITHS :
ABERCROMBIE Robert - ADAMS George - ANGELL Joseph & John - ASPREY Charles and George - BARNARD Edward, Edward Jnr., John and W. - BARNARD WMJS - BATEMAN William - BATEMAN Peter and William - BATEMAN Peter, Anne and William - BOULTON Matthew - BOYTON Charles - BRASTED Frederick - BRENT MOSES - CHAWNER Mary - CHAWNER William - COKER Ebenezer - COMYNS William - COURTHOPE Frederick - CROSSLEY Richard and SUMNER William - CROUCH John - DANIEL Thomas - DUBOCK Robert - EATON Elizabeth - EATON William - ELEY II William - ELEY William & William Fearn - ELEY William, William Fearn & William Chawner - EMES John - FINNINGAN Ltd - FOX Charles Thomas - FOX George - G.H.J - HAYNE & CATOR - HAYNE Jonathan and WALLIS Thomas - HENNEL Robert - HENNEL Robert and HENNEL David - HENNEL Robert and HENNEL Samuel - HIGGINS Francisk - HOUGHAM Charles - HOUGHAM Solomon - GRAY George - JACKSON George & David FULLERTON - LAMBE John - LAMBERT George - MAPPIN & WEBB - NORTHCOTE Thomas - PL & Co - RAMSDEN Omar - ROSENTHAL Judah and Samuel Jacobs & Co - SAMPSON MORDAN &Co - SANDERS Joseph - SEARLE & Co STORR Paul - SUMNER William and CROSSLEY Richard - TERREY John Edward - URQUHART Duncan & Naphtali HART - WALLIS Thomas - WALLIS Thomas and HAYNE Jonathan - WINTLE George - WOOD Samuel - WRIGHT & DAVIS -
NEWSCASTLE SILVERSMITHS :
WALTON John -
PERTH SILVERSMITHS :
CRICHTON George -
SHEFFIELD SILVERSMITHS :
A.M & Co - ARCHER MACHIN & MARCH - BARKER Bros - BRADBURY Thomas and Sons - BRS - COOPER Bros & Sons - CLARK&SEWELL Ltd - DEAKIN James & Son - FORDHAM & FAULKNER - HARRISON Bros & Howson - HOBSON Henry &Son - JP - NEEDHAM William - RICHARDSON Richard - ROBERTS & BELK - RODGERS Joseph & Sons - ROUND John & Son Ltd - STRATFORD Henry - VINER Emil - WALKER & HALL - GOLDSMITHS & Silversmiths Co: William Gibson &John Lawrence Langman - W.N - WSS -
HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER - MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES		 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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
BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
London town marks Birmingham town marks Dublin town marks Edinburgh town marks Sheffield town marks Exeter town marks
London Birmingham Dublin Edinburgh Sheffield Chester
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