HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS
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| BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS: EE - EH |
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EHT Edward Henry Turberville London 1885 hallmark
Edward Turberville was in partnership with William Long in 1878. After the dissolution of the partnership, Turberville
moved to 20 Dame Street, Islington (1880) and then to 42 Wilmington Square, Clarkenwell (1883) where he took over the business of
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EI Elizabeth Jones Probably widow of Robert Jones. 49 Bartholomew Close. Mark entered in 1783 London 1792 hallmark |
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E.J over G into a shield Ellis Jacob Greenberg -Ellis & Co (Birmingham) Ltd-
The business was founded in 1850 in Birmingham by Ellis Greenberg. The Birmingham factory of Ellis & Co
was active at 14/15 Great Hampton Street and moved to Empire Plate Works, 3/5 Hall Street with an office
in London. The firm became Ellis & Co (Birmingham) Ltd in 1906 London 1929 hallmark |
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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER -
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
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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 piece.
The marks are:
Town mark, corresponding to the mark of the assay office that has verified the piece
Lion's passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased certifiying the silver's quality
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
A further mark was used in the period 1784 - 1890:
Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of duty
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