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MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - LIST OF SILVERSMITHS

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES: S
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
ILLUSTRATED LISTING OF MARKS
  [B] = BIRMINGHAM    [C] = CHESTER   [D] = DUBLIN  [E] = EDINBURGH  [EX] = EXETER  [G] = GLASGOW   
[L] = LONDON   [N] = NEWSCASTLE   [S] = SHEFFIELD   [Y] = YORK
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SILVERSMITH'S NAME
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Thomas SADLER [ L ]
Moses or Morris SALKIND [L]
SALMON & GLUCKSTEIN [ B ]
John Crane SALT [ L ]
William John SALT [ L ]
H SAMUEL Ltd [ B ]
SAMPSON MORDAN & Co [ L ]
SAMPSON MORDAN & Co [ L ][ S ]
SAMPSON MORDAN & Co Ltd [ C ][ L ][ S ]
Ernest Wilfred SANDERS & Henry Arthur MACKENZIE -Sanders & Mackenzie- [ B ]
John SANDERS [ L ]
Joseph SANDERS [ L ]
SANDERS & MACKENZIE -Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie- [ B ] John SANDERSON & Son Ltd [ S ]
Thomas SANSOM [ S ]
Francois SASSEVILLE [CANADA]
Cornelius SAUNDERS &Frank SHEPERD [ C ][ L ]
George SAVAGE [ CANADA ]
SAVAGE & LYMAN [Montreal CANADA ]
SAVAGE LYMAN & Co [Montreal CANADA ]
W S SAVAGE & Co [ S ]
W S SAVAGE & Co [ S ]
Joseph & Horace SAVORY [ L ]
Joseph, Albert, Horace & Ethelbert SAVORY [ L ]
Adey Bellamy SAVORY [ L ]
A B SAVORY & Sons -William SMILY- [ L ]
Joseph II & Albert SAVORY [ L ]
Richard SAWYER [ D ]
SCHINDLER & Co [ B ]
August Cristoffel SCHLOSSER [CAPE]
John SCHUPPE [ L ])
Adolph SCOTT [S]
Adolph SCOTT [B]
Alexander SCOTT [S]
James SCOTT [ D ]
James SCOTT [ D ]
Robert SCOTT [ G ]
Robert SCOTT -possibly- [ G ]
William SEAMAN [ L ]
SEARLE & Co Ltd [ L ]
John & Thomas SETTLE [ S ]
John & Thomas SETTLE, GUNN & Co [ S ]
Robert SHARP [L]
Rice SHARPLEY [CANADA]
Thomas SHAW [ B ]
Veronica Jane SHAW [ L ])
William SHAW II & William Preist [ L ]
John SHEA [ L ]
Charles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon - SHELDON Brothers- possibly [ B ][ C ]
Thomas SHEPERD [L]
William SHERWIN [ D ]
SHIPTON & Co Ltd [C]
Charles SHIPWAY [L ]
S J SHRUBSOLE [L ]
Arthur SIBLEY [L]
Thomas Ellerton & Richard SIBLEY I [ L ]
SIBRAY, Hall & Co [ L ]
SIBRAY, Hall & Co [ L ][ S ]
SIBRAY, Hall & Co [ L ][ S ]
Frederick SIBRAY & Job Frank Hall [ L ][ S ]
Henry SIMON & Maurice Strauss [ C ][ L ]
W & G SISSONS [ L ][ S ]
Walter & Charles SISSONS [ L ][ S ]
Walter & George SISSONS [ L ][ S]

Francis Thomas SLADE [ L ]
John Aldwinckle & James SLATER [ L ]
Alfred Thomas SLATER, Walter Brindley SLATER & Henry Arthur HOLLAND [L]
Samuel SMILY[ L ]
William Robert SMILY [ L ]
William SMILY -A B SAVORY & Sons- [ L ]
Thomas SMILY [ L ]
Alexander SMITH [B]
Arthur Johnson SMITH [ B ]
Benjamin SMITH [ L ]
Benjamin SMITH [ L ]
Benjamin SMITH I & James SMITH [ L ]
Edward SMITH [ B ]
George SMITH III & William FEARN [ L ]
Richard Crossley & George SMITH IV [ L ]
George SMITH III [ L ]
George SMITH V [ L ]
James SMITH -possibly- [ E ]
James SMITH I [ L ]
John George SMITH [ L ]
John SMITH [ D ]
Joseph SMITH & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd [ B ][ C ]
Lionel SMITH & Co [ B ][ C ]
Martinus Louren SMITH [CAPE]
Robert W. SMITH [D]
Samuel Walton SMITH [ B ][ L ]
Samuel Walton SMITH [ B ][ L ]
Stephen SMITH [ L ]
S W SMITH & Co [ B ]
Timothy SMITH & Thomas Merryweather [L]
SMITH & BARTLAM [ B ][ C ]
SMITH & GAMBLE [ D ]
Stephen SMITH & William NICHOLSON [ L ]
John SMYTH or SMITH [ D ]
Josiah SNATT [ L ]
Charles Edward SOLOMAN [ B ]
Francis SOMMERVILLE II [ B ]
Robert & William SORLEY [ C ][ D ][ G ][ L ][S ]
W G SOTHERS & Co [ B ]
SOUVENIR MANUFACTURING CO Ltd [B][C]
John SPACKMAN II [ L ]
William Henry SPARROW - H Williamson Ltd [ B ]
E & N SPEAK [ B ]
SPENCER & Co - possibly- [B]
L SPIERS [ B ]
N & E SPITTLE [ B ]
Arthur Elwell SPURRIER [L]
Thomas STACKHOUSE [ L ]
Arthur Worral STANIFORTH (possibly) [S]
Francis STEBBINGS [ L ]
Robert STEBBINGS [ L ]
STEINHART & Co [B][C][L]
Benoni STEPHENS [ L ]
STERLING SILVERWARE Ltd [S]
Bruce STEVENSON [ S ]
STEVENSON & LAW [ S ]

