Silver Makers' Marks - Birmingham Assay Office (A)

A& AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ

AI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
A I 1910..1931 Box, caster, frame, napkin ring, purse, salt, tea service, vesta
A I 1919 Jug




AJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Albert Jackson 1902..1913, 1947..1954, 1975 Bracelet, buckle, cigarette case, sovereign case, vesta Manufacturing jewellers, Albion Street, Birmingham

In telephone directories until at least 1975

Apex Jewellery 1977..1986 Decanter label, ingot pendant, napkin ring, paper knife
1978..1979
James Brothers 1984..1993 Bookmark, frame Frederick Street, Birmingham
1987..1992
A J A 1994..1996 Imported items: menu holder, spoon
A J Bailey 1898..1976 Cake knife, flatware, fob medal, mustard, napkin ring, salt Everest Works, Tenby Street North, Birmingham

Subsequently A J Bailey & Son


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Abigail Brown 2004 Beaker
A J C 1886..1893 Brooch Possibly Alfred James Cheshire
A J Co 1977 Ingot pendant
A J D & Co 1904 Fob medal Possibly A J Davenport & Co, Clerkenwell Road, London
A J G 1934 Jar lid
A J H 1929 Fob medal
A J H 1977 Pendant
A J K 1985..1989 Decanter label, napkin ring A similar mark seen with Edinburgh hallmarks
Arthur James Lawrence 1928..1934 Goblet, tazza Vyse Street, Birmingham

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Alfred Jerrold Nathan 1897 Pipe mount Tobacconist & fancy goods agent, Farringdon Road, London EC
Junior Army & Navy Stores (probably) (1908..1911)
A J Poole 1982..2012
(registered c1980)
Candlestick, cigar tube, coaster, decanter label, inkwell, loupe, money clip, napkin clip, napkin ring, pepper mill, perfume bottle, swizzle stick, thimble
1996..2000
(registered c1980)
A J Pepper & Co

A J Pepper & Co Ltd (from 1913)

1911
(registered Sep 1911)
Box, buckle, candlestick, cigarette case, frame, hatpin, mug, napkin ring, vanity jar top Frederick Street, Birmingham
1912..1927
(registered Jan 1913)
1921
1925..1931
(registered Sep 1913)
Arthur Johnson Smith 1889..1906 Belt, box, brooch, buckle, hat pin, hat pin stand, napkin ring, vesta Variety Works, Frederick Street, Birmingham
1904
1908..1909
1908..1910, 1927
1910..1920




AK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Abraham Kemp 1853..1854
(registered Jan 1842)
Box Registered as a gold ring maker

Barr Street, Birