HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
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| BRITISH SILVERSMITHS ILLUSTRATED LISTING OF SILVER MAKERS MARKS WM - WM |
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKER'S MARKS |
| AA/AE AF/AZ BA/BZ CA/CH CI/CZ DA/DZ EA/EZ FA/FZ GA/GZ HA/HG HH/HZ IA/IG IH/IZ JA/JC JD/JI JJ/JP JQ/JS JT/JZ KA/LZ MA/MZ NA/PA PB/PZ QA/RJ RK/RZ SA/SG SH/SZ TA/TH TI/TZ UA/WB WC/WF WG/WL WM/WS WT/ZZ |
| 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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W.M |
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WM under a crown into a trefoil |
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WM into a rectangle under a crown |
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WM and English pseudo-hallmarks |
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WM into a lozenge |
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WM into a ondulating sides rectangular outline |
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WM without contour |
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W.M |
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WM over AM |
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W.M.Co or W M Co into three circles |
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W.M.D |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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London
Birmingham
Dublin
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Sheffield
ChesterMORE on the tutorial: HOW TO READ ENGLISH/BRITISH STERLING SILVER MARKS
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
Town mark, corresponding to the mark of the Assay Office that has verified the piece
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Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifiying the silver quality
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Maker's mark, identifying the silversmith presenting the piece to the assay office (usually the initials of Christian name and surname of the silversmith)
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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
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A further mark was used in the period 1784 - 1890: Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of the duty
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