Robert STEWART [B][L][G][S]
Robert Wadman STILBY [L]
William STOCKER [ L ]
Edward H STOCKWELL [ L ]
George STOCKWELL for Stockwell & Co Ltd [ L ]
STOKES & IRELAND Ltd [ B ][ C ][ L ]
William Henry STOKES & Arthur George IRELAND [ B ][ C ][ L ]
S.Blanckensee & Son trading as STOKES & IRELAND [ C ]
John STONE [ EX ]
John STONE [ EX ]
John STONE [ C ] [ L ]
Robert Edgar STONE [ L ] B ][ C ][ L ]
Paul STORR [ L ]
Paul STORR [ L ]
STOWER & WRAGG Ltd [ S ]
Henry STRATFORD Ltd [ S ]
Henry STRATFORD [S][L]
Henry Simon & Maurice STRAUSS [ C ][ L ]
Thomas STREETIN [ L ]
William STROUD [ L ]
William STURROCK [ G ]
SUCKLING Limited [ B ]
William SUCKLING Ltd [ B ][ S ]
William SUDELL [ L ]
William SUMMERS [ L ]
Mary SUMNER [L]
Mary & Elizabeth SUMNER [L]
William SUMNER I [ L ]
William SUMNER I [ L ]
William SUMNER & Richard CROSSLEY [ L ]
Millicent -Duchess of- SUTHERLAND [B]
John SUTTER [ C ][ E ][ N ]
David SUTTON & Sons [ L ]
James SWANN [ B ]
James SWANN & Son [ B ]
SWAN(N) & ADAMS -possibly- [ B ]
Edward SWEET [ EX ]
William SWEETING [ L ]
Albert SYDENHAM -possibly- [B]
SYDENHAM Brothers [ B ][ C ]
SYDNEY & Co [ B ][ C ]
Richard SYNG [ L ]
SYNYER & BEDDOES -Harry Synyer & Charles Joseph Beddoes- [ B ][ C ][ L ]
Harry SYNYER & Charles Joseph BEDDOES -Synyer& Beddoes- [ B ][ C ][ L ]

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
BRITISH SILVER MAKERS: MARKS, HISTORY AND INFORMATION
Adie & Lovekin mark Asprey & Co mark Atkin Brothers mark Barker Brothers mark E. Barnard & Sons mark Hester Bateman mark Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd mark Charles Boyton & Son mark Thomas Bradbury & Sons mark Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co mark
Adie & Lovekin
Asprey & Co
Atkin Brothers
Barker Brothers
E.Barnard & Sons
Bateman
Boardman Glossop & Co
Charles Boyton & Son
T. Bradbury & Sons
Alexander Clark
Daniel & Arter mark Deykin & Sons mark James Dixon & Sons mark Elkington hallmark Garrard & Co Ltd mark Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co mark Hamilton & Inches mark Harrison Brothers & Howson mark Hayne & Cater mark Hukin & Heath Ltd mark
Daniel & Arter
Deykin & Sons
J.Dixon & Sons
Elkington
Garrard & Co Ltd
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd
Hamilton & Inches
Harrison Br. & Howson
Hayne & Cater
Hukin & Heath
William Hutton & Sons Ltd mark Mappin & Webb mark Martin Hall & Co mark Robert Pringle & Sons mark Roberts & Belk mark John Round & Son Ltd mark Sibray, Hall & Co mark George Unite & Sons mark Wakely & Wheeler mark Walker & Hall mark
W.Hutton & Sons
Mappin & Webb
Martin, Hall & Co
Robert Pringle
Roberts & Belk
John Round & Son Ltd
Sibray, Hall & Co Ltd
George Unite & Sons
Wakely & Wheeler
Walker & Hall
Henry Wilkison & Co mark Josiah Williams & Co mark Horace Woodward & Co Ltd mark . . . . . . .
H.Wilkinson & Co
Josiah Williams & Co
H.Woodward & Co
 . . . . . . .
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 Edinburgh town mark Glasgow town mark

Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifiying the silver 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 (usually the initials of Christian name and surname of the silversmith)

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 the duty
Sovereign head: duty mark from 1784 to 1890
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