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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES
THE DIRECTORY NAMES
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVERSMITHS' NAMES
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BRITISH SILVERSMITHS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVER MAKERS MARKS
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   

[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)
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  SILVERSMITH'S NAME


Thomas William LACK [ C ][ L ]
J R & W LAING -James Rankine Laing & William Laing- [ G ]
John LAMBE [ L ]
John LAMBE [ L ]
George LAMBERT [ L ]
LAMBERT & Co -Herbert Charles Lambert- [ L ]
Paul de LAMERIE [ L ]
Paul de LAMERIE [ L ]
Paul de LAMERIE [ L ]
John LAMPFERT [L]
Boaz Moses LANDECK [ C ]
Samuel Boyce LANDECK [ C ][ L ]
Samuel Boyce LANDECK [ S ]
Louis LANDSBERG [ L ]
R. LANDSTONE & Co [ L ]
Dorothy LANGLANDS [ N ]


Dorothy LANGLANDS [ N ]
John LANGLANDS I [ N ]
John LANGLANDS II [ N ]
John LANGLANDS I & John Goodrick [N]
John LANGLANDS I & John ROBERTSON [ N ]
LANSON Ltd [ B ]
LARDER & BURGESS [ S ]
LATTERY Brothers [Calcutta INDIA]
William LAW and Thomas TUDOR [ D ]
Christopher LAWRENCE [ L ][ S ] )
David LAWRENCE [ L ]
John LAWRENCE -say Ledsam Vale & Co. be their authority- [ B ]
John LAWRENCE - possibly- [B]
LAWSON & Co [ G ]
Isadore LEAPMAN [ B ]
William Henry LEATHER [B][C]
James LE BAS [ D ]
LEE & WIGFULL -Henry Wigfull- [ L ][ S ]
LEECH Brothers [ B ]
Jean LE GALLAIS (Jersey) [L]
Jean LE GALLAIS (Jersey) [L]
Pierre LESPERANCE [CANADA]


W LEUCHARS [ L ]
LEVESLEY Brothers -Thomas Levesley- [ S ]
Samuel M LEVI [B][C] )
Samuel M LEVI Ltd (possibly) [B])
LEVI & SALAMAN [ B ] [ C ]
Phineas Harris LEVI & Joseph Wolfe SALAMAN [ B ] [ C ]
G W LEWIS & Co [ B ]
Charles LIAS [ L ]
Henry John LIAS and Henry John LIAS [ L ]
Henry John LIAS & James Wakely [ L ]
John LIAS [ L ]
John & Henry LIAS [L]
John & Henry & Charles LIAS [ L ]
LIBERTY & Co [ B ]
R. LINDSAY [ S ]
LINDSAY & PAISLEY Ltd [B][G]
John LINEGAR [B]
LINES, BUNN & MASON [B]
L. LINKS [ E ]
John LINNIT [L]
LISTER & Sons [ N ]


John LITTLEWOOD [ S ]
Nathaniel LOCK [ L ]
William LOCK & Co [ B ]
David LOEBL [ B ][ L ]
LOEWE & Co [L]
Abraham David LOEWENSTARK [ L ]
LOTHIAN & ROBERTSON [ E ]
Carel David LOTTER [CAPE]
Gerhardus LOTTER [CAPE]
Jan LOTTER [CAPE]
Johannes Martinus LOTTER [CAPE]
Willem Godfried LOTTER [CAPE]
G LOVERIDGE [ B ]
G LOVERIDGE & Co [ B ]
Victor LUXENBURG The Goldsmiths Emporium [ C ]
Charles LYSTER & Son [ B ] [ C ]


HISTORY, INFORMATION AND MARKS OF FAMOUS BRITISH SILVERSMITS





BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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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


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