English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification TH-TN

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	TH in script Thomas Heming, apprenticed to Edmund Boddington (1738), free 1746. Died between 1795/1801 London 1761 hallmark
	TH Thomas Hall: entered 1770- Thomas Hallows: entered 1771 Thomas Hyde: entered 1784- Thomas Hodge; entered 1787- Thomas Harper I: entered 1790- Thomas Hobbs: entered 1796- Thomas Holland II: entered 1798-, London 1799 hallmark
	T.H into an oval T Heatley, Birmingham 1911 hallmark
	T.H into an oval Thomas Heasley 138 Suffolk Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1904 hallmark
	T.H into a lozenge Theodor Hartmann St. Martin's House, 1 Gresham Street and later 14 Paternoster Row, London. Agent importer of item manufactured by the firm of K. Kurz of Kesselstadt, Germany Sheffield 1901 hallmark London 1902 hallmark

	T.H (also into a heart) Thomas Hayes, 21 Spencer Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1897 hallmark Birmingham 1903 hallmark
	T.H into a rectangle Thomas Hayes, 21 Spencer Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1897 hallmark
	TH over GH into a quatrefoil Thomas & George Hayter, entered 1816 London 1822 hallmark
	THH T.H. Hazlewood & Co Birmingham 1910 hallmark
	T.H over R.M into a quatrefoil Thomas Hannam & Richard Mills London 1764 hallmark
	TI over NC Creswick & Co -Thomas, James & Nathaniel Creswick- , Sheffield 1834 hallmark

	TJ Thomas Johnson I , London 1857 hallmark
	T.J Thomas Jenkinson , London 1812 hallmark
	TL or T.L into a rectangle Levesley Brothers -Thomas Levesley-, Central Works, Mary Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1898 hallmark Sheffield 1906 hallmark
	TM into a rectangle Thomas Merry II, entered 1831 London 1837 hallmark
	TM under an asterisk into a rectanglee Thomas Mann, entered 1736 London 1737 hallmark
	TM into a cut corners rectangle Thomas Marples , Sheffield 1868 hallmark

	T.M into a shield, two pellet over and below Thomas Mason, mark entered in 1733 London 1733 hallmark
	T.M into a cut corners rectangle Thomas Marples , Sheffield 1895 hallmark
	T.M into a sort of shield not identified, Sheffield 1861 hallmark
	TN Thomas Northcote, London 1796 hallmark Thomas Northcote was a specialist spoon and fork maker and was apprenticed to Charles Hutton between 1766 and 1771. He entered his first mark (TN) on 20th August 1776 following five years in the workshops of Thomas Chawner. For a brief period in the mid-1790's he worked in partnership with George Bourne (TN/GB), before once again working on his own account. He is particularly noted for the fine quality forks that bear his mark and was probably a specialist in this craft (forks were more difficult to make than spoons). He died in 1798 aged forty nine leaving his widow, Hannah, to continue the business.

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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

TH in script
Thomas Heming,
apprenticed to Edmund Boddington (1738), free 1746. Died between 1795/1801
London 1761 hallmark

TH
Thomas Hall: entered 1770- Thomas Hallows: entered 1771
Thomas Hyde: entered 1784- Thomas Hodge; entered 1787-
Thomas Harper I: entered 1790- Thomas Hobbs: entered 1796-
Thomas Holland II: entered 1798-,
London 1799 hallmark

T.H into an oval
T Heatley,
Birmingham 1911 hallmark

T.H into an oval
Thomas Heasley
138 Suffolk Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1904 hallmark

T.H into a lozenge
Theodor Hartmann
St. Martin's House, 1 Gresham Street and later 14 Paternoster Row, London. Agent importer of item manufactured by the firm of K. Kurz of Kesselstadt, Germany
Sheffield 1901 hallmark
London 1902 hallmark

T.H (also into a heart)
Thomas Hayes,
21 Spencer Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1897 hallmark

Birmingham 1903 hallmark

T.H into a rectangle
Thomas Hayes,
21 Spencer Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1897 hallmark

TH over GH into a quatrefoil
Thomas & George Hayter,
entered 1816
London 1822 hallmark

THH
T.H. Hazlewood & Co
Birmingham 1910 hallmark

T.H over R.M into a quatrefoil
Thomas Hannam & Richard Mills
London 1764 hallmark

TI over NC
Creswick & Co -Thomas, James & Nathaniel Creswick- ,
Sheffield 1834 hallmark

TJ
Thomas Johnson I ,
London 1857 hallmark

T.J
Thomas Jenkinson ,
London 1812 hallmark

TL or T.L into a rectangle
Levesley Brothers -Thomas Levesley-,
Central Works, Mary Street, Sheffield
Sheffield 1898 hallmark

Sheffield 1906 hallmark

TM into a rectangle
Thomas Merry II,
entered 1831
London 1837 hallmark

TM under an asterisk into a rectanglee
Thomas Mann,
entered 1736
London 1737 hallmark

TM into a cut corners rectangle
Thomas Marples ,
Sheffield 1868 hallmark

T.M into a shield, two pellet over and below
Thomas Mason,
mark entered in 1733
London 1733 hallmark

T.M into a cut corners rectangle
Thomas Marples ,
Sheffield 1895 hallmark

T.M into a sort of shield
not identified,
Sheffield 1861 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

TH in scriptThomas Heming,apprenticed to Edmund Boddington (1738), free 1746. Died between 1795/1801 London 1761 hallmark

THThomas Hall: entered 1770- Thomas Hallows: entered 1771 Thomas Hyde: entered 1784- Thomas Hodge; entered 1787- Thomas Harper I: entered 1790- Thomas Hobbs: entered 1796- Thomas Holland II: entered 1798-, London 1799 hallmark

T.H into an ovalT Heatley, Birmingham 1911 hallmark

T.H into an ovalThomas Heasley138 Suffolk Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1904 hallmark

TH over GH into a quatrefoilThomas & George Hayter,entered 1816 London 1822 hallmark

TI over NC Creswick & Co -Thomas, James & Nathaniel Creswick- , Sheffield 1834 hallmark

TJ Thomas Johnson I , London 1857 hallmark

T.J Thomas Jenkinson , London 1812 hallmark

TM into a rectangleThomas Merry II,entered 1831London 1837 hallmark

TM under an asterisk into a rectangleeThomas Mann,entered 1736London 1737 hallmark

TM into a cut corners rectangleThomas Marples , Sheffield 1868 hallmark

T.M into a cut corners rectangleThomas Marples , Sheffield 1895 hallmark