English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification JR

	JR James Ross, Glasgow 1864 hallmark
	J R into two squares John Rose, Birmingham 1916 hallmark
	JR into an oval John Round & Son Ltd -Joseph Ridge- , Sheffield 1926 hallmark
	JR into an indented oval Joshua Richards, New Spring St, Birmingham Birmingham 1913 hallmark
	J.R into an oval John Round & Son Ltd, Sheffield 1905 hallmark The firm was established by John Round in Sheffield in 1847 as a small familiar workshop attached to his house in Tudor Street. The business proved successful and the firm in partnership with his son Edwin went under the title of John Round & Son. In 1874 the firm became John Round & Son Ltd and in 1886 the business of Ridge, Allcard & Co (Lions Works, Eyre Lane) was amalgamated and John Ridge became the manager. The main factory was the renewed Tudor Works, Tudor Street, Sheffield while warious showrooms operated in London.
	J.R James Ross, Glasgow 1883 hallmark

	J.R Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield 1901 hallmark
	J.R into a trefoil Jacob Rozenzweig - Rosenzweig, Taitelbaum & Co, London 1921 hallmark
	JR star and cross or J.R. star and cross into a shield Joseph Rodgers & Sons , Sheffield 1913 hallmark Sheffield 1901 hallmark A famous firm of cutlers and silversmiths founded in Sheffield in 1682. It was converted under the style of Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd in 1871. The factory was at 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield and a showroom at 60 Holborn Viaduct, London. New large works were opened in 1899 at River Lane, Sheffield.
	JR&S James Rettie & Son, an Aberdeen silversmith Edinburgh 1887 hallmark
	JRB into an indented rectangle John Reginald Burrows Birmingham 2003 hallmark
	JR&S not identified, Edinburgh 1884 hallmark
	J over RCoA over Ld into a quatrefoil Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd, Chester 1937 hallmark London 1930 hallmark
	J R G & S into five square J R Gaunt & Son, Birmingham 1933 hallmark
	JR over SJ Rosenthal, Jacob & Co -Julius (Judah) Rosenthal & Samuel Jacob London 1885 hallmark Founded in 1867 by Julius Loewe Rosenthan (or Judah Louis Rosenthal). He was in partnership with James Wiltshire unit 1877. In 1881 he was joined in partnership by Samuel Jacob and the firm was listed as Rosenthal, Jacob & Co until 1892. when he continued the business at 23 Southampton Street Fitzroy Square as Rosenthal & Co. The business was closed for bankruptcy in 1895 London 1892 hallmark
	JRO &Sns over Ltd into a trefoil J R Ogden & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1959 hallmark
	JS in script Joseph Sanders, London 1735 hallmark
	J 'star' S John Spackman II, London 1737 hallmark
	JS John Sanders or John Shea or Josiah Snatt , London 1808 hallmark
	JS James Smith -possibly-, Edinburgh 1819 hallmark
	JS into a shaped contour John Sutter, a Liverpool silversmith Chester 1828 hallmark
	JS various shapes John Stone , Exeter 1849 hallmark
	JS into a shield John Smyth or Smith, Dublin 1853 hallmark
	JS into an oval John Stone, 60 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester London 1934 hallmark See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks.
	JS not identified, London 2008 hallmark
	JS into a shield Joseph Smith & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd, Vittoria Street, Birmingham Chester 1957 hallmark
	J.S not identified, Dublin c. 1800 hallmark
	J.S into a chamfered rectangle not identified, Dublin 1861 hallmark
	J.S John Stone , Exeter 1858 hallmark
	J.S John Smith, Dublin 1902 hallmark Dublin 1897 hallmark
	J.S Stevenson & Law, Sheffield 1899 hallmark
	J.S into a chamfered rectangle John George Smith , London 1900 hallmark
	J.S James Swann, Northampton Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1918 hallmark
	JS over AS into a rectangle Joseph II & Albert Savory, Free 1833, this mark entered 1835 London 1838 hallmark
	jSh into a shield Joseph & Horace Savory, London 1891 hallmark
	JS over &S John Sanderson & Son Ltd, Sheffield 1965 hallmark
	J.S &S or JS&S James Swann & Son, Birmingham 1959 hallmark Birmingham 1934 hallmark
	JSH without frame John Sutherland Hawes , London 1976 hallmark
	JT and English pseudo-hallmarks John Townsend, a Cape of Good Hope Colony silversmith. Active 1824-1841 Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark
	J.T John Townsend, Dublin 1812 hallmark
	J.T into a rectangle JT into a rectangle John Tongue, Birmingham 1855 hallmark Birmingham 1835 hallmark
	J.T & Co John Turton & Co , Sheffield 1938 hallmark
	J.T & Co John Turton & Co , Sheffield 1963 hallmark
	J.T & S John Thompson & Sons, Business established in tha late 1860s in London by John Shield Thompson. The style was changed to John Thompson & Son and then to John Thompson & Sons. They are listed as wholesale jewellers at 31 Clerkenwell Road, London until 1916 Sheffield 1913 hallmark

	JTH over JHM into a quatrefoil John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton of Hukin & Heath London 1901 hallmark Birmingham 1900hallmark
	JTW into an oval James Thomas White 1 Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London London 1870 hallmark
	J.V James Vickery London 1868 hallmark 4 Woodbridge Street, Clerkwell (1851), 20 King Square, Goswell Road (1855) and 11 Lavers Road, Stoke Nowington (1880)
	JW into an indented oval Joseph Willmore Birmingham 1843 hallmark
	JW into two circles J. Wilmot Birmingham 1902 hallmark
	JW into two squares J Walker Birmingham 1895 hallmark
	JW in script of various shapes John James Whiting London 1846 hallmark London 1834hallmark London 1852 hallmark 107 Bunhill Row, St. Luke's, Finsbury
	JW into an oval James Wintle London 1854 hallmark
	J star W in script James Williams London 1755 hallmark
	JW into two conjoined circles Josiah Williams Exeter 1860 hallmark
	J.W into an oval Joseph Willmore Birmingham 1812 hallmark
	J.W James Wintle London 1845 hallmark
	J.W over & Co into a quatrefoil Josiah Williams & Co Exeter 1876 hallmark
	JW& Co into an oblong chamfered rectangle Josiah Williams & Co (possibly) Augustine Parade, Bristol London 1934 hallmark ... MORE....
	J.W over & over JW into a quatrefoil James & Josiah Williams Exeter 1863 hallmark ... MORE....
	J.W into a sort of conjoined circles James Weir I jeweller Glasgow 1924 hallmark
	J.W&S into an oval James Woods & Sons Birmingham 1915 hallmark
	J.W.B into an oval James William Benson, London 1909 hallmark
	J W B into three conjoined lozenges W Benson Ltd Ludgate Hill, London London 1931 hallmark
	J over W.B over P into a crossed cartouche William Bond & James Phipps I Foster Lane, London. Mark entered in 1754 London 1754 hallmark
	J.W over E.H into a square John Waterhouse & Edward Hatfield & Co Porto Bello Place, Sheffield. Mark entered in 1836 Sheffield 1837 hallmark
	J.W over F.C.W into a trefoil James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler a predecessor of Wakely & Wheeler....more.... London 1900 hallmark

	JWH over JTH into a quatrefoil Jonathan Wilson Hukin & John Thomas Heath The firm of manufacturing silversmiths and electroplaters was founded in Birmingham in 1855 (Imperial Works, Great Charles Street). The mark was entered in London in 1879 where was active a showroom at Charterhouse Street, Holborn. In 1885 the firm was transformed in Hukin & Heath. It is well known for silver and electroplate produced under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Dresser London 1879 hallmark
	JW over JW into a square James & Josiah Williams Exeter 1854 hallmark ... MORE....
	J.W.T into three circles J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd Founded in 1882 by James Walter Tiptaft who went in partnership with his son Norman in 1909. The firm was sold to Blanckensee in the late 1930s. Birmingham 1934 hallmark + King's Jubilee mark
	J.Y Yates Brothers Birmingham 1924 hallmark
	JZ in script John Zeigler Edinburgh 1814 hallmark
	K.Ltd J.Y.C John Yeomans Cowlishaw Market Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1926 hallmark
	K & D into two conjoined circles not identified Birmingham 1939 hallmark
	K & N into three conjoined circles not identified Birmingham 1907 hallmark
	K.B Kemp Bros Union Street, Bristol Birmingham 1923 hallmark
	K.Ltd not identified Birmingham 1944 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER - MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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ALPHABETICAL LISTING
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

