THE DIRECTORY OF AUSTRALIA SILVERSMITHS
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| AUSTRALIA SILVERSMITHS ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS |
| In Australia there never has been and still isn't any universal hallmarking system. Some of the states implemented their own systems around 1900 but these seemed to disappear from around 1940. Most Australian Silver will be marked STG SIL, S SIL, STG and STERLING SIL. Sometimes with a makers mark. The early silversmiths liked to copy English hallmarks but with their own twist. The lion passant is often used but in conjunction with sterling silver in some form. Also look for distinctly Australian motifs like a gum nuts, kangaroo, emu and koala. |
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AUSTRALIA AND ITS SILVER
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A into a circle ....................................... Allen Samuel Geoffrey A.D, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Dick Alexander A.DICK, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Dick Alexander AK into an oval, STG SILVER ....................................... Kean Tony ANGUS & COOTE LTD ....................................... Angus & Coote Ltd APEX ............................. Rodd (Australia) Ltd A.R, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Robertson Alexander B&McD ....................................... Brush & Macdonnell BASSÉ ADELAIDE, pseudo English hallmarks ....................... Basse Frederick BASSÉ STL SILVER ....................... Basse Frederick BJ into a circle ............. unidentified BOOMERANG PLATE .............................. Stokes & Son BRADSHAW ................ Bradshaw BRUGGEMANN BARRIER SILVER ....................... Bruggemnn HW BRUNKHORST, pseudo English hallmarks ....................... Brunkhorst August L. C.L. QUIST ....................................... Quist Christian Ludwig CARIS, swan ..................... Caris Bros CARL ZOELLER ..................... Carl Zoeller CB, emu, kangaroo ....................................... Brentani Charles CEF, various symbols ....................................... Firnhaber Charles Edward C.G., W and various symbols ....................................... unidentified CH, English pseudo hallmarks ................................. Hendrick Charles (possibly) CHARLES BENNETT in script ....................................... Bennett Charles CR into a heart .................. unidentified D.B.S ....................................... Denis Bros D.J.Ltd ......................... David Jones Ltd DB in script, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Barclay David DENIS BROS ........................ Denis Bros DENIS BROS, STERLING ............ Denis Bros DICK, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Dick Alexander DOIG & HORN ..................... Doig & Horn DRUMMOND ....................................... Drummond William E.H. STG SILVER INVICTA ....................................... Harrop Edwin EJ HOLLINGDALE in script ................... Hollingdale Edgar Joseph EJ lowercase into a square ....................................... Carr Eric EVAN JONES .................... Jones Evan F&R ....................................... Fairfax & Roberts FISCHER ....................................... Fischer Edward Francis Gunther FL, pseudo English hallmarks ....................................... Lynn Felix GEO H.HARMFIELD ....................................... Armfield George H. GEORGIAN .............................. Stokes & Son GOLDING, STG SILVER ....................................... Golding William H.YOUNG &COMP ....................................... Young & Company HACKER ....................................... Hacker Silver Plate Mfg Co HAMMERTON ....................................... J.Hammerton & Son HARDY into five squares ....................................... Hardy Bros Ltd HARDY BROTHERS ....................................... Hardy Bros Ltd HARRIS & SON, lion ....................................... Harris & Son HB conjoined into a rectangle, crown ................. Hardy Bros Ltd HBrs, crown, lion ....................................... Hardy Bros Ltd HC, various symbols ....................................... Cohen Henry HECWORTH .......................... Platers Pty Ltd HECWORTH ...................... Rodd (Australia) Ltd H.MEYER, star ...................... Meyer Johannes HST, kangaroo, emu, pseudo English marks ................... Steiner Henry IMPERIAL ....................................... Phoenix Manufacturing Company J&H ....................................... unidentified JAL ST SILVER ....................................... Linton Jamie J. WA LK ER ..................... unidentified J.H.P., lion ....................... Pace John Henry J.M.W, English pseudo hallmarks .............................. Wendt Joachin Matthias J.M.WENDT, English pseudo hallmarks ......................... Wendt Joachim Matthias J.R, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Robertson James JC, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Cohen Joel John JJ, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Josephson Jacob J.M. WENDT, ADELAIDE and English pseudo marks ....................... Wendt Joachim Matthias JM DEMPSTER LTD ....................................... JM Dempster Ltd JM, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... McLean John JM, star ...................... Meyer Johannes JS, snchor, kangoroo ....................................... Schomberg Julius J S & S in a trefoil ....................................... J.W. Steeth and Son K&Co, emu, kangaroo ....................................... Kilpatrick & Co L&S ....................................... unidentified L, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Lamb Richard Lamb suspended to a ribbon 9nto a shield (figural) ........... Angus & Coote Ltd LEWBERRY ....................................... Tilbury & Lewis M, bird, cross ....................................... Mole Fredereick James M.K, kangaroo, lion ....................................... M.Kendrick or Fidler & Kendrick McBEAN ....................................... McBean James & Son MM ....................................... Mather Margaret NEWMAN, ST.SILVER ....................................... Newman Henry PARAMOUNT PLATE ....................................... McDonald & Co PEETZ ....................................... Peetz Boris PERFECTION into a circle ....................................... Angus & Coote Ltd PH 'animal''human head''emu' ....................................... unidentified PP into a square ....................................... Angus & Coote Ltd PROUD ....................................... Proud W.J. PROUD'S, STERLING SILVER, 925 ....................................... Proud W.J. RB, pseudo English hallmarks ....................................... Broad Robert REGAL ....................................... Regal Silver Plate Co Ltd R.E.F. and crossed hammers ....................................... unidentified RODD ................. Rodd (Australia) Ltd RUNDLE .................. Angus & Coote Ltd S inside a star ....................................... Stokes S&S, boomerang ................... Stokes S.C, kangaroo ..................... Clayton Samuel SARGISON ...................... Sargison Arold F. SCANDIA ...................... Scandia SCHAFER ...................... Schafer Edward SD&Co ....................................... Stewart Dawson & Co SHEFFIELD M& P CO LTD SYDNEY ............. Sheffield Manufacturing & Plating Co Ltd SILCRAFT ........................ Silcraft Pty Ltd SNOW ........................ Snow Bros - J.T. Snow STEETH & SON ....................................... J.W. Steeth and Son STEVENSON ....................................... Stevenson Walter Hunter STEWART DAWSON & CO .............................. Stewart Dawson & Co STOKES .............................. Stokes & Son SUHARD & CO ........................ Suhard & Co SUPERIOR PLATE ........................ Hacker Silver Plate Mfg Co SUTTON ...................... Angus & Coote Ltd T&L ....................................... Tilbury & Lewis T&S ....................................... Taylor & Sharp TW, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Willis Thomas W into a chanfered square ....................................... Willis & Sons W.BROS ....................................... Walsh W.D. & Co .................. Drummond William W.E, emu, kangaroo ....................................... Edwards William W.GOLDING, STG SILVER ....................................... Golding William W.J.S, elephant ....................................... Sanders W.J. W.KERR ....................................... Kerr William WALSH & SONs ....................................... Walsh WENDT, English pseudo hallmarks .................. Wendt Joachin Matthias WH, pseudo English hallmarks ....................................... Harley Walter WINDSOR PLATE ....................................... McDonald & Co WJMcD, anchor ....................................... MacDonnell W. & Co Wm DRUMMOND & CO ....................................... Drummond William WP, English pseudo hallmarks ....................................... Park William |
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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER -
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
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| IMAGES | A& AC |
AD AK |
AL AZ |
B& BB |
BC BO |
BP BZ |
C& CA |
CB CC |
CD CF |
CG CL |
CM CS |
CT CZ |
D& DB |
DC DL |
DM DZ |
E& EA |
EB ED |
EE EH |
EI EO |
EP EZ |
F& FD |
FE FJ |
FK FZ |
G& GB |
GC GG |
GH GL |
GM GR |
GS GZ |
| IMAGES | H& H& |
HA HB |
HC HE |
HF HL |
HM HU |
HV HZ |
I& IG |
IH IL |
IM IZ |
J& JA |
JB JC |
JD JG |
JH JK |
JL JQ |
JR JR |
JS JS |
JT JZ |
KA KZ |
L& LB |
LC LZ |
M& MB |
MC MI |
MJ MZ |
N& NZ |
OA OZ |
P& PK |
PL PZ |
QA QZ |
| IMAGES | R& RB |
RC RG |
RH RK |
RL RQ |
RR RZ |
S& SB |
SC SI |
SJ SR |
SS SZ |
T& TC |
TD TG |
TH TN |
TO TS |
TT TZ |
UA UZ |
V& VZ |
W& WA |
WB WB |
WC WC |
WD WE |
WF WG |
WH WL |
WM WM |
WN WR |
WS WS |
WT XZ |
YA YZ |
ZA ZZ |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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AUSTRALIA AND ITS SILVER
A BRIEF HISTORY
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| Australia in the 19th century was made up of six separate
colonies, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia, South Australia
(including, at this time, also the Northern Territories). In term of working silversmiths only three colonies supported any number of craftsmen, namely South Wales capital, Sydney, Victoria, capital Melbourne and South Australia capital, Adelaide. In the first half of the 19th century inhabitants of Australia were few tenths of thousands and pre 1850 Australian silver by comparison to colonial silver in general must be considered very rare. Most working silversmiths with retail business carried imported silver or plated items as current stock and locally produced items were manufactured only to fulfill immediate orders (as presentation trophies) when the waiting time to order pieces from England was too long. No form of official mark or date letter system was introduced into the hallmarking of Australian silver. Early Australian silversmiths marked their objects with their full name or initials and imitations of English hallmarks as leopard's heads, lions and anchors. In 1988 was formed the Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia. A voluntary system of marking was introduced (maker's mark, standard mark, guild mark and date letter). |
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