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MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - LIST OF SILVERSMITHS

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES: W
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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John WAKEFIELD [ L ]
John WAKEFIELD [ L ]
Edward WAKELIN [ L ]
John Parker I & Edward WAKELIN [L]
John WAKELIN & William Taylor [ L ]
James WAKELY & Frank Clarke WHEELER [ B ] )
WAKELY & WHEELER [ L ]
WAKELY & WHEELER[ L ]
Fredrik WALDEK [CAPE]
J WALKER [ B ]
James WALKER [ B ]
James Johnson & John WALKER [L]
WALKER & HALL [ B ][ C ][ L ][ S ]
WALKER & HALL [ S ]
John Edward Bingham -WALKER & HALL- [ L ][ S ]
Charles WALLIS [ L]
Robert WALLIS [ L ]
Thomas WALLIS I [ L ]
Thomas WALLIS I [ L ]
Thomas WALLIS II [ L ]
Thomas WALLIS (II) & Jonathan HAYNE [ L ]
Robert WALLISS [ L ]
Peter WALSH [ D ]
G E Walton & Co Ltd -George Edwin WALTON- [ B ]
John WALTON [ N ]
John Robertson II & John WALTON [ N ]
G E WALTON & Co Ltd -George Edwin Walton- [ B ]
WANG HING & Company [HONG KONG]
William WARD [ D ]
WARDELL & KEMPSON [ B ]
Florence WARDEN [ C ]
Henry Warner trading as HARVEY & WARNER [L]
Charles WASHINGTON Shirley Deakin [B]
WATERHOUSE, HODGSON & Co [ S]
John WATERHOUSE & Edward Hatfield & Co [ S ]
Graham WATLING [ L ]
Lawrence R WATSON & Co Ltd [ B ][ S ]
WATSON & GILLOTT - William Watson & Herbert Gillott [ S ]
John WATSON [ S ]
John WATSON & Son [ S ]
Thomas WATSON [ N ]
W A P WATSON Ltd [ B ]
Charles WEALE [ B]
Frederick Henry WEARE [ L ]
Francis WEBB [ B ]
Francis WEBB Ltd [ B ]
Philip WEEKES [ D ]
Louis WEILL & Henry HARBURG [L]
James WEIR I [ G ]
Samuel WEIR - possibly- [ E ]
William WELCH Sr. [ PLYMOUTH ]
D & J WELBY Limited [ L ]
Daniel & John WELLBY [ L ]
Edward John WELLS [ L ]
Thomas WELLS -entered 1849- [ L ]
WEST & Son -Langley Archer West- [ L ]
Matthew WEST [D]
WEST & Co [ D ][ S ]
WEST & Son [D]
WEST & Son [D]
William WESTON [ L ]
W H WESTON -possibly- [ B ]

Arthur Hamill WESTWOOD [B]
Charles WESTWOOD & Sons [ B]
G F WESTWOOD & Sons [ B ]
Samuel Whithford II or Samuel WHEATLEY [ L ]
Thomas WHEATLEY [ N ]
Gervase WHEELER [ B ]
WHEELER & Cronin -Mary Wheeler & James Bartholomew Cronin- [ B ]
Thomas WHIPHAM [ L ]
Thomas WHIPHAM [ L ]
Thomas WHIPHAM II & Charles Wright [L]
George Harry WHITAKER [ S ]
Thomas WHITAKER -entered 1841- [ L ]
WHITE & Co [ B ][ C ] ]
WHITE & Sons [ S ]
Fuller WHITE [ L ]
James Thomas WHITE [ C ] [ L ]
WHITE, HENDERSON & Co [ S ])
Percy Horace Arthur WHITEHOUSE [ L ]
Richard M WHITEHOUSE [ L ]
Thomas WHITEHOUSE [ L ]
Thomas WHITEHOUSE -entered 1850- [ L ]
(Samuel WHITHFORD II or Samuel Wheatley [ L ]
George WHITING [ L ]
John James WHITING [ L ]
John James WHITING [ L ]
John WHITING [ L ]
Frederick WICH [ B ][ L ]
George WICKES [ L ]
George WICKES [ L ]
Lee & Wigfull -Henry WIGFULL- [ L ][ S ]
Samuel Godbehere, Edward WIGAN & James Boult [ L ]
A WILCOX [B]
Charles WILKES [B]
Andrew WILKIE [ E ]
Henry WILKINSON & Co -John Brashier- [ L ]
Henry WILKINSON & Co [ S]
Henry Wilkinson [ L ][S]
Henry WILKINSON & Co [ L ][ S]
Arnold E WILLIAMS [ B ]
WILLIAMS (Birmingham) Ltd [ B ]
WILLIAMS (Birmingham) Ltd [ B ]
C E WILLIAMS [ B ]
C E WILLIAMS & Son [ B ]
James WILLIAMS [ L ]
James & Josiah WILLIAMS [ EX ]
Josiah WILLIAMS [ EX ]
Josiah WILLIAMS & Co [ L ]
Josiah WILLIAMS & Co [ EX ]
Josiah WILLIAMS & Co [ L ]
(Josiah WILLIAMS & Co (possibly) [ L ]

Robert WILLIAMS [ EX ]
William WILLIAMS II [ L ]
William Wrangham WILLIAMS [ L ]
James & Josiah WILLIAMS [ EX ]
Robert, James & Josiah WILLIAMS [ EX ]
Henry WILLIAMSON Ltd [ B ][ S ]
David WILLIAUME I [ L ]
David WILLIAUME II [ L ]
Mark WILLIS & Son Ltd [S]
Joseph WILLMORE [ B ]
Joseph WILLMORE [ B ]
Louis WILLMOTT [L]
Walter H WILLSON Ltd [ L ]
J. WILMOT [ B ]
WILMOTT MANUFACTURING Co [ B ]
WILMOTT MANUFACTURING Co [ B ]
Joseph WILSON[ L ]
WILSON & SHARP [ E ][ G ]
Thomas WINBUSH -entered 1846- [ L ]
George WINTLE [ L ]
George WINTLE [ L ]
James WINTLE [ L ]
James WINTLE [ L ]
George WISH [ L ][ S ]
WOLFSKY & Co [ L ]
WOLFSKY & Co -Serlo Bernard Wolfsky- [ L ]
Samuel WOOD [ L ]
William WOODMAN [ EX ]
William WOODMAN [ EX ]
James WOODS & Sons [ B ]
T WOOLEY [ B ]
Horace WOODWARD & Co -Edgar FINLEY & Hugh TAYLOR- [ B ][ L ] )
Horace WOODWARD & Co Ltd [ B ][ L ]
J H WORRALL, Son & Co Ltd [ B ]
Charles WRIGHT [ L]
Thomas Whipham II & Charles WRIGHT [L]
John WRIGHT [ N ]
William Thomas WRIGHT & Frederick DAVIES [ L ]
John Henry WYNN (possibly) [ B ]

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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