English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification RL-RQ

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	RL into two conjoined circles R. Lindsay, an Oban silversmith Sheffield 1904 hallmark
	RL & Co into two circles R.Landstone & Co London 1904 hallmark
	RM into a rectangle Richard Morton Fargate - entered 1773 Sheffield 1802 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	R.M into a rectangle Robert Makepeace I The Side, Newcastle Newcastle 1753 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	R.McD & Co not identified, Sheffield 1933 hallmark
	RM over EH into a lozenge Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- , The origin of the firm in the partnership established in 1820 in Sheffield by Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts who traded as Wilkinson & Roberts.The firm's cronology is: John Roberts (1836), Roberts & Hall ( 1846), Martin Hall & Co (1854), Martin Hall & Co Ltd (1866-1936). Martin Hall & Co was one of the best known British manufacturers and partecipated to many international exhibitions including the Crystal Palace 1851 Great Exhibition. They had also a line of production in electroplate and in a patented white metal called "Martinoid" Sheffield 1905 hallmark London 1883 hallmark

	RM over EH into a quatrefoil Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- , Broad Street Park, Sheffield Sheffield 1866 hallmark London 1876 hallmark
	RMM & S into an oblong chamfered rectangle R M Marples & Son, an Oban silversmith London 1904 hallmark
	R.M.W Richard M Whitehouse, London 1981 hallmark
	Rn & Cr into an oval Omar Ramsden & Alwyn Carr , London 1914 hallmark Omar Ramsden (born Sheffield, 21 Aug 1873; died London, 9 Aug 1939). The son of a silver and electroplate manufacturer, he was apprenticed to a company of silversmiths and attended evening classes at Sheffield School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1898 Ramsden set up a partnership with Alwyn Carr in London to produce 'fine art' silver. They exploited the fashionable taste for handmade silver of the Arts and Crafts Movement and, with the help of skilled artisans, made articles adapted from Gothic and Renaissance designs with Celtic-style inscriptions, which became their trademark. OMAR RAMSDEN: MARKS, HALLMARKS, HISTORY
	R.N.H.&Co R N Hollings & Co, Birmingham 1945 hallmark
	RNS into a chamfered rectangle not identified , London 1984 hallmark
	RO under a deer into a notched rectangle Nathaniel Roe, London 1716 hallmark
	RP into a rectangle not identified , Sheffield 1983 hallmark
	R.P into a rectangle Richard Poulden, Mark entered in 1818 London 1824 hallmark
	R.P into a shield Robert Pringle & Sons The business was established in 1835 by Robert Pringle (I) who had moved to London from Perth in 1820 and passed to his son Robert Pringle (II). The firm was re-styled as Robert Pringle & Son in 1882 and in 1899 as Robert Pringle & Sons. The firm was converted into a limited liability company in 1931 under the style Robert Pringle & Sons (London) Ltd and later in Robert Pringle (Engineers) Ltd (c. 1965) Chester 1899 hallmark London 1938 hallmark Sheffield 1909 hallmark Birmingham 1897 hallmark ROBERT PRINGLE & SONS history and information

	R fleur de lys P Robert Peaston , London 1768 hallmark
	RP into an oval not identified , Sheffield 1979 hallmark
	RP into two lozenges not identified, London 1978 hallmark
	R.P into a rectangle Robert Pinkney, Newcastle c. 1790 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	RP over & over CCo into a quatrefoil not identified, Sheffield 1943 hallmark
	RP over GB or R.P over G.B into a square Richard Pierce & George Burrows II, mark registered on 1826 and still active in 1847 London 1832 hallmark London 1839 hallmark

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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Birmingham

Dublin

Edinburgh

Glasgow

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 silver piece manufactured or traded in the UK. The marks are:

Town mark, corresponding to the mark of the Assay Office that has verified the piece

Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifiying the silver quality

Maker's mark, identifying the silversmith presenting the piece to the assay office (usually the initials of Christian name and surname of the silversmith)

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 the duty

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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

RL into two conjoined circles
R. Lindsay,
an Oban silversmith
Sheffield 1904 hallmark

RL & Co into two circles
R.Landstone & Co
London 1904 hallmark

RM into a rectangle
Richard Morton
Fargate - entered 1773
Sheffield 1802 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

R.M into a rectangle
Robert Makepeace I
The Side, Newcastle
Newcastle 1753 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

R.McD & Co
not identified,
Sheffield 1933 hallmark

RM over EH into a quatrefoil
Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- ,
Broad Street Park, Sheffield
Sheffield 1866 hallmark

London 1876 hallmark

RMM & S into an oblong chamfered rectangle
R M Marples & Son,
an Oban silversmith
London 1904 hallmark

R.M.W
Richard M Whitehouse,
London 1981 hallmark

R.N.H.&Co
R N Hollings & Co,
Birmingham 1945 hallmark

RNS into a chamfered rectangle
not identified ,
London 1984 hallmark

RO under a deer into a notched rectangle
Nathaniel Roe,
London 1716 hallmark

RP into a rectangle
not identified ,
Sheffield 1983 hallmark

R.P into a rectangle
Richard Poulden,
Mark entered in 1818
London 1824 hallmark

R fleur de lys P
Robert Peaston ,
London 1768 hallmark

RP into an oval
not identified ,
Sheffield 1979 hallmark

RP into two lozenges
not identified,
London 1978 hallmark

R.P into a rectangle
Robert Pinkney,
Newcastle c. 1790 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

RP over & over CCo into a quatrefoil
not identified,
Sheffield 1943 hallmark

RP over GB or R.P over G.B into a square
Richard Pierce & George Burrows II,
mark registered on 1826 and still active in 1847
London 1832 hallmark

London 1839 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

RL into two conjoined circlesR. Lindsay,an Oban silversmithSheffield 1904 hallmark

RL & Co into two circlesR.Landstone & CoLondon 1904 hallmark

RM into a rectangleRichard MortonFargate - entered 1773Sheffield 1802 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

R.M into a rectangleRobert Makepeace IThe Side, Newcastle Newcastle 1753 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

R.McD & Conot identified, Sheffield 1933 hallmark

RM over EH into a quatrefoil Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall -Martin, Hall & Co- ,Broad Street Park, Sheffield Sheffield 1866 hallmarkLondon 1876 hallmark

RMM & S into an oblong chamfered rectangleR M Marples & Son,an Oban silversmithLondon 1904 hallmark

R.M.WRichard M Whitehouse, London 1981 hallmark

R.N.H.&Co R N Hollings & Co, Birmingham 1945 hallmark

RNS into a chamfered rectanglenot identified , London 1984 hallmark

RO under a deer into a notched rectangleNathaniel Roe, London 1716 hallmark

RP into a rectanglenot identified ,Sheffield 1983 hallmark

R.P into a rectangleRichard Poulden,Mark entered in 1818 London 1824 hallmark

R fleur de lys P Robert Peaston , London 1768 hallmark

RP into an ovalnot identified , Sheffield 1979 hallmark

RP into two lozengesnot identified, London 1978 hallmark

R.P into a rectangleRobert Pinkney, Newcastle c. 1790 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

RP over & over CCo into a quatrefoilnot identified, Sheffield 1943 hallmark

RP over GB or R.P over G.B into a squareRichard Pierce & George Burrows II,mark registered on 1826 and still active in 1847 London 1832 hallmarkLondon 1839 hallmark