English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification A&-AC

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	&ACo over Ltd into a quatrefoil Asprey&Co Limited, London 1955 hallmark....MORE....
	& C co into three conjoined circles Collingwood & Co, 46 Conduit Street-Bond Street, London Founded by Joseph Kitching in 1817 became Collingwood & Son, then Collingwood & Co (1876), Collingwood Ltd (1924) London 1928 hallmark
	& over H over s into a shield not identified, London 1931 hallmark
	& over W.B over S into a quatrefoil William Base & Sons, Birmingham 1922 hallmark
	& over WW into a trefoil Wakely & Wheeler, A London silversmith firm whose origin go back to 1791, when John Lias began in business as a buckle-maker. In 1818 he took as his partner his son Henry Lias I and they were joined from 1823 to 1837 by another son, Charles. Henry Lias I and his son Henry Lias II were partners from 1850. In 1879 Henry Lias II formed a firm with James Wakely. In 1884 the firm consisted of James Wakely and Frank Wheeler, becoming Wakely & Wheeler in 1909. In 1957 the business was acquired by Padgett & Braham Ltd....MORE.... London 1910 hallmark London 1978 hallmark
	A&Co into a pentagon Asprey&Co Limited, Chester 1905 hallmark....MORE....
	A&Co Ltd into a shaped rectangle Asprey&Co Limited, Birmingham 1928 hallmark....MORE....

	A&CoLtd Asprey&Co Limited, A business which is supposed to have been established in 1781 at Mitcham, Surrey, by Willian Asprey (died 1827). The business was continued by Francis Kennedy (1804), Kennedy & Asprey (1841-1843), Charles Asprey (1843-1872), Charles Asprey & Son (1872-1879), Charles Asprey & Sons (1879-1888), C & G.E. Asprey (1888-1900), Asprey (& Co) (1900-1909), Asprey & Co Ltd (from 1909)....MORE.... London 1936 + King Jubilee hallmark London 1910 hallmark
	A&D into a chamfered rectangle Allen & Darwin -Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin-, Portland Works, 55 Arundel Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1906 hallmark
	A& G.C A & G Cairncross, Edinburgh 1968 hallmark
	A& J.Z Arthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd, registered in May 1885. Had three addresses : Regent Place, Birmingham, Lozells Street, Birmingham and Hall Road, Birmingham Birmingham 1905 hallmark
	A& over JZ into a shield Arthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd , Birmingham 1902 hallmark
	A&LLd Adie & Lovekin Ltd, Birmingham 1904 hallmark
	A & N over C.S.L into a lobed contour Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd London 1907 hallmark
	A&O Atkin & Oxley: Henry Atkin & John Oxley, Eyre Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1840 hallmark
	A&S Aston & Son , Birmingham 1859 hallmark
	AB into rectangle Abraham Brownett, entered 1863 London 1864 hallmark
	AB into an oval A. Beardshaw & Co, Sheffield 1912 hallmark
	AB into a trapezium Amanda Birkett, born 1957 London 2005 hallmark

	A.B& C.o A Bromet & Co, Jewin Street, London Birmingham 1905 hallmark
	AB&Co Albert Baker & Co (1898) Ltd, Listed in 1901 as tobacco manufacturers at 65 Holloway Road, London. Out of business in 1939 Birmingham 1909 hallmark
	AB&S into a shield Andrew Barrett & Sons, Piccadilly, London Birmingham 1892 hallmark Chester 1919 hallmark
	AB&ss into a shield Andrew Barrett & Sons, Birmingham 1911 hallmark
	A B D into three conjoined circles not identified, London 1936 hallmark
	A.B over G.B Alice and George Burrows, London 1808 hallmark

