HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH AND BRITISH SILVER MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION THE DIRECTORY OF ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

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	JB into two conjoined circles James Beebe, London 1826 hallmark
	JB into an indented oval James Barber, York 1851 hallmark
	JB James Beebe, London 1843 hallmark
	JB into an oval Joseph Braham, active 1875-1920 at 3 Pulteney Street, Golden Square, Soho later Rupert Street, Leicester Square and Gerrard Street, Soho - London London 1886 hallmark
	JB into two conjoined circles John Biggin and John Biggin Ltd , Sheffield 1908 hallmark
	JB into a cut corner rectangle Henry Wilkinson & Co -John Brashier-, a well known Sheffield firm. Origin as J. Winter c. 1760. Chronology: Henry Wilkinson & Co (1830), Henry Wilkinson & Co Ltd (1872). The firm was acquired by Walker & Hall in 1892. London 1881 hallmark HENRY WILKINSON HISTORY AND INFORMATION PAGE

	JB into a chamfered rectangle Jane Brownett (entered 1868) or John Batson (entered 1874), London 1883 hallmark
	JB into a shield J. Bartlett, Birmingham 1920 hallmark
	JB into a lobed contour not identified, London 1987 hallmark
	J.B (Jan) Johannes Hendricus Beyleveld, a Cape of Good Hope Colony silversmith. Baptized at the Cape on 13 June 1792. The son of Marthinus Beyleveld of Amsterdam and Abigael Johanna Combrink. Married Magdalene Christina Bam, niece of silversmith Johannes Andries Bam. His sister Johanna Cornelia married silversmith Dominique Boudin. Activity as silversmith is documented from 1814 to 1827 Cape Colony 1820 c. hallmark
	J.B into an oval John Batt, 20 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, entered 1880 Sheffield 1901 hallmark
	J.B into an oblong chamfered rectangle James Bowman, Leith (Edinburgh), entered c. 1903/1916 Edinburgh 1921 hallmark
	J.B&Co J Boseck & Co , possibly an Anglo-Indian firm still active in Kolkata (India) Birmingham 1912 hallmark
	J.B. & S. J Blond & Son or Ballantyne & Son , Glasgow 1883 hallmark
	JBC into a quatrefoil Carrington & Co -John Bodman Carrington-, A business founded by John Carrington (1873-1880). The firm became Carrington & Co (1880-1922) and Carrington & Co Ltd from 1922.The firm was active at 130 Regent Street, London where it acted also as London Showroom of G.R. Collis & Co, manufacturing silversmiths and electroplaters of Birmingham London 1897 hallmark Birmingham 1903 hallmark

	JBC &S into a rectangle J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd , Birmingham 1977 hallmark
	JBC over &S over Ld into a shield JB Chatterley & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1970 hallmark London 1931 hallmark Sheffield 1969 hallmark
	JB over EB into a quatrefoil Joseph & Edward Bradbury -Thomas Bradbury & Sons-, London 1873 hallmark
	JBH into a rectangle James Barclay Hennell, entered 1877 London 1885 hallmark
	JB Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangle J. Bennett & Co -possibly-, London 1921 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	JB Ld into a chamfered rectangle John Bull Ltd 139a New Bond St. London. A family run business established in May 1953. The company now has three generations working together on a daily basis London 2002 + Queen's Jubilee hallmark Sheffield 1992 hallmark Birmingham 2002 hallmark

	JB over WN into a rectangle James Barber & William North, York 1841 hallmark
	JB over WW into a rectangle James Barber & William Whitwell, York 1830 hallmark

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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