English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification BC-BO

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	BC over &N into a square James Barber, George Cattle II & William North York 1825 hallmark
	BD into an oval Bartholomew W. Delandre -possibly- Dublin 1776 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	BD into a rectangle Benjamin Davis entered 1823 London 1830 hallmark
	B.D Burrage Davenport (possibly) 6 Foster Lane, London London 1775 hallmark
	B.D not identified Sheffield 2007 hallmark
	BE into a rectangle Benjamin Elkin entered 1817 London 1823 hallmark
	BE over SCo into a shield Barker Ellis Silver Company Birmingham 1967 hallmark.... (...more...)
	B.G into an oval Bert Gordon Birmingham 1974 hallmark
	B.G.&Co into an oval Britton, Gould & Co Birmingham 1938 hallmark

	BG over & over Co Ld into a quatrefoil Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd Boardman, Glossop & Co whose last partners were William P. and Frederick P. Davis was converted in 1895 in a limited liability company under the style Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd. The firm was active at Clarence Works, Pond Street, Sheffield and in London. A new company Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd was registered in 1908............MORE Birmingham 1902 hallmark Sheffield 1901 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	B over GH over Ld into a lozenge Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd Birmingham 1904 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	B.H.C & C into an oblong oval not identified Birmingham 1942 hallmark
	B.H.J into three conjoined polygons BHJ into an oblong chamfered rectangle Barnet Henry Joseph B.H. Joseph & Co, 1865-1929. Incorporated into Payton, Pepper & Co Ltd in 1929. The business of manufacturing and wholesale jewellers was commenced by Barnet Henry Joseph and his brother Henry Joseph in 1865 in Birmingham. When Henry retired (1869) was succeeded by another brother Joseph Joseph. From 1878 B.H. Joseph & Co opened showrooms in London and in 1889 was said to be one of the largest jewellery houses in the trade. B.H. Joseph & Co took over the manufacturing jewellers D.L. Davis of Birmingham (1891), Arthur E. Cohen of Birmingham (1906) and incorporated Walter & George Myers of Birmingham (1910). B.H. Joseph & Co amalgamated in 1929 with Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd, manufacturing jewellers of Birmingham. B.H. Joseph & Co was noted as importer of Dutch silver made by J. v Straten & Co of Hoorn (1892) and A de Pleyt of Schoonhoven (1894). London 1891 import hallmark Birmingham 1906 hallmark
	B.H.M Berthold Hermann Muller London 1912 import hallmark

	Bl Bs Bendall Brothers -Gordon, Henry & David Bendall- Birmingham 1929 hallmark
	B.Ld Bishton's Ltd Northampton Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1945 hallmark
	BM into a rectangle Benjamin Mordecai -possibly- London 1768 hallmark
	BM Berthold Muller Hanau silver was largely imported in UK between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Berthold Mueller was an import firm, who distributed a lot of Neresheimer silver - see John Culme: The Directory of Gold-and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Vol.1 page, page 335. The firm changed its name 1915 to Berthold Miller and was listed as wholesale silversmiths and jewellers, antique reproduction in silver, ivories, miniatures, enamels, and so forth. Chester 1909 hallmark

	BM into a rectangle Birmingham Mint Birmingham 1978 hallmark
	BM & Co into a lozenge Barr, Moering & Co First recorded in 1892 at 36 Camomile Street. Partners were William Moering and Philip Krieger. The firm acted as importing agents of German decorative silver London 1903 hallmark
	BM Co Birmingham Medal Co Birmingham 1938 hallmark
	B.M.L Boaz Moses Landeck Chester 1907 hallmark
	BN over a fleur de lys into a heart Bowles Nash entered 1721 London 1721 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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Birmingham

Dublin

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Sheffield

Chester

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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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

BC over &N into a square
James Barber, George Cattle II & William North
York 1825 hallmark

BD into an oval
Bartholomew W. Delandre -possibly-
Dublin 1776 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

BD into a rectangle
Benjamin Davis
entered 1823
London 1830 hallmark

B.D
Burrage Davenport (possibly)
6 Foster Lane, London
London 1775 hallmark

B.D
not identified
Sheffield 2007 hallmark

BE into a rectangle
Benjamin Elkin
entered 1817
London 1823 hallmark

BE over SCo into a shield
Barker Ellis Silver Company
Birmingham 1967 hallmark.... (...more...)

B.G into an oval
Bert Gordon
Birmingham 1974 hallmark

B.G.&Co into an oval
Britton, Gould & Co
Birmingham 1938 hallmark

B over GH over Ld into a lozenge
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd
Birmingham 1904 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

B.H.C & C into an oblong oval
not identified
Birmingham 1942 hallmark

B.H.M
Berthold Hermann Muller
London 1912 import hallmark

Bl Bs
Bendall Brothers -Gordon, Henry & David Bendall-
Birmingham 1929 hallmark

B.Ld
Bishton's Ltd
Northampton Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1945 hallmark

BM into a rectangle
Benjamin Mordecai -possibly-
London 1768 hallmark

BM into a rectangle
Birmingham Mint
Birmingham 1978 hallmark

BM & Co into a lozenge
Barr, Moering & Co
First recorded in 1892 at 36 Camomile Street. Partners were William Moering and Philip Krieger. The firm acted as importing agents of German decorative silver
London 1903 hallmark

BM Co
Birmingham Medal Co
Birmingham 1938 hallmark

B.M.L
Boaz Moses Landeck
Chester 1907 hallmark

BN over a fleur de lys into a heart
Bowles Nash
entered 1721
London 1721 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

BC over &N into a squareJames Barber, George Cattle II & William NorthYork 1825 hallmark

BD into an ovalBartholomew W. Delandre -possibly-Dublin 1776 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

BD into a rectangleBenjamin Davisentered 1823London 1830 hallmark

B.DBurrage Davenport (possibly)6 Foster Lane, London London 1775 hallmark

B.Dnot identifiedSheffield 2007 hallmark

BE into a rectangleBenjamin Elkinentered 1817London 1823 hallmark

BE over SCo into a shieldBarker Ellis Silver Company Birmingham 1967 hallmark.... (...more...)

B.G into an ovalBert GordonBirmingham 1974 hallmark

B.G.&Co into an oval Britton, Gould & Co Birmingham 1938 hallmark

B over GH over Ld into a lozengeBirmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd Birmingham 1904 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

B.H.C & C into an oblong ovalnot identified Birmingham 1942 hallmark

B.H.MBerthold Hermann MullerLondon 1912 import hallmark

Bl BsBendall Brothers -Gordon, Henry & David Bendall-Birmingham 1929 hallmark

B.LdBishton's Ltd Northampton Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1945 hallmark

BM into a rectangleBenjamin Mordecai -possibly-London 1768 hallmark

BM into a rectangleBirmingham MintBirmingham 1978 hallmark

BM & Co into a lozengeBarr, Moering & CoFirst recorded in 1892 at 36 Camomile Street. Partners were William Moering and Philip Krieger. The firm acted as importing agents of German decorative silver London 1903 hallmark

BM CoBirmingham Medal CoBirmingham 1938 hallmark

B.M.L Boaz Moses Landeck Chester 1907 hallmark

BN over a fleur de lys into a heart Bowles Nashentered 1721London 1721 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk