ENGLISH SILVER HALLMARKS DIRECTORY
SILVER MAKERS MARKS IDENTIFICATION
WITH THE ADDITION OF SCOTTISH, IRISH, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND COLONIES SILVERMITHS



created by Giorgio B. owner of
www.silvercollection.it ©  HOME
English home page
versione italiana page d'accueil en francais

This is a page of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1000 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...
SITE MAP    -    HOME PAGE

BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVER MAKERS MARKS
THE DIRECTORY OF MAKER'S MARKS
KA - LZ
AA/AE    AF/AZ    BA/BZ    CA/CH    CI/CZ    DA/DZ    EA/EZ    FA/FZ    GA/GZ    HA/HG    HH/HZ    IA/IG    IH/IZ    JA/JC    JD/JI    JJ/JP    JQ/JS    JT/JZ    KA/LZ    MA/MZ    NA/PA    PB/PZ    QA/RJ    RK/RZ    SA/SG    SH/SZ    TA/TH    TI/TZ    UA/WB    WC/WF    WG/WL    WM/WS    WT/ZZ   

MARKS' 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    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    K&/KZ    L&/LB    LC/LZ    M&/MB    MC/MI    MJ/MZ    N&/NZ    O&/OZ    P&/PK    PL/PZ    QA/QZ    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    U&/UZ    V&/VZ    W&/WA    WB/WB    WC/WC    WD/WE    WF/WG    WH/WL    WM/WM    WN/WR    WS/WS    WT/XZ    Y&/YZ    Z&/ZZ   

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES
A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X/Y    Z   

[B]=BIRMINGHAM   [C]=CHESTER   [D]=DUBLIN   [E]=EDINBURGH   [EX]=EXETER   [G]=GLASGOW    [L]=LONDON   [N]=NEWSCASTLE   [S]=SHEFFIELD   [Y]=YORK
(lower-case letter denote smaller ones but they may be capital letters)
CLICK ON THE YELLOW NAME FOR MAKER'S MARK IMAGE and ON THE GREEN NAME FOR INFORMATION


K&D into two conjoined circles (not identified [S] ) 1939
K&D into a rectangle (Ker & Dempster [E] ) mid 18th c.
K & H over Ltd into a lozenge (Kimberley & Hewett Ltd [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
K&M into an oblong rectangle (Kelly Marshall & Co (possibly) [B] ) beginning 20th c.
K & N into three conjoined circles (not identified [B] ) 1907
K & P without frame (Kapp & Peterson [D] ) 20th c./1st half
K & S inside a rectangle (Kendall & Sons [L] ) 20th c./1st half
KAS into an oval (Kathryn Ann Smith alias Kathryn Ann Stuart [ E ] ) 1988
K.B (Kemp Bros [ B ][ C ][ L ] ) 20th c./1st half
K.B into a rectangle (Kemp Bros [ C ] [ L ] ) beginning 20th c.
K.B into an oval (Kippan Brothers Ltd [ C ] ) entered 1899
KC into an oval (Kenna Kirsten Crawford [ E ] ) entered 1990
K.D into a rectangle (Katharine Dawson [ E ] ) entered 1957
KE into an oval (Keryn Jane Lenman Evely [ E ] ) entered 1976
KELLY into an oblong rectangle (James Joseph Kelly [ D ] ) beginning 20th c.
KFLd into a rectangle (Keyford Frames Ltd [ B ][ L ]) end 20th c.
Kg & Sns into an oblong rectangle (King & Sons [ B ][ C ]) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
K H into two lozenges (Kathrin Hardie [ L ] ) 21th c.
KHS into a rectangle (Keith Smith [ L ] ) 20th c./2nd half
KI into a circle (Keith Ingram [ E ] ) entered 1969
K.J.&.Co. into a rectangle (Kay, Jones & Co [ B ] ) 19th c./2nd half
KK into a rectangle (Karl Karlsson [ L ] ) entered 1903
KK into a lozenge (Kenneth Knight Ltd [ C ] ) entered 1924
KLd (Kigu Ltd [ L ]) 20th c./2nd half
K.Ltd (Kirwan & Co Ltd (possibly) [ B ] ) 20th c.
KM over & Co over Ld into shield (Kemp Brothers [ L ] ) entered 1904
Kp BROs into an oblong chamfered rectangle (Kemp Brothers [ B ][ C ][ L ] ) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
K.P over & over L into a shield (Kleinwort, Peerless & Lewis [ L ] ) entered 1908
K over S I over A into an oval (Keswick School of Industrial Art [ B ][ C ][ E ] ) end of 19th c./20th c./1st half
KW over E C (Kitchen, Walker & Curr [ S ] ) 19th c./1st half
L&A.O into an oval (Louis & Alfred Orlik trading as L&A Orlik [ B ][ C ][ L ] ) beginning 20th c.
L&B (Law & Bayly [ D ] ) end 18th c.
L&B into a rectangle (Larder & Burgess [ S ] ) entered 1904
L& C (Lea & Clark [ B ] ) 19th c./1st half
L& C (W.Lea & Co [ B ] ) 19th c./1st half
L&Co (John Lawrence -say Ledsam Vale & Co. be their authority- [ B ] ) 19th c./1st half
L&Co into three lozenges (Liberty & Co [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
L & over Co into a quatrefoil (Lawson & Co [ G ] ) 20th c./1st half
L & Co into an oval (Loewe & Co [L] ) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
L & P over Ltd into a shield (Lindsay & Paisley Ltd [B][G] ) 20th c./1st half
L&R (Lothian & Robertson [E ] ) 18th c./2nd half
L&R (John Langlands I & John Robertson [N ] ) 18th c./2nd half
L&R inside a rectangle (Lothian & Robertson [ E ]) mid 18th c.
L&S (Levi & Salaman -Phineas Harris Levi & Joseph Wolfe Salaman [ B ] [ C ] ) 20th c./1st half
L&W into a rectangle (not identified [ S ]) 1947
LA (Lawrence Aitchison [ G ] ) mid 19th c.
LA under a crown under a star over a fleur de lys (Paul de Lamerie [ L ] ) entered 1713
LA without frame (Louis Adler [ B ] ) entered 1897
LAC (Lionel Alfred Crichton -Crichton Brothers / Crichton & Co- [ C ][ L ] ) 20th c./1st half
LAW (William Law [ D ] ) 19th c.