London Birmingham Dublin Edinburgh 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 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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WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

J R into two squaresJohn Rose, Birmingham 1916 hallmark

J.R James Ross, Glasgow 1883 hallmark

J.R Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield 1901 hallmark

J.R into a trefoilJacob Rozenzweig - Rosenzweig, Taitelbaum & Co, London 1921 hallmark

JR&SJames Rettie & Son,an Aberdeen silversmith Edinburgh 1887 hallmark

JRB into an indented rectangleJohn Reginald Burrows Birmingham 2003 hallmark

J over RCoA over Ld into a quatrefoil Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd, Chester 1937 hallmark London 1930 hallmark

J R G & S into five square J R Gaunt & Son, Birmingham 1933 hallmark

JRO &Sns over Ltd into a trefoilJ R Ogden & Sons Ltd,Sheffield 1959 hallmark

J 'star' S John Spackman II,London 1737 hallmark

JSJohn Sanders or John Shea or Josiah Snatt ,London 1808 hallmark

JSJames Smith -possibly-,Edinburgh 1819 hallmark

JS into a shaped contourJohn Sutter,a Liverpool silversmith Chester 1828 hallmark

JS various shapesJohn Stone ,Exeter 1849 hallmark

JS into a shieldJohn Smyth or Smith,Dublin 1853 hallmark

JS into an ovalJohn Stone,60 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester London 1934 hallmark See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks.

JSnot identified,London 2008 hallmark

JS into a shieldJoseph Smith & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd,Vittoria Street, Birmingham Chester 1957 hallmark

J.S not identified,Dublin c. 1800 hallmark

J.S into a chamfered rectanglenot identified,Dublin 1861 hallmark

J.S John Stone ,Exeter 1858 hallmark

J.SJohn Smith,Dublin 1902 hallmarkDublin 1897 hallmark

J.SStevenson & Law,Sheffield 1899 hallmark

J.S into a chamfered rectangleJohn George Smith ,London 1900 hallmark

J.SJames Swann,Northampton Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1918 hallmark

JS over AS into a rectangleJoseph II & Albert Savory,Free 1833, this mark entered 1835London 1838 hallmark

jSh into a shieldJoseph & Horace Savory,London 1891 hallmark

JS over &SJohn Sanderson & Son Ltd,Sheffield 1965 hallmark

JSH without frameJohn Sutherland Hawes ,London 1976 hallmark

JT and English pseudo-hallmarksJohn Townsend,a Cape of Good Hope Colony silversmith. Active 1824-1841Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark

J.TJohn Townsend,Dublin 1812 hallmark

J.T & Co John Turton & Co ,Sheffield 1938 hallmark

J.T & Co John Turton & Co ,Sheffield 1963 hallmark

J.T & SJohn Thompson & Sons,Business established in tha late 1860s in London by John Shield Thompson. The style was changed to John Thompson & Son and then to John Thompson & Sons. They are listed as wholesale jewellers at 31 Clerkenwell Road, London until 1916Sheffield 1913 hallmark

JTW into an oval James Thomas White1 Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, LondonLondon 1870 hallmark

J.VJames Vickery London 1868 hallmark 4 Woodbridge Street, Clerkwell (1851), 20 King Square, Goswell Road (1855) and 11 Lavers Road, Stoke Nowington (1880)

JW into an indented ovalJoseph Willmore Birmingham 1843 hallmark

JW into two squaresJ Walker Birmingham 1895 hallmark

JW in script of various shapesJohn James Whiting London 1846 hallmarkLondon 1834hallmark London 1852 hallmark 107 Bunhill Row, St. Luke's, Finsbury

JW into an ovalJames WintleLondon 1854 hallmark

J star W in scriptJames WilliamsLondon 1755 hallmark

JW into two conjoined circlesJosiah WilliamsExeter 1860 hallmark

J.W into an ovalJoseph Willmore Birmingham 1812 hallmark

J.WJames WintleLondon 1845 hallmark

J.W over & Co into a quatrefoilJosiah Williams & CoExeter 1876 hallmark

JW& Co into an oblong chamfered rectangleJosiah Williams & Co (possibly)Augustine Parade, BristolLondon 1934 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W over & over JW into a quatrefoil James & Josiah Williams Exeter 1863 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W into a sort of conjoined circlesJames Weir I jewellerGlasgow 1924 hallmark

