HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS: SH-SZ
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
  [B] = BIRMINGHAM    [C] = Chester   [D] = DUBLIN  [E] = EDIMBURGH  [EX] = EXETER  [G] = GLASGOW    [L] = LONDON  [N] = NEWSCASTLE   
[S] = SHEFFIELD   [Y] = YORK
(lower-case letter denote smaller ones but they may be capital letters)
CLICK ON THE YELLOW NAME FOR MAKER'S MARK IMAGE
SH under a heart over a pellet into a shield (Samuel Hutton [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SH in script (Samuel Herbert [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SH (Samuel Holmes [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SH into two circles (Samuel H Hayne [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
SH (Simon Harris [ L ] ) 20th c./1st half
SH into a square (Stewart Hersey -M C Hersey & Son Ltd - Middlesex [ L ] ) 20th c./2nd half
S.H into a chamfered square (Stewart Hersey - M. C. Hersey & Son Ltd [L] ) end 20th c./present
SH or HS (not identified [S (possibly)] ) 1824 (possibly)
SH (Solomon Hougham [ L ]) end 18th c./beginning 19th c.
SH over DC (also in script) (Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater [ L ]) 19th c./1st half
SH over IT (Samuel Hennell & John Terry [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
SH.DC (Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater [ L ] ) mid 19th c.
SH over SR over IED (Solomon Hougham, Solomon Royes & John East Dix [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
S.I.Ld. (Stokes & Ireland Ltd -William Henry Stokes & Arthur George Ireland- [ B ][ C ][ L ] ) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
Sir. JB Ltd. (Sir John Bennett Ltd [L ] ) 20th c./1st half
SJ (Samuel Jacob [ L ] ) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
SJ into an oval (Sarah Jones [ L ] ) 20th c./2nd half

S.J.L&Co (S J Levi & Co [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
SJP. under a cup into a trefoil (Solomon Joel Phillips [ D ][L ]) 20th c.
S.J.R into a shield (S J Rose & Son [ B ][L ] ) 20th c.
S J S into three lozenges (not identified [L ] ) 1964
SL (Simon Levy [ EX ] ) 19th c./1st half
S.L into a shield (Sydney Latimer [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
S.L.B (Samuel Le Bas [ D ]) 19th c./2nd half-20th c./1st half
S.L over &Co into a shield (S Lynnie & Co [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
S.Ld (William Suckling Ltd [ B ][ S ] ) 20th c./1st half
SM (Samuel Meriton [L ] ) 18th c./2nd half
SM (Silverware Manufacturers Ltd [L ] ) 20th c./2nd half
SM&Co (Sampson Mordan & Co [ L ]) end 19th c/20th c./1st half
S.M & Co over Ld into a shield (Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd [ C ][ L ][ S ] ) end 19th c. - 20th c./1st half
S M & Co into three circles (Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd [ C ][ L ][ S ] ) 20th c./1st half
S over McL into a triangle (Samuel McLardy & CO [ B ][ C ]) end 19th c./20th c./1st half
SM over & Co (Sampson Mordan & Co [ L ][ S ]) 20th c./1st half
SMCo into a lozenge (Souvenir Manufacturing Co Ltd [B][C]) 20th c./1st half
S.M.L (Samuel M Levi [B] [C]) 20th c./1st half
SML Ltd (Samuel M Levi Ltd (possibly) [B]) 20th c./1st half
SN (Samuel Neville [ D ]) end 18th c./beginning 19th c.
SN without contour (Sebastian Notton [B][C][L]) end 19th c.
SN under D into a clover or a trefoil (Sharman D Neill [ C ][ D ][ L ]) 20th c./1st half
S 'n over c' (not identified [L]) 1979
SP into a lozenge (Sarah Parr [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
SP into an oval (Samuel Pemberton [ B ] ) end 18th c./beginning 19th c.
S.P (Sydenham William Peppin [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
S.P into an oval (Samuel Pemberton [ B ] ) 19th c./1st half
SP over &Co (Spooner, Painter & Co [ B ]) 19th c./1st half
S over P O into a trefoil (not identified [ B ] ) 1926
SR (Samuel Roby [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SR (Solomon Royes [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
SR& Co (S Roberts & Co [ S] )
S.R over C.B into a square (Samuel Roberts & Charles Belk - Roberts & Belk [ B ][ L ][ S ]) 19th c.
SR over IED (Solomon Royes & John East Dix [ L ]) 19th c./1st half
SR over CG &am; Co (Samuel Roberts, George Cadman & Co [ S ] ) end 18th c./beginning 19th c.
SS (Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd -Samuel Smily- [ L ] ) entered 1865
S.S into an oval (Stephen Smith [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half
SS &Co (Saunders & Shepherd [ S ] ) 20th c./1st half
S.S.D over E.D into a shield (Drew & Sons -Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew- [ L ] ) end 19th c./beginn. 20th c.

SSM (not identified [ B ]) 1936
S.S over W.N into a quaterfoil (Stephen Smith & William Nicolson [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half
St into an oval indented contour (Thomas Stackhouse [ L ]) entered 1715
ST in script into a heart (Samuel Taylor [ L ] ) 18th c./2nd half
ST over N & H (Smith, Tate & Co [ S] ) 19th c./1st half
ST over H & T (Smith, Tate, Hoult & Tate [ S] ) 19th c./1st half
SW (Edward Sweet [ EX ] ) 18th c./1st half
SW (Samuel Welder [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SW (Starling Wilford [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
SW (Samuel Wheatley [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
SW into a chamfered rectangle (Samuel Whithford II or Samuel Wheatley [ L ]) entered 1800
SW into a rectangle (Samuel Weir - possibly- [ E ]) mid 19th c.
SW (Samuel Whitford [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half
SW (not identified [ L ]) 1988
S.W in script (Samuel Wood [ L ]) 18th c./2nd half
S.W into an oval (Samuel Wood [ L ] ) 18th c./2nd half
S.W (Samuel Wood [ L ] ) 18th c./2nd half
sWco (Worcester Silver Co Inc [ L ] ) 20th c./2nd half
S.W.G &Co (S W Goode & Co [ B ]) 20th c./1st half
S over W.H (William Henry Skinner [ L ] ) end 19th c.
SWS into a shield (Samuel Walton Smith [ B ][ L ]) 19th c./2nd half
SWS over & Co into a shield (S W Smith & Co [ B ]) 20th c./1st half
S.Z. (Sigmund Zyto [ L ]) 20th c./1st half
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
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 piece.
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
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