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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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS
ILLUSTRATED LISTING OF SILVER MAKERS MARKS
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| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES |
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ADL
Abraham David Loewenstark,
born circa 1818. He came to England from Cracow and was naturalized on 6 May 1848.He married Sarah (?) circa 1850. Abraham David Loewenstark lived on
6 April 1875 at 210 Strand, London, Middlesex. He appears in a list of Regalia and Jewel manufacturers as:
'1876 A.D. Lowenstark & Sons.
Jewellers, 21 Strand, London, W.C.4'
He died in 1884.
London 1874 hallmark |
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A.D.Ld into a rectangle
Arthur Downing Ltd,
Managed by John Thomas Mantle at 29 Spencer Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1896 hallmark |
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AGB into three conjoined circles
Adrian Gerald Benney,
Adrian Gerald Sallys Benney (born April 1, 1930 - dead June 26, 2008)
Leading late 20th century English silversmith. He opened his first workshop at Whitfield Place in London. In 1963 he moved to Beenham House in
Reading, which was his home and workshop before moving to Wiltshire in 1999. In 1974 he was granted a Royal Warrant by HM The Queen as goldsmith
and silversmith.Further Royal Warrants followed in 1975 from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HM The Queen Mother and in 1980 from HRH The Prince of
Wales.
London 1977 hallmark |
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AH
Alexander Henderson,
apprentice of James Hewitt in 1785. Freeman in 1792. Died 1837.
Held as apprentices James Munro (freeman 1806), John Laurie (freeman 1821), Samuel Weir (freeman 1847), Patrick Sutherland (freeman 1839)
Edinburgh 1798 hallmark |
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AH in script
Alexander Henderson
Edinburgh 1816 hallmark
with WH mark of William Hannay (possibly)
Edinburgh 1823 hallmark
with JH mark of John Henderson |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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MORE on the tutorial:
HOW TO READ ENGLISH/BRITISH STERLING SILVER MARKS
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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