J.W&S into an ovalJames Woods & SonsBirmingham 1915 hallmark

J.W.B into an ovalJames William Benson, London 1909 hallmark

J W B into three conjoined lozenges W Benson LtdLudgate Hill, London London 1931 hallmark

J over W.B over P into a crossed cartoucheWilliam Bond & James Phipps IFoster Lane, London. Mark entered in 1754 London 1754 hallmark

J.W over E.H into a squareJohn Waterhouse & Edward Hatfield & CoPorto Bello Place, Sheffield. Mark entered in 1836 Sheffield 1837 hallmark

J.W over F.C.W into a trefoilJames Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheelera predecessor of Wakely & Wheeler....more....London 1900 hallmark

JW over JW into a squareJames & Josiah WilliamsExeter 1854 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W.T into three circlesJ W Tiptaft & Son Ltd Founded in 1882 by James Walter Tiptaft who went in partnership with his son Norman in 1909. The firm was sold to Blanckensee in the late 1930s. Birmingham 1934 hallmark + King's Jubilee mark

J.YYates Brothers Birmingham 1924 hallmark

JZ in scriptJohn ZeiglerEdinburgh 1814 hallmark

K.LtdJ.Y.CJohn Yeomans CowlishawMarket Street, SheffieldSheffield 1926 hallmark

K & D into two conjoined circlesnot identifiedBirmingham 1939 hallmark

K & N into three conjoined circlesnot identifiedBirmingham 1907 hallmark

K.B Kemp Bros Union Street, BristolBirmingham 1923 hallmark

K.Ltdnot identifiedBirmingham 1944 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

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J R into two squares
John Rose,
Birmingham 1916 hallmark

J.R
James Ross,
Glasgow 1883 hallmark

J.R
Joseph Rodgers & Sons,
Sheffield 1901 hallmark

J.R into a trefoil
Jacob Rozenzweig - Rosenzweig, Taitelbaum & Co,
London 1921 hallmark

JR&S
James Rettie & Son,
an Aberdeen silversmith
Edinburgh 1887 hallmark

JRB into an indented rectangle
John Reginald Burrows
Birmingham 2003 hallmark

J over RCoA over Ld into a quatrefoil
Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd,
Chester 1937 hallmark

London 1930 hallmark

J R G & S into five square
J R Gaunt & Son,
Birmingham 1933 hallmark

JRO &Sns over Ltd into a trefoil
J R Ogden & Sons Ltd,
Sheffield 1959 hallmark

J 'star' S
John Spackman II,
London 1737 hallmark

JS
John Sanders or John Shea or Josiah Snatt ,
London 1808 hallmark

JS
James Smith -possibly-,
Edinburgh 1819 hallmark

JS into a shaped contour
John Sutter,
a Liverpool silversmith
Chester 1828 hallmark

JS various shapes
John Stone ,
Exeter 1849 hallmark

JS into a shield
John Smyth or Smith,
Dublin 1853 hallmark

JS into an oval
John Stone,
60 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
London 1934 hallmark
See the section of "TOBACCONISTS, PIPE MAKERS, PIPE MOUNTERS" marks.

JS
not identified,
London 2008 hallmark

JS into a shield
Joseph Smith & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd,
Vittoria Street, Birmingham
Chester 1957 hallmark

J.S
not identified,
Dublin c. 1800 hallmark

J.S into a chamfered rectangle
not identified,
Dublin 1861 hallmark

J.S
John Stone ,
Exeter 1858 hallmark

J.S
John Smith,
Dublin 1902 hallmark

Dublin 1897 hallmark

J.S
Stevenson & Law,
Sheffield 1899 hallmark

J.S into a chamfered rectangle
John George Smith ,
London 1900 hallmark

J.S
James Swann,
Northampton Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1918 hallmark