	A.BROS Ld Atkinson Brothers Ltd , Sheffield 1899 hallmark
	A BROS LTD Adie Brothers Ltd, The firm was incorporated in 1906 joining the firms of McKewan & Adie (manufacturing jewellers, gold and silversmiths) and E.S. Barnsley & Co (box and packing case makers). The firm was controlled by Percy Adie until WWII and afterwards by Tony Adie and Frank Taylor. In the 1960s the firm became part of British Silverware and closed in 1968 Birmingham 1960 hallmark Birmingham 1952 hallmark + Coronation mark Birmingham 1957 hallmark
	AB.S into a rectangle Adey Bellamy Savory, mark entered in 1826 London 1830 hallmark
	A Bs into two separate squares Ahronsberg Brothers , Birmingham 1893 hallmark
	AC A Coghill, Glasgow 1847 hallmark
	AC into two conjoined circles Alfred Clark, London 1913 hallmark
	AC into a wavy round contour Albert Carter, Vicarage Works, 40 Frederick St, Birmingham, Birmingham 1945 hallmark
	AC into two separate squares not identified , London 1986 hallmark
	A.C into a shield Alexander Clark, entered Oct 1894 The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company, entered May 1898, Sheffield 1898 hallmark *MORE*
	A.C &Co into an oblong chamfered rectangle Cohen & Charles -Albert Cohen & Charles Solomon-, firm established in 1890 in Vyse Street, Birmingham, with offices at 11 Thavies Inn, Holborn, London. In 1958 took over S.J. Rose & Sons (incorporated in the company in 1974). Chester 1896 hallmark Birmingham 1895
	A.C &Ss over Ld A C & Sons Ltd, London 1971 hallmark

	AC co over ld into an oval Alexander Clark & Co Limited, Business established in 1891 in London by Clift Alexander Mawer Clark known as Alexander Clark. The firm became The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co in 1898 and The Alexander Clark Co Ltd in 1912 Birmingham 1902 hallmark Sheffield 1937 hallmark *MORE*
	A.C.H not identified, London 1951 hallmark
	AC over MCo into a shield Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co, Sheffield 1901 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk *MORE*

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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Birmingham

Dublin

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Sheffield

Chester

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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

&ACo over Ltd into a quatrefoil
Asprey&Co Limited,
London 1955 hallmark....MORE....

& C co into three conjoined circles
Collingwood & Co,
46 Conduit Street-Bond Street, London
Founded by Joseph Kitching in 1817 became Collingwood & Son, then Collingwood & Co (1876), Collingwood Ltd (1924)
London 1928 hallmark

& over H over s into a shield
not identified,
London 1931 hallmark

& over W.B over S into a quatrefoil
William Base & Sons,
Birmingham 1922 hallmark

A&Co into a pentagon
Asprey&Co Limited,
Chester 1905 hallmark....MORE....

A&Co Ltd into a shaped rectangle
Asprey&Co Limited,
Birmingham 1928 hallmark....MORE....

A&D into a chamfered rectangle
Allen & Darwin -Charles James Allen & Sidney Darwin-,
Portland Works, 55 Arundel Street, Sheffield
Sheffield 1906 hallmark

A& G.C
A & G Cairncross,
Edinburgh 1968 hallmark

A& J.Z
Arthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd,
registered in May 1885. Had three addresses : Regent Place, Birmingham, Lozells Street, Birmingham and Hall Road, Birmingham
Birmingham 1905 hallmark

A& over JZ into a shield
Arthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd ,
Birmingham 1902 hallmark

A&LLd
Adie & Lovekin Ltd,
Birmingham 1904 hallmark

A & N over C.S.L into a lobed contour
Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd
London 1907 hallmark

A&O
Atkin & Oxley: Henry Atkin & John Oxley,
Eyre Street, Sheffield
Sheffield 1840 hallmark

A&S
Aston & Son ,
Birmingham 1859 hallmark

AB into rectangle
Abraham Brownett,
entered 1863
London 1864 hallmark

AB into an oval
A. Beardshaw & Co,
Sheffield 1912 hallmark

AB into a trapezium
Amanda Birkett,
born 1957
London 2005 hallmark

A.B& C.o
A Bromet & Co,
Jewin Street, London
Birmingham 1905 hallmark

AB&Co
Albert Baker & Co (1898) Ltd,
Listed in 1901 as tobacco manufacturers at 65 Holloway Road, London. Out of business in 1939
Birmingham 1909 hallmark