LAW under a crown into a clover (West & Son -Langley Archer West- [ L ] ) entered 1894
LAW and TT (William Law and Thomas Tudor [ D ]) 19th c./1st half
L.B (Leech Brothers [ B ]) 19th c./2nd half
L.B without frame (Louis Blumfeld trading as Adolph Frankau & Co Ltd [ B ][ L ]) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
LB and English pseudo-hallmarks (Lodewyk Beck [CAPE] ) 1850 c.
LB over &Co and English pseudo-hallmarks (Lattery Brothers [Calcutta INDIA] ) end 19th c.
LB &Co (L Bennet & Co [ B ] ) end 19th c./beginning 20th c.
L.B&M into an oblong rectangle (Lines, Bunn & Mason [B] ) end 19th c.
L over B M over M into a quatrefoil (Marlow Brothers [L] ) 20th c./2nd half
LC over & over C Ld into a quaterfoil (Liberty & Co Ltd [ B ] ) beginning 20th c.
L.C over G.C into a quatrefoil (Louisa Coultauld & George Cowles [L] ) 18th c./2nd half
L.D (Louis Ducomieu [ L ] ) 18th c./2nd half
L.D (Louis Dee [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half
L.D into an oval (Louis Dessoutter [L] ) entered 1897
L.E (Lawrence Emanuel [ B ] ) end of 19th c./20th c./1st half
LE into a square (Lawrence Emanuel [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
L.E.Mc.C (L E McCann [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
L.F.B&Co into a rectangle (L.F. Brenner & Co [ L ] ) 20th c./1st half
LG intertwined into a shield (Lambert & Co - George Lambert- [ L ] ) 19th c./2nd half
LGD (Leslie Durbin [ L ] ) 20th c./2nd half
L.H into an oval (Leopold Heinzelmann [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
LH and English pseudo-hallmarks (Louis Hulsman [CANADA] ) 1799-1815
LJM into a circle (L J Millington [ B ] ) end 20th c./beginning 21st c.
LK into a rectangle (Laurence Keary [ D ] ) 19th c./1st half
LI into a rectangle (John Lingard [ L ] ) entered 1718
L.I into a lobed contour (Lawrence Johnson [ L ] ) entered 1751
L.I into a chamfered rectangle (Lucien Inger [ L ] ) entered 1889
LL (Joseph Law, John Oxley & Henry Atkin [ S ] ) 19th c./1st half
LL into an oval (L. Links [ E ] ) 21st c.
L.L without frame (Louis Landsberg [ L ] ) entered 1890
L.Ltd (Lanson Ltd [ B ] ) 20th c.
LM into a rectangle (Lewis Mettayer [ L ] ) entered 1720
LM into a rectangle (Louis Minoggio [ L ] ) entered 1871
LM into a shield (Louis Movio [ L ] ) entered 1894
LMS into three conjoined circles (Lillian Molyneux Stubbs [ C ] ) 19th c./2nd half
LN (Laurence Nowlan [ D ] ) 19th c./1st half
LO under a 'key' over a dot (Nathaniel Lock [ L ] ) entered 1699
LP (Lewis Pantin [ L ] ) 18th c./1st half
L.P &A (Lloyd, Paine & Amiel [ B ] ) 20th c./1st half
L.R (Loewe Rosenthal [ L ] ) end 19th c.
LR&Co into four circles (not identified [ S ] ) 1934
L.R.Ltd without contour (Louis Raynor Ltd [ C ] ) entered 1916
LRW into an oblong chamfered rectangle (Lawrence R Watson & Co Ltd [ B ][ S ] ) 20th c./2nd half
LS (Lewis Samuel [ L ] ) 19th c./1st half
L.S (L Spiers [ B ] ) 19th c./2nd half
L.S. (not identified [ L ] ) 1951
L.S &Co into a lozenge (Lionel Smith & Co [ B ][ C ] ) 20th c./1st half
L.T and English pseudo-hallmarks (Lawrence Twentyman [CAPE] ) 1830 c.
LU (Leonard Urquhart [ E ] ) 19th c./1st half
L.V &W (Ledsam, Vale & Wheeler [ B ] ) 19th c./1st half
LW into a chamfered shape (Louis Willmott [L] ) entered 1906
L.W over H.H into a shield (Louis Weill & Henry Harburg [L] ) entered 1876
Ly & Co (Liberty & Co [ E ][ L ] ) 20th c.





BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

|DUTY MARKS|    |LEOPARD'S HEAD|    |LONDON MARKS|    |WOMEN SILVERSMITHS|    |PSEUDO HALLMARKS|    |IMPORT MARKS|    |CONTEMPORARY MARKS|    |JOURNEYMAN MARKS|    |HERALDRY & FAMILY CRESTS|    |OLD ADVERTISEMENTS|    |FACTORIES & SHOPS: OLD IMAGES|    |ARTICLES ON ENGLISH SILVER|   


The hallmarking of British sterling silver is based on a combination of marks that makes possible the identification of origin and age of each piece.
Follow this link to learn HOW TO READ ENGLISH/BRITISH STERLING SILVER MARKS

This is the combination of marks used to assay silver:

Town mark, corresponding to the hallmark of the Assay Office which verified the piece


London town mark    Sheffield town mark    Birmingham town mark    Newcastle town mark    Dublin town mark    Edinburgh town mark    Glasgow town mark

Lion passant guardant or Britannia or lion's head erased, certifying the silver quality

lion passant: 1598-1820    lion passant: after 1820    Britannia and lion's head erased: from 1697 to 1718


Maker's mark, identifying the silversmith presenting the piece to the assay office (usually the initials of Christian name and surname of the silversmith)

examples of maker's mark


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

London date letter 'a' London date letter 'a'


A further mark was used in the period 1784 - 1890:
Sovereign head ('duty mark'), certifying the payment of the duty


Sovereign head: duty mark George III, 1784 Sovereign head: duty mark George III, 1795 Sovereign head: duty mark George IV, 1822 Sovereign head: duty mark George IV, 1825 Sovereign head: duty mark William IV, 1835 Sovereign head: duty mark Victoria, 1838


SILVER MARKS AND HALLMARKS DIRECTORY
worldwide hallmarks overview WORLD OVERVIEW   (under construction)      Argentina     Australia      Austria      Austria-Hungary      Belgium      Brazil      Canada      Cape Colony      Channel Islands      Chinese Export Silver      Colombia      Czechoslovakia      Czechia/Czech Republic      Denmark      Egypt      England, Scotland, Ireland (town)      Estonia      Europe hallmarks      Finland      France      Germany      Hanau      Hungary      Iran (Persia)      Ireland      Italy      Latvia      Lithuania      Malta      Mexico      The Netherlands      Norway      Peru      Pipe makers and pipe mounters      Poland      Portugal      Romania      Russia      Russia (Artels)      Russia (Kokoshnik)      Scotland      Scotland (Provincial)      Slovakia      South Africa      Spain      Sri Lanka      Sweden      Switzerland      UK makers (sterling)      UK (contemporary marks)      USA (sterling)      Yogya silver


HOME - SILVER DICTIONARY - HALLMARKS (STERLING) - MARKS (SILVERPLATE) - SILVERSMITHS - ARTICLES - MY COLLECTION - SITE MAP - COOKIES CONSENT AND PRIVACY

This page was useful? leave your LIKE on facebookgo to facebook page

work in progress on this page - your help, corrections and suggestions will be greatly appreciated -