HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS: CT - CZ
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
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CTF over GF mark, Charles Thomas Fox and George Fox, London 1856 CTF over GF mark, Charles Thomas Fox and George Fox, London 1856
CTF over GF
Charles Thomas Fox and George Fox,
London 1856 hallmark
CT over I.W mark, Carden Terry & Jane Williams , Cork 1807 c. CT over I.W mark, Carden Terry & Jane Williams , Cork 1812 c.
CT over I.W
Carden Terry & Jane Williams ,

Cork 1807 c. hallmark




Cork 1812 c. hallmark
C.T.M mark, Charles T Maine - Jersey- , London 1899
C.T.M
Charles T Maine - Jersey- ,
London 1899 hallmark
C over T.W over W into an oval mark, Thomas Whipham II & Charles Wright, London 1761
C over T.W over W into an oval
Thomas Whipham II & Charles Wright,
London 1761 hallmark
A predecessor silversmith of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, business still active in present days ... MORE....
CW mark, Charles Wright, London 1772
CW
Charles Wright,
London 1772 hallmark
A predecessor silversmith of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, business still active in present days ... MORE....
CW into two conjoined circles mark, Charles Wallis, London 1855
CW into two conjoined circles
Charles Wallis,
London 1855 hallmark
C.W mark, Charles Wilkes, Birmingham 1931
C.W
Charles Wilkes,
Mott Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1931 hallmark
CW&S mark, Charles Westwood & Sons, Birmingham 1904, image courtesy Robert Massart CW&S mark, Charles Westwood & Sons, Birmingham 1904, image courtesy Robert Massart
CW&S
Charles Westwood & Sons,
Hall Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1904 hallmark
CW Co mark, Cronin & Wheeler, Birmingham 1847
CWCo
Cronin & Wheeler,
Birmingham 1847 hallmark
C.W.F mark, Charles William Fletcher, Sheffield 1913
C.W.F
Charles William Fletcher,
Sterling Works, Bramhall Lane, Sheffield
Sheffield 1913 hallmark
CWQ mark, Charles William Quesnel, Jersey
CWQ
Charles William Quesnel,
Jersey
CWS Ld mark, Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd, Chester 1934
CWS Ld
Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd,
Chester 1934
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
CAPE SILVERSMITHS A - C D - I J - M N - T U - Z
CHANNEL ISLANDS SILVERSMITHS A - F G - H I - P Q - Z unidentified
CANADA SILVERSMITHS 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
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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