English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification S&-SB

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	S & A into two conjoined circles Swan(n) & Adams -possibly- Birmingham 1898 hallmark
	S & Bm into two lozenges and a circle Smith & Bartlam , Caroline Street, Birmingham and Branston Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1946 hallmark Chester 1904 hallmark
	S&Co into an oval Steinhart & Co - Seigfried Emil Steinhart, 14 Newhall Street, Birmingham and 86 Oxford Street, London Birmingham 1905 hallmark
	S&Co over Ltd Searle & Co Ltd, a London firm established in 1893 as Searle & Co by Walter Henry Searle. Became Searle & Co Ltd from 1909 London 1939 hallmark

	S & Co Sydney & Co, partners Judah, Albert and Lionel Ahronsberg Powell Street and Summerhill Road, Birmingham Birmingham 1907 hallmark Chester 1886 hallmark
	S&Co into three squares Shipton & Co Ltd, entered 1935 Chester 1935 hallmark
	S & G into an oblong rectangle (two sides slightly curved) Smith & Gamble, Dublin 1826 hallmark
	S&G Ld into an oval Salmon (Barnett) & Gluckstein , 41 Clerkenwell Road, London Birmingham 1900 hallmark
	S&I into a shaped cartouche S.Blanckensee & Son trading as Stokes & Ireland, Chester 1928 hallmark
	S & M into two conjoned circles Sanders & Mackenzie -Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie-, Birmingham 1911 hallmark

	S & W into an undulated outline Stower & Wragg Ltd, Eyre Street, Sheffield - entered 1931 Sheffield 1938 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk
	S.A Stephen Adams I, London 1801 hallmark
	SA under a rampant leopard Thomas Sadler, entered 1701 London 1707 hallmark
	SA Stephen Adams I or Stephen Adams & Son , London 1807 hallmark
	SA over C into a trefoil Hammond, Creake & Co -Saint Arnaud Creake- , Sheffield 1910 hallmark
	SAVAGE & LYMAN and English pseudo hallmarks Savage & Lyman, Montreal CANADA 1851/1867 hallmark
	SAVAGE over LYMAN & Co and English pseudo hallmarks Savage Lyman & Co, Montreal CANADA 1868/1879 hallmark
	S star B into two conjoined circles Synyer & Beddoes -Harry Synyer & Charles Joseph Beddoes- , Birmingham 1930 hallmark Birmingham 1900 hallmark
	S.B BULGARI into two rectangles Sotirio Bulgari, Birmingham 1988 hallmark
	S-B&S Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangle S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1898 hallmark London (import) 1910 hallmark
	S.B&S. Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangle S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Chester 1930 hallmark Birmingham 1932

	S.B&S over Ltd into a shield S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1932 hallmark Chester 1931 hallmark The business was established in Bristol by Abraham Solomon Blanckensee in 1826 and shortly afterwards moved to Birmingham. He entered in business with Saul Samuel trading as Blanckensee, Samuel & Co and in Melbourne, Australia, with Simeon Joseph and Elias Samuel trading as Joseph, Samuel & Co. Their partnership was dissolved in 1858. The firm was converted in 1887 into a limited liability company under the style S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd.
	SB over HB into a shield Samuel Biggin & Son, 42 Cambridge St, Sheffield. Mark entered in 1888 Sheffield 1902 hallmark
	SB over IB Sarah & John William Blake, London 1811 hallmark
	S.B over I.B Sarah & John William Blake, London 1819 hallmark
	SBL into a rectangle Samuel Boyce Landeck, Campden Square, London London 1892 hallmark (imported silver) Chester 1901 hallmark (imported silver)
	S.B.L Samuel Boyce Landeck, Sheffield 1894 hallmark (imported silver)
	S-BROs into an oblong chamfered rectangle Sydenham Brothers, 54 New Edmund Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1897
	S-BROs into a rectangular shaped contour Charles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon - Sheldon Brothers- possibly, 6 Vyse Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1909
	S.B.W into a rectangle Wolfsky & Co -Serlo Bernard Wolfsky-, London 1902 hallmark

BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS

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Sheffield

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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

S & A into two conjoined circles
Swan(n) & Adams -possibly-
Birmingham 1898 hallmark

S & Bm into two lozenges and a circle
Smith & Bartlam ,
Caroline Street, Birmingham and Branston Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1946 hallmark

Chester 1904 hallmark

S&Co into an oval
Steinhart & Co - Seigfried Emil Steinhart,
14 Newhall Street, Birmingham and 86 Oxford Street, London
Birmingham 1905 hallmark

S&Co over Ltd
Searle & Co Ltd,
a London firm established in 1893 as Searle & Co by Walter Henry Searle. Became Searle & Co Ltd from 1909
London 1939 hallmark

