HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION

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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS: TO - TS
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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TO mark, Thomas Oliphant or Ollivant, London 1795
TO
Thomas Oliphant or Ollivant,
Manchester silversmith, overstrucking P & A Bateman mark
London 1795 hallmark
TP in script into an oval mark, Thomas Parr II, London 1751
TP in script into an oval
Thomas Parr II,
Son of Thomas Parr I, free 1733, retired presumably 1773. Mark entered 1739
London 1751 hallmark
T.P into an oval mark, Thomas Pratt, London 1883 T.P into an oval mark, Thomas Pratt, London 1883
T.P into an oval
Thomas Pratt,
London 1883 hallmark
TP over ER into a quatrefoil mark, Thomas Phillips & Edward Robinson , London 1802
TP over ER into a quatrefoil
Thomas Phillips & Edward Robinson,
London 1802 hallmark
T.P.R. & CO, T.P.R. & CO, Bombay (INDIA), c. 1890 - photo courtesy Chris Robak -
T.P.R. & CO


T.P.R. & CO
Bombay (INDIA), c. 1890 hallmark
TP &S mark, Thomas Prime & Son , Birmingham 1875
TP & S
Thomas Prime & Son ,
Birmingham 1875 hallmark
TR in script into two circles mark, Thomas Robins, London 1809
TR in script into two circles
Thomas Robins,
London 1809 hallmark
TR into two conjoined circles mark, Thomas Reeves, Chester 1909
TR into two conjoined circles
Thomas Reeves,
105 Vyse Street, Birmingham. Mark entered in 1907
Chester 1909 hallmark
T.R mark, Thomas Richards, London 1813
T.R
Thomas Richards,
London 1813 hallmark
TS into an oval mark, Thomas Streetin, London 1810
TS into an oval
Thomas Streetin ,
London 1810 hallmark
TS mark, Thomas Shaw , London 1836 TS mark, Thomas Shaw , London 1836
TS
Thomas Shaw ,
Birmingham 1836 hallmark
TS mark, Thomas Sansom, Sheffield 1830
TS
Thomas Sansom,
Sheffield 1830 hallmark
T.S mark, Thomas Shepherd, London 1781
T.S
Thomas Shepherd,
London 1781 hallmark
T.S into two conjoined circles mark, Thomas Smily , London 1866
T.S into two conjoined circles
Thomas Smily ,
London 1866 hallmark
TS over WS over HH mark, Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater -Alfred Thomas Slater, Walter Brindley Slater & Henry Arthur Holland-, London 1899
TS over WS over HH
Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater -Alfred Thomas Slater, Walter Brindley Slater & Henry Arthur Holland- ,
London 1899 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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