English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification N&-NZ

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	N into a circle surrounded by leaves under a crown Sharman D Neill , Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham Dublin 1912 hallmark
	N&D into three octagons Napper & Davenport, St George's Place, Great Hampton Row, Birmingham entered 1908 Birmingham 1914 hallmark
	N&ES into a rectangle N & E Spittle Birmingham 1903 hallmark
	N&H into a rectangle N&H into two conjoined circles Nathan & Hayes -George Nathan & Ridley Hayes- , Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham Chester 1898 hallmark Birmingham 1888 hallmark Birmingham 1888 hallmark
	N&W into a rectangle Norton & White, Newhall Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1908 hallmark
	N&W into an oval Norton & White, Newhall Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1906 hallmark
	NCB into three conjoined circles Norah Caroline Bolton London 1977 hallmark

	ANe conjoined Anthony Nelme London 1714 hallmark A predecessor silversmith of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, still active in present days ... MORE....
	N.G over Co or NG ove Co into a square Northern Goldsmiths Co, London 1935 hallmark Birmingham 1936 hallmark Birmingham 1931 hallmark
	NH into a rectangle Naphthali Hart, London 1813 hallmark
	N.M Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846 hallmark
	NP into an oval not identified, London 1985 hallmark
	NS into a rectangle with curved sides not identified, Dublin 1945 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

N into a circle surrounded by leaves under a crown
Sharman D Neill ,
Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham
Dublin 1912 hallmark

N&D into three octagons
Napper & Davenport,
St George's Place, Great Hampton Row, Birmingham
entered 1908
Birmingham 1914 hallmark

N&ES into a rectangle
N & E Spittle
Birmingham 1903 hallmark

N&H into a rectangle
N&H into two conjoined circles
Nathan & Hayes -George Nathan & Ridley Hayes- ,
Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham
Chester 1898 hallmark

Birmingham 1888 hallmark

Birmingham 1888 hallmark

N&W into a rectangle
Norton & White,
Newhall Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1908 hallmark

N&W into an oval
Norton & White,
Newhall Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1906 hallmark

NCB into three conjoined circles
Norah Caroline Bolton
London 1977 hallmark

ANe conjoined
Anthony Nelme
London 1714 hallmark
A predecessor silversmith of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, still active in present days ... MORE....

N.G over Co or NG ove Co into a square
Northern Goldsmiths Co,
London 1935 hallmark

Birmingham 1936 hallmark

Birmingham 1931 hallmark

NH into a rectangle
Naphthali Hart,
London 1813 hallmark

N.M
Nathaniel Mills,
Birmingham 1846 hallmark

NP into an oval
not identified,
London 1985 hallmark

NS into a rectangle with curved sides
not identified,
Dublin 1945 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

N into a circle surrounded by leaves under a crownSharman D Neill , Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham Dublin 1912 hallmark

N&D into three octagonsNapper & Davenport,St George's Place, Great Hampton Row, Birminghamentered 1908Birmingham 1914 hallmark

N&ES into a rectangleN & E SpittleBirmingham 1903 hallmark

N&H into a rectangleN&H into two conjoined circlesNathan & Hayes -George Nathan & Ridley Hayes- , Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham Chester 1898 hallmarkBirmingham 1888 hallmarkBirmingham 1888 hallmark

N&W into a rectangleNorton & White,Newhall Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1908 hallmark

N&W into an ovalNorton & White,Newhall Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1906 hallmark

NCB into three conjoined circlesNorah Caroline BoltonLondon 1977 hallmark

ANe conjoinedAnthony NelmeLondon 1714 hallmark A predecessor silversmith of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, still active in present days ... MORE....

N.G over Co or NG ove Co into a squareNorthern Goldsmiths Co, London 1935 hallmarkBirmingham 1936 hallmarkBirmingham 1931 hallmark

NH into a rectangleNaphthali Hart, London 1813 hallmark

N.MNathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846 hallmark

NP into an ovalnot identified, London 1985 hallmark

NS into a rectangle with curved sidesnot identified, Dublin 1945 hallmark