S & Co
Sydney & Co,
partners Judah, Albert and Lionel Ahronsberg
Powell Street and Summerhill Road, Birmingham
Birmingham 1907 hallmark

Chester 1886 hallmark

S&Co into three squares
Shipton & Co Ltd,
entered 1935
Chester 1935 hallmark

S & G into an oblong rectangle (two sides slightly curved)
Smith & Gamble,
Dublin 1826 hallmark

S&G Ld into an oval
Salmon (Barnett) & Gluckstein ,
41 Clerkenwell Road, London
Birmingham 1900 hallmark

S&I into a shaped cartouche
S.Blanckensee & Son trading as Stokes & Ireland,
Chester 1928 hallmark

S & M into two conjoned circles
Sanders & Mackenzie -Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie-,
Birmingham 1911 hallmark

S & W into an undulated outline
Stower & Wragg Ltd,
Eyre Street, Sheffield - entered 1931
Sheffield 1938 hallmark
courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

S.A
Stephen Adams I,
London 1801 hallmark

SA under a rampant leopard
Thomas Sadler,
entered 1701
London 1707 hallmark

SA
Stephen Adams I or Stephen Adams & Son ,
London 1807 hallmark

SA over C into a trefoil
Hammond, Creake & Co -Saint Arnaud Creake- ,
Sheffield 1910 hallmark

SAVAGE & LYMAN and English pseudo hallmarks
Savage & Lyman,
Montreal CANADA 1851/1867 hallmark

SAVAGE over LYMAN & Co and English pseudo hallmarks
Savage Lyman & Co,
Montreal CANADA 1868/1879 hallmark

S star B into two conjoined circles
Synyer & Beddoes -Harry Synyer & Charles Joseph Beddoes- ,
Birmingham 1930 hallmark

Birmingham 1900 hallmark

S.B BULGARI into two rectangles
Sotirio Bulgari,
Birmingham 1988 hallmark

S-B&S Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangle
S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd,

Birmingham 1898 hallmark

London (import) 1910 hallmark

S.B&S. Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangle
S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd,

Chester 1930 hallmark

Birmingham 1932

SB over HB into a shield
Samuel Biggin & Son,
42 Cambridge St, Sheffield. Mark entered in 1888
Sheffield 1902 hallmark

SB over IB
Sarah & John William Blake,
London 1811 hallmark

S.B over I.B
Sarah & John William Blake,
London 1819 hallmark

SBL into a rectangle
Samuel Boyce Landeck,
Campden Square, London
London 1892 hallmark (imported silver)

Chester 1901 hallmark (imported silver)

S.B.L
Samuel Boyce Landeck,
Sheffield 1894 hallmark (imported silver)

S-BROs into an oblong chamfered rectangle
Sydenham Brothers,
54 New Edmund Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1897

S-BROs into a rectangular shaped contour
Charles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon - Sheldon Brothers- possibly,
6 Vyse Street, Birmingham
Birmingham 1909

S.B.W into a rectangle
Wolfsky & Co -Serlo Bernard Wolfsky-,
London 1902 hallmark

HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVERMAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION - ILLUSTRATED LISTING

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

S & Bm into two lozenges and a circleSmith & Bartlam ,Caroline Street, Birmingham and Branston Street, Birmingham Birmingham 1946 hallmarkChester 1904 hallmark

S&Co into three squaresShipton & Co Ltd,entered 1935Chester 1935 hallmark

S&G Ld into an ovalSalmon (Barnett) & Gluckstein ,41 Clerkenwell Road, LondonBirmingham 1900 hallmark

S&I into a shaped cartoucheS.Blanckensee & Son trading as Stokes & Ireland,Chester 1928 hallmark

S & W into an undulated outlineStower & Wragg Ltd,Eyre Street, Sheffield - entered 1931Sheffield 1938 hallmark courtesy www.acsilver.co.uk

SA under a rampant leopardThomas Sadler,entered 1701London 1707 hallmark

SAStephen Adams I or Stephen Adams & Son ,London 1807 hallmark

S.B BULGARI into two rectanglesSotirio Bulgari,Birmingham 1988 hallmark

S-B&S Ld into an oblong chamfered rectangleS. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1898 hallmarkLondon (import) 1910 hallmark

SB over IB Sarah & John William Blake, London 1811 hallmark

S.B over I.B Sarah & John William Blake, London 1819 hallmark

S.B.LSamuel Boyce Landeck, Sheffield 1894 hallmark (imported silver)

S-BROs into an oblong chamfered rectangleSydenham Brothers,54 New Edmund Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1897

S-BROs into a rectangular shaped contourCharles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon - Sheldon Brothers- possibly,6 Vyse Street, BirminghamBirmingham 1909

S.B.W into a rectangleWolfsky & Co -Serlo Bernard Wolfsky-, London 1902 hallmark