AB&S into a shield
Andrew Barrett & Sons,
Piccadilly, London
Birmingham 1892 hallmark

Chester 1919 hallmark

AB&ss into a shield
Andrew Barrett & Sons,
Birmingham 1911 hallmark

A B D into three conjoined circles
not identified,
London 1936 hallmark

A.B over G.B
Alice and George Burrows,
London 1808 hallmark

A.BROS Ld
Atkinson Brothers Ltd ,
Sheffield 1899 hallmark

AB.S into a rectangle
Adey Bellamy Savory,
mark entered in 1826
London 1830 hallmark

A Bs into two separate squares
Ahronsberg Brothers ,
Birmingham 1893 hallmark

AC
A Coghill,
Glasgow 1847 hallmark

AC into two conjoined circles
Alfred Clark,
London 1913 hallmark

AC into a wavy round contour
Albert Carter,
Vicarage Works, 40 Frederick St, Birmingham,
Birmingham 1945 hallmark

AC into two separate squares
not identified ,
London 1986 hallmark

A.C into a shield
Alexander Clark, entered Oct 1894
The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company, entered May 1898,
Sheffield 1898 hallmark
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A.C &Ss over Ld
A C & Sons Ltd,
London 1971 hallmark

A.C.H
not identified,
London 1951 hallmark

AC over MCo into a shield
Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co,
Sheffield 1901 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

&ACo over Ltd into a quatrefoilAsprey&Co Limited, London 1955 hallmark....MORE....

& C co into three conjoined circles Collingwood & Co,46 Conduit Street-Bond Street, LondonFounded by Joseph Kitching in 1817 became Collingwood & Son, then Collingwood & Co (1876), Collingwood Ltd (1924)London 1928 hallmark

& over W.B over S into a quatrefoil William Base & Sons, Birmingham 1922 hallmark

A&Co into a pentagon Asprey&Co Limited, Chester 1905 hallmark....MORE....

A&Co Ltd into a shaped rectangleAsprey&Co Limited, Birmingham 1928 hallmark....MORE....

A& G.C A & G Cairncross, Edinburgh 1968 hallmark

A& J.Z Arthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd,registered in May 1885. Had three addresses : Regent Place, Birmingham, Lozells Street, Birmingham and Hall Road, Birmingham Birmingham 1905 hallmark

A& over JZ into a shieldArthur & John Zimmerman or A & J Zimmerman Ltd , Birmingham 1902 hallmark

A&OAtkin & Oxley: Henry Atkin & John Oxley,Eyre Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1840 hallmark

A&S Aston & Son , Birmingham 1859 hallmark

AB into an oval A. Beardshaw & Co, Sheffield 1912 hallmark

AB into a trapeziumAmanda Birkett,born 1957London 2005 hallmark

A.B& C.o A Bromet & Co,Jewin Street, London Birmingham 1905 hallmark

AB&Co Albert Baker & Co (1898) Ltd,Listed in 1901 as tobacco manufacturers at 65 Holloway Road, London. Out of business in 1939 Birmingham 1909 hallmark

AB&ss into a shieldAndrew Barrett & Sons,Birmingham 1911 hallmark

A B D into three conjoined circlesnot identified, London 1936 hallmark

A.B over G.B Alice and George Burrows, London 1808 hallmark

A.BROS Ld Atkinson Brothers Ltd , Sheffield 1899 hallmark

AB.S into a rectangleAdey Bellamy Savory,mark entered in 1826 London 1830 hallmark

A Bs into two separate squaresAhronsberg Brothers , Birmingham 1893 hallmark

ACA Coghill, Glasgow 1847 hallmark

AC into two conjoined circlesAlfred Clark, London 1913 hallmark

AC into two separate squaresnot identified , London 1986 hallmark

A.C into a shieldAlexander Clark, entered Oct 1894The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company, entered May 1898, Sheffield 1898 hallmark MORE

A.C &Ss over LdA C & Sons Ltd, London 1971 hallmark

A.C.H not identified, London 1951 hallmark

AC over MCo into a shieldAlexander Clark Manufacturing Co, Sheffield 1901 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk MORE