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SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SILVER
DIRECTORY OF MARKS
The characteristic traits of a people are reflected in the quality of their art, and so it is with the history of the early Scotch silversmiths. The
austerity and simple tastes of the Scotchman are brought to notice by the work of the early craftsmen. The majority of silver articles made
were definitely for practical use, rather than for purposes of decoration. Most of the early Scotch silver was used in churches, or else in the gentle
art of drinking.
It is interesting to note that in the earliest days of silversmithing in Scotland, it was the general custom for the client to bring his own silver or gold to
the craftsman to be wrought at his order.
Most of Provincial silver wasn't presented for hallmarking to Edinburgh or Glasgow Assay Offices and silver was marked only with the
maker's initial and a punch usually inspired to the town symbol.
In this way the customer avoided to pay the Duty reimposed in 1784 and silversmith's work was much less costly. As such there is much more
Town marked plate than Duty marked by Provincial silversmiths for the period up to 1860.
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THE DIRECTORY OF SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SILVERSMITHS
MARKS: U - Z
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| U mark | SILVERSMITH | TOWN |
| U | John Urquhart | Dundee |
| URQUHART | John Urquhart | Perth |
| V mark | SILVERSMITH | TOWN |
| VM | Walter Melville | Aberdeen |
| VS | William Scott I | Aberdeen |
| VS | William Scott I | Banff |
| VS | William Scott II | Banff |
| VS | William Scott II | Elgin |
| W mark | SILVERSMITH | TOWN |
| W | George Walker | Aberdeen |
| W | Walter Leighton (possibly) | Dundee |
| WALKER | James Walker | Aberdeen |
| WB | William Brand | Aberdeen |
| WB | William Byres | Aberdeen |
| WB | Erskine&Byers (possibly) | Aberdeen |
| WBT | William B Taylor | Inverness |
| WC | William Craw | Canongate |
| WC | William Constable | Dundee |
| WC | William Clarke | Greenock |
| WD | W Dunningham & Co | Aberdeen |
| WF | William Fillan | Aberdeen |
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| WF | William S Fergusson | Forres |
| WF | William S Ferguson | Elgin |
| WF | William S Ferguson | Peterhead |
| WH | William Hannay | Paisley |
| WHYTOCK | Peter Whytock | Dundee |
| WI | William Inness | Tain |
| W.I | William Inness | Tain |
| W.I. | William Inness | Tain |
| WJ | William Jamieson | Aberdeen |
| WJ&Co | William Jamieson & Co | Aberdeen |
| WK | William Kermath | Dundee |
| WL | Walter Leighton (possibly) | Dundee |
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| WL | William Livingston | Elgin |
| WL | William Lindsay | Montrose |
| WM | Walter Melville | Aberdeen |
| WM | Walter Millar | Dundee |
| WM | William Mason | Inverness |
| WM | William Munro | Inverness |
| WM | William Mill | Montrose |
| WM & DMcK | W.Mason & D McK | Inverness |
| WMcM | Wm McMaster | Greenock |
| WMK | William McKenzie | Inverness |
| WR | William Robb | Ballater |
| WR | William Ritchie | Perth |
| W.R | William Robb | Ballater |
| W.R.C | William Reid Christie | Inverness |
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| WS | William Scott | Aberdeen |
| WS | William Spalding | Aberdeen |
| WS | William Simpson I | Banff |
| WS | William Simpson II | Banff |
| WS | William Scott | Dundee |
| WS | William Scott II | Dundee |
| WS | William Smith | Elgin |
| WS | William Smith | Peterhead |
| W.S | William Scott | Perth |
| WS, JS | W.Simpson & JS | Banff |
| WW | William Whitecross | Aberdeen |
| W.W | William Whitecross | Aberdeen |
| WY | William Young & Charles Murray | Dundee |
| WY | William Young | Dundee |
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