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| BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVER MAKERS MARKS THE DIRECTORY OF MAKER'S MARKS HH - HZ |
| 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 |
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| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES |
| CLICK ON THE YELLOW NAME FOR MAKER'S MARK IMAGE and ON THE GREEN NAME FOR INFORMATION |
H.H without contour (not identified [ B ] ) 1918
H U into two conjoined circles (Hampton Utilities [ B ] ) 20th c./2nd half H U into two conjoined pentagons (Hampton Utilities [ B ] ) 20th c./2nd half HV over AV into a shield (Henry Vander & Arthur Vander -CJ Vander- [ C ][ L ] ) beginning 20th c. H.V.P. over &Co into a shield (H V Pithey & Co [ B ][C] ) 20th c./1st half HW into an octagon (Henry Wilkinson & Co [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half HW into a rectangle (Henry Wilkinson [ L ][S] ) 19th c./2nd half - beginning 20th c. HW into a quatrefoil (not identified [L] ) 1858 HW into a rectangle (not identified [B] ) 1882 H.W (Harry Wigfull of Lee & Wigfull [ L ] ) end 19th c. H.W (Lee & Wigfull -Henry Wigfull- [ L ][ S ] ) end 19th c./ beginning 20th c. H.W cutting in no surround (Arthur Hamill Westwood [B] ) 20th c./2nd half HWC (Henry William Curry [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half HW over & Co into a quatrefoil (Henry Wilkinson & Co [ L ][ S] ) 19th c. HW over & Co into a shield (Henry Wilkinson & Co [ S] ) entered 1851 HW over & Co into a shield (Henry Wilkinson & Co [ S] ) entered before 1877 H over W&Co over Ld (Horace Woodward & Co Ltd [ B ][ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half H.W.D into three circles (Henry William Dee [ L ] ) entered 1867 HW over K (Henry William King [C] ) end 19th c. H.W.Ld. or H-W-Ld (Henry Williamson Ltd [ B ][ C ][ L ][ S ] ) end 19th c./ beginning 20th c. H W Ltd into three squares (not identified [ S ] ) 1899 H.Y without contour (Henry Yardley [ C ][ L ] ) entered c. 1860 HyA into an oval (Henry Adamson [ C ] ) entered c. 1830 HyA into a square (Henry Adamson [ C ] ) entered c. 1830 HZ into a rectangle (Harris Zielinsky [ L ] ) entered 1908 |
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ChesterThe hallmarking of British sterling silver is based on a combination of marks that makes possible the
identification of origin and age of each piece.
Follow this link to learn HOW TO READ ENGLISH/BRITISH STERLING SILVER MARKS
This is the combination of marks used to assay silver:
Town mark, corresponding to the hallmark of the Assay Office which verified the piece
Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifying 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
Follow this link to learn HOW TO READ ENGLISH/BRITISH STERLING SILVER MARKS
This is the combination of marks used to assay silver:
Town mark, corresponding to the hallmark of the Assay Office which verified the piece
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Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifying 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)
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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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