HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS: PL - PZ
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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PL under a crown over a fleur de lys mark, Pierre Platel, London 1699 hallmark
PL under a crown over a fleur de lys
Pierre Platel,
London 1699 hallmark
PL and English pseudo-duty mark , Pierre Lesperance, Montreal - Quebec 1819-1882
PL and English pseudo-duty mark
Pierre Lesperance,
a Canada silversmith
Trained by Francois Sasseville. Became his partner and successor
Montreal - Quebec 1819-1882 mark
PM mark, P Moore, Dublin 1820
PM
P Moore
Dublin 1820 hallmark
PN and English pseudo-hallmarks mark, Peter Nordbeck, Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861
PN and English pseudo-hallmarks
Peter Nordbeck,
a Canada silversmith
Born in Germany (1789), received there his training as gilder, jeweller and silversmith. Used the mark N.S. for Nova Scotia. Entered into partnership with Henry Mignowitz and a Mr. Clark. This partnership was dissolved in 1827. Established Nordbeck & Co in 1827. Died in 1861.
Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861 mark
PN into two squares mark, not identified, Birmingham 1988 PN into two squares mark, not identified, Birmingham 1988
PN into two squares
not identified
Birmingham 1988 hallmark
PN NS and English pseudo-hallmarks mark, Peter Nordbeck, Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861
PN NS and English pseudo-hallmarks
Peter Nordbeck,
a Canada silversmith
Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861 mark
P.ORR & SONS mark, PP. Orr & Sons, Madras (India) 1892
P.ORR &SONS
Peter Orr & Sons
founded in Madras in 1851 by Peter Nicholas Orr, a watchmaker from London. One of the largest and most successful silver manufacturers in India, the Orr workshop produced tableware and gold, gilt, and silver "swami" jewelry populated with Indian deities and exotic scenes.

Madras (India) 1892 hallmark
PPLd mark, Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd, Chester 1910
PPLd
Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd
Chester 1910 hallmark
P over PLTd into a shield mark, Poston Products Ltd , Birmingham 1963
P over PLTd into a shield
Poston Products Ltd
Birmingham 1963 hallmark
PR mark, Phillip Rundell, London 1821
PR
Phillip Rundell,
London 1821 hallmark
PS into two indented conjoined circles mark, Paul Storr, London 1836 PS into two indented conjoined circles mark, Paul Storr, London 1819
PS into two indented conjoined circles
Paul Storr
London 1836 hallmark




London 1819 hallmark
PS mark, Paul Storr, London 1797
P.S into two conjoined circles
Paul Storr,
London 1797 hallmark
PW mark, Peter Walsh or Philip Weekes, Dublin 1833
PW
Peter Walsh or Philip Weekes,
Dublin 1833 hallmark
P.W mark, Percy Horace Arthur Whitehouse, London 1907
P.W
Percy Horace Arthur Whitehouse
London 1907 hallmark
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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