JS over AS into a rectangle
Joseph II & Albert Savory,
Free 1833, this mark entered 1835
London 1838 hallmark

jSh into a shield
Joseph & Horace Savory,
London 1891 hallmark

JS over &S
John Sanderson & Son Ltd,
Sheffield 1965 hallmark

JSH without frame
John Sutherland Hawes ,
London 1976 hallmark

JT and English pseudo-hallmarks
John Townsend,
a Cape of Good Hope Colony silversmith. Active 1824-1841
Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark

Cape Colony 1830 c. hallmark

J.T
John Townsend,
Dublin 1812 hallmark

J.T & Co
John Turton & Co ,
Sheffield 1938 hallmark

J.T & Co
John Turton & Co ,
Sheffield 1963 hallmark

J.T & S
John Thompson & Sons,
Business established in tha late 1860s in London by John Shield Thompson. The style was changed to John Thompson & Son and then to John Thompson & Sons. They are listed as wholesale jewellers at 31 Clerkenwell Road, London until 1916
Sheffield 1913 hallmark

JTW into an oval
James Thomas White
1 Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
London 1870 hallmark

J.V
James Vickery
London 1868 hallmark
4 Woodbridge Street, Clerkwell (1851), 20 King Square, Goswell Road (1855) and 11 Lavers Road, Stoke Nowington (1880)

JW into an indented oval
Joseph Willmore
Birmingham 1843 hallmark

JW into two squares
J Walker
Birmingham 1895 hallmark

JW in script of various shapes
John James Whiting
London 1846 hallmark

London 1834hallmark

London 1852 hallmark
107 Bunhill Row, St. Luke's, Finsbury

JW into an oval
James Wintle
London 1854 hallmark

J star W in script
James Williams
London 1755 hallmark

JW into two conjoined circles
Josiah Williams
Exeter 1860 hallmark

J.W into an oval
Joseph Willmore
Birmingham 1812 hallmark

J.W
James Wintle
London 1845 hallmark

J.W over & Co into a quatrefoil
Josiah Williams & Co
Exeter 1876 hallmark

JW& Co into an oblong chamfered rectangle
Josiah Williams & Co (possibly)
Augustine Parade, Bristol
London 1934 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W over & over JW into a quatrefoil
James & Josiah Williams
Exeter 1863 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W into a sort of conjoined circles
James Weir I
jeweller
Glasgow 1924 hallmark

J.W&S into an oval
James Woods & Sons
Birmingham 1915 hallmark

J.W.B into an oval
James William Benson,
London 1909 hallmark

J W B into three conjoined lozenges
W Benson Ltd
Ludgate Hill, London
London 1931 hallmark

J over W.B over P into a crossed cartouche
William Bond & James Phipps I
Foster Lane, London. Mark entered in 1754
London 1754 hallmark

J.W over E.H into a square
John Waterhouse & Edward Hatfield & Co
Porto Bello Place, Sheffield. Mark entered in 1836
Sheffield 1837 hallmark

J.W over F.C.W into a trefoil
James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler
a predecessor of Wakely & Wheeler....more....
London 1900 hallmark

JW over JW into a square
James & Josiah Williams
Exeter 1854 hallmark ... MORE....

J.W.T into three circles
J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd
Founded in 1882 by James Walter Tiptaft who went in partnership with his son Norman in 1909. The firm was sold to Blanckensee in the late 1930s.
Birmingham 1934 hallmark + King's Jubilee mark

J.Y
Yates Brothers
Birmingham 1924 hallmark

JZ in script
John Zeigler
Edinburgh 1814 hallmark

K.Ltd
J.Y.C
John Yeomans Cowlishaw
Market Street, Sheffield
Sheffield 1926 hallmark

K & D into two conjoined circles
not identified
Birmingham 1939 hallmark

K & N into three conjoined circles
not identified
Birmingham 1907 hallmark

K.B
Kemp Bros
Union Street, Bristol
Birmingham 1923 hallmark

K.Ltd
not identified
Birmingham 1944 hallmark

go to www.silvercollection.it hallmarks section:
Russia - Italy - France - England - Germany - miscellany -
American Silver Plate - English Electroplate silver - Old Sheffied Plate -
Elkington - Georg Jensen - Gorham Corporation - Tiffany & Co - WMF - Reed & Barton -

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

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