English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification CM-CS

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	CM into a rectangle or C.M into a rectangle Charles Marsh, Dublin 1829 hallmark Dublin 1819 hallmark
	CM into an oval Charles Leopold Maas trading as Charles Maas & Co, 1a Aldermanbury Avenue, London London 1899 hallmark See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS"
	CM into a rectangle Charles May, London 1946 hallmark
	C.M into a thin rectangle Charles Maas Charles Maas in partnership with Marcus Maas traded as Charles Maas & Co at 13 Crescent, London. See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks. London 1884 hallmark
	CME not identified, Birmingham import mark 1977 hallmark
	CNL into a chamfered rectangle Christopher Lawrence, London 1969 hallmark
	CO under a spoon Stephen Coleman, entered 1697 London 1698 hallmark
	CO under a device with three dots over two circles and a blossom Robert Cooper, London 1709 hallmark
	CO under a fleur de lys Augustine Courtauld, London 1722 hallmark
	C.P&Co into two conjoned ovals Charles Perry & Co , Chester 1929 hallmark
	CPB Charles Penny Brown, Birmingham 1907 hallmark
	C.P.S. CPS Jewellery Company Ltd Vyse Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1966 hallmark

	CR Christian Ker Reid, Newcastle 1815c. hallmark REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS
	CR into a rectangle Charles Reeves -possibly-, entered 1853 London 1853 hallmark
	CR Charles Robb , Edinburgh 1822 hallmark with M & S mark of the retailer Marshall & Sons
	C.R into a rectangle Charles Rawlings, London 1828 hallmark
	C.R.&S into an oblong rectangle C Robathan & Son, London 1962 hallmark
	CR over DR over CR into an oblong curved outline Reid & Sons -Christian Ker Reid, David Reid & Christian Bruce Reid, Newcastle 1841 hallmark REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS
	CR over GS into a quatrefoil Charles Reily & George Storer, London 1828 hallmark
	CRICHTON George Crichton, Edinburgh 1856 hallmark
	CR over WS Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1841 hallmark
	CS into a rectangle Charles Shipway, entered 1836 London 1839 hallmark
	CS into two conjoined circles Chantry Silversmiths Limited, London 1975 hallmark The Chantry Silversmiths mark was registered on 23 February 1954 by John Harry Richardson and Victor Albert Gondolo. It was registered from the business address of 55 Grays Inn Road, WC1, and the mark was last registered in 1976. A note in the register reveals that the firm was taking over from another firm at the same address, called W. Evans. Chantry Silversmiths is referred to as 'late W. Evans'. The Evans firm had registered their mark in 1950 (information courtesy David Richardson)
	CS over & over Hs into a trefoil C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd , entered 1904 London 1908 hallmark

	CS FS into two separate rectangles Cornelius Saunders & Frank Shepherd, London 1898 hallmark (entered 1888) Chester 1893 (entered 1887) Saunders & Sheperd was founded in London by Cornelius Desormeaux Sanders Sr and James Francis Hollings Sheperd (1869). Became Saunders & Sheperd Ltd in 1899 and and Saunders, Sheperd & Co Ltd in 1916. Active at Bartlett's Building-Holborn Circus, London (1873-1902)
	CS star FS Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings -Frank- Shepherd, London 1910 hallmark Birmingham 1898 hallmark Chester 1900 hallmark mark first registered in 1893.
	CSG over &Co into a shield Charles S Green & Co , Birmingham 1957 hallmark Business established in 1905 by Charles S. Green, son and brother of the managers of Charles Green & Son. He was assisted in the business by his wife Winifred, a talented artist who designed all the firm's early patterns. The firm moved in 1907 to Cogent Works, 54 St.Paul's Square and in 1982 to a new factory at Lionel Street, Birmingham
	C.S.H Charles Stuart Harris, London 1893 hallmark
	C.S over H into a trefoil Charles Stuart Harris, London 1892 hallmark
	C over S Ld into a trefoil Courtman Silver Ltd, London 2002 hallmark

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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Birmingham

Dublin

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Sheffield

Chester

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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

Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifiying the silver quality

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

A further mark was used in the period 1784 - 1890: Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of the duty

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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

CM into a rectangle or C.M into a rectangle
Charles Marsh,
Dublin 1829 hallmark

Dublin 1819 hallmark

CM into an oval
Charles Leopold Maas trading as Charles Maas & Co,
1a Aldermanbury Avenue, London
London 1899 hallmark
See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS"

CM into a rectangle
Charles May,
London 1946 hallmark

C.M into a thin rectangle
Charles Maas
Charles Maas in partnership with Marcus Maas traded as Charles Maas & Co at 13 Crescent, London. See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks.
London 1884 hallmark

