HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS

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	PL under a crown over a fleur de lys Pierre Platel, London 1699 hallmark
	PL and English pseudo-duty mark Pierre Lesperance, a Canada silversmith Trained by Francois Sasseville. Became his partner and successor Montreal - Quebec 1819-1882 mark
	P.L under a crown and star over a fleur de lys Paul de Lamerie, entered 1733 London 1737 hallmark PAUL DE LAMERIE. HISTORY , MARKS, INFORMATION
	P.L in script under a crown over a pellet Paul de Lamerie, entered 1739 London 1741 hallmark PAUL DE LAMERIE. HISTORY , MARKS, INFORMATION
	PM P Moore Dublin 1820 hallmark
	PN and English pseudo-hallmarks Peter Nordbeck, a Canada silversmith Born in Germany (1789), received there his training as gilder, jeweller and silversmith. Used the mark N.S. for Nova Scotia. Entered into partnership with Henry Mignowitz and a Mr. Clark. This partnership was dissolved in 1827. Established Nordbeck & Co in 1827. Died in 1861. Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861 mark

	PN into two squares not identified Birmingham 1988 hallmark
	PN NS and English pseudo-hallmarks Peter Nordbeck, a Canada silversmith Halifax - Nova Scotia 1789-1861 mark
	P.ORR &SONS Peter Orr & Sons founded in Madras in 1851 by Peter Nicholas Orr, a watchmaker from London. One of the largest and most successful silver manufacturers in India, the Orr workshop produced tableware and gold, gilt, and silver "swami" jewelry populated with Indian deities and exotic scenes. Madras (India) 1892 hallmark
	PP in script under a star into a trefoil Pezé Pilleau London 1751 hallmark
	PPLd without contour PPLd into a chamfered rectangle Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd Vyse Street, Birmingham Chester 1910 hallmark London 1916 import hallmark Chester 1900 hallmark

	P over Pltd into a shield Poston Products Ltd Birmingham 1963 hallmark Sheffield 1962 hallmark
	PR into a rectangle Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh 1789 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	PR Phillip Rundell, London 1821 hallmark
	PS into two indented conjoined circles Paul Storr London 1836 hallmark London 1819 hallmark

	P.S into two conjoined circles Paul Storr, London 1797 hallmark
	PW Peter Walsh or Philip Weekes, Dublin 1833 hallmark
	P.W Percy Horace Arthur Whitehouse London 1907 hallmark

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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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