English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification SS-SZ

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	SS Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd -Samuel Smily-, Samuel Smily was manager of A.B. Savory & Sons silver manufactory, suceeding his father William Smily. He retired in 1880 London 1871 SMILY FAMILY: HISTORY AND MARKS
	S.S into an oval Stephen Smith, King Street, Covent Garden, London entered 1865 London 1871 courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	S.S.D over E.D into a shield Drew & Sons -Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew-, London 1912
	S S over Ltd into a trefoil Sterling Silverware Ltd, Arundel Street, Sheffield Sheffield 1977 mark
	SSM not identified, Birmingham 1936 mark
	S.S over W.N into a quatrefoil S.S over W.N into a square Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, entered 1850 Duke Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London Birmingham 1860 mark
	St into an oval indented contour Thomas Stackhouse, mark entered in 1715 London 1715 mark
	S.T.O into a chamfered rectangle Sidney Thomas Oldridge -Grey & Co-, mark entered in 1887 London 1888 mark

	SW Samuel Wood, London 1761 hallmark
	SW into a chamfered rectangle Samuel Whithford II or Samuel Wheatley, London 1817 mark
	SW into a rectangle Samuel Weir - possibly-, Edinburgh 1854 mark
	SW not identified, London 1988 hallmark
	S.W.G &Co S W Goode & Co , Birmingham 1924 hallmark

	SWS into a shield Samuel Walton Smith , London 1893 hallmark Birmingham 1897 hallmark
	SWS over & Co into a shield S W Smith & Co , Birmingham 1942 hallmark London 1910 hallmark
	Sy under a bird over a fleur de lys Richard Syng, London 1698 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	S.Z. Sigmund Zyto, London 1925 hallmark

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

London

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

SS
Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd -Samuel Smily-,
Samuel Smily was manager of A.B. Savory & Sons silver manufactory, suceeding his father William Smily. He retired in 1880
London 1871
SMILY FAMILY: HISTORY AND MARKS

S.S into an oval
Stephen Smith,
King Street, Covent Garden, London
entered 1865
London 1871
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

S.S.D over E.D into a shield
Drew & Sons -Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew-,
London 1912

S S over Ltd into a trefoil
Sterling Silverware Ltd,
Arundel Street, Sheffield
Sheffield 1977 mark

SSM
not identified,
Birmingham 1936 mark

S.S over W.N into a quatrefoil
S.S over W.N into a square
Stephen Smith & William Nicholson,
entered 1850
Duke Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London
Birmingham 1860 mark

St into an oval indented contour
Thomas Stackhouse,
mark entered in 1715
London 1715 mark

S.T.O into a chamfered rectangle
Sidney Thomas Oldridge -Grey & Co-,
mark entered in 1887
London 1888 mark

SW
Samuel Wood,
London 1761 hallmark

SW into a chamfered rectangle
Samuel Whithford II or Samuel Wheatley,
London 1817 mark

SW into a rectangle
Samuel Weir - possibly-,
Edinburgh 1854 mark

SW
not identified,
London 1988 hallmark

S.W.G &Co
S W Goode & Co ,
Birmingham 1924 hallmark

SWS into a shield
Samuel Walton Smith ,
London 1893 hallmark

Birmingham 1897 hallmark

SWS over & Co into a shield
S W Smith & Co ,
Birmingham 1942 hallmark

London 1910 hallmark

Sy under a bird over a fleur de lys
Richard Syng,
London 1698 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

S.Z.
Sigmund Zyto,
London 1925 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

SSGoldsmiths Alliance Ltd -Samuel Smily-,Samuel Smily was manager of A.B. Savory & Sons silver manufactory, suceeding his father William Smily. He retired in 1880 London 1871 SMILY FAMILY: HISTORY AND MARKS

S.S into an ovalStephen Smith,King Street, Covent Garden, Londonentered 1865London 1871 courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

S.S.D over E.D into a shield Drew & Sons -Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew-, London 1912

S S over Ltd into a trefoilSterling Silverware Ltd,Arundel Street, SheffieldSheffield 1977 mark

SSMnot identified, Birmingham 1936 mark

S.S over W.N into a quatrefoilS.S over W.N into a squareStephen Smith & William Nicholson,entered 1850Duke Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, LondonBirmingham 1860 mark

St into an oval indented contourThomas Stackhouse,mark entered in 1715 London 1715 mark

S.T.O into a chamfered rectangleSidney Thomas Oldridge -Grey & Co-,mark entered in 1887 London 1888 mark

SWSamuel Wood, London 1761 hallmark

SW into a chamfered rectangleSamuel Whithford II or Samuel Wheatley, London 1817 mark

SW into a rectangleSamuel Weir - possibly-, Edinburgh 1854 mark

SWnot identified, London 1988 hallmark

S.W.G &CoS W Goode & Co , Birmingham 1924 hallmark

SWS into a shield Samuel Walton Smith , London 1893 hallmarkBirmingham 1897 hallmark

SWS over & Co into a shieldS W Smith & Co , Birmingham 1942 hallmarkLondon 1910 hallmark

Sy under a bird over a fleur de lysRichard Syng, London 1698 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

S.Z. Sigmund Zyto, London 1925 hallmark