CME
not identified,
Birmingham import mark 1977 hallmark

CNL into a chamfered rectangle
Christopher Lawrence,
London 1969 hallmark

CO under a spoon
Stephen Coleman,
entered 1697
London 1698 hallmark

CO under a device with three dots over two circles and a blossom
Robert Cooper,
London 1709 hallmark

CO under a fleur de lys
Augustine Courtauld,
London 1722 hallmark

C.P&Co into two conjoned ovals
Charles Perry & Co ,
Chester 1929 hallmark

CPB
Charles Penny Brown,
Birmingham 1907 hallmark

C.P.S.
CPS Jewellery Company Ltd
Vyse Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1966 hallmark

CR
Christian Ker Reid,
Newcastle 1815c. hallmark

REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS

CR into a rectangle
Charles Reeves -possibly-,
entered 1853
London 1853 hallmark

CR
Charles Robb ,
Edinburgh 1822 hallmark
with M & S mark of the retailer Marshall & Sons

C.R into a rectangle
Charles Rawlings,
London 1828 hallmark

C.R.&S into an oblong rectangle
C Robathan & Son,
London 1962 hallmark

CR over DR over CR into an oblong curved outline
Reid & Sons -Christian Ker Reid, David Reid & Christian Bruce Reid,
Newcastle 1841 hallmark

REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS

CR over GS into a quatrefoil
Charles Reily & George Storer,
London 1828 hallmark

CRICHTON
George Crichton,
Edinburgh 1856 hallmark

CR over WS
Charles Rawlings & William Summers,
London 1841 hallmark

CS into a rectangle
Charles Shipway,
entered 1836
London 1839 hallmark

CS over & over Hs into a trefoil
C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd ,
entered 1904
London 1908 hallmark

CS star FS
Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings -Frank- Shepherd,
London 1910 hallmark

Birmingham 1898 hallmark

Chester 1900 hallmark

mark first registered in 1893.

C.S.H
Charles Stuart Harris,
London 1893 hallmark

C.S over H into a trefoil
Charles Stuart Harris,
London 1892 hallmark

C over S Ld into a trefoil
Courtman Silver Ltd,
London 2002 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

CM into a rectangle or C.M into a rectangle Charles Marsh, Dublin 1829 hallmarkDublin 1819 hallmark

CM into an ovalCharles Leopold Maas trading as Charles Maas & Co,1a Aldermanbury Avenue, London London 1899 hallmark See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS"

CM into a rectangleCharles May, London 1946 hallmark

C.M into a thin rectangleCharles MaasCharles Maas in partnership with Marcus Maas traded as Charles Maas & Co at 13 Crescent, London. See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks. London 1884 hallmark

CMEnot identified, Birmingham import mark 1977 hallmark

CNL into a chamfered rectangleChristopher Lawrence, London 1969 hallmark

CO under a spoonStephen Coleman,entered 1697 London 1698 hallmark

CO under a device with three dots over two circles and a blossomRobert Cooper, London 1709 hallmark

CO under a fleur de lysAugustine Courtauld, London 1722 hallmark

C.P&Co into two conjoned ovalsCharles Perry & Co , Chester 1929 hallmark

CPBCharles Penny Brown, Birmingham 1907 hallmark

C.P.S.CPS Jewellery Company LtdVyse Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1966 hallmark

CR Christian Ker Reid, Newcastle 1815c. hallmark REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS

CR into a rectangleCharles Reeves -possibly-,entered 1853 London 1853 hallmark

CRCharles Robb ,Edinburgh 1822 hallmark with M & S mark of the retailer Marshall & Sons

C.R into a rectangleCharles Rawlings, London 1828 hallmark

C.R.&S into an oblong rectangleC Robathan & Son, London 1962 hallmark

CR over DR over CR into an oblong curved outlineReid & Sons -Christian Ker Reid, David Reid & Christian Bruce Reid, Newcastle 1841 hallmark REID & SONS: HISTORY & MARKS

CR over GS into a quatrefoil Charles Reily & George Storer, London 1828 hallmark

CRICHTONGeorge Crichton, Edinburgh 1856 hallmark

CR over WSCharles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1841 hallmark

CS into a rectangleCharles Shipway,entered 1836London 1839 hallmark

CS over & over Hs into a trefoilC.S. Harris & Sons Ltd , entered 1904 London 1908 hallmark

CS star FSCornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings -Frank- Shepherd, London 1910 hallmarkBirmingham 1898 hallmark Chester 1900 hallmarkmark first registered in 1893.

C.S.HCharles Stuart Harris, London 1893 hallmark

C.S over H into a trefoilCharles Stuart Harris, London 1892 hallmark

C over S Ld into a trefoilCourtman Silver Ltd, London 2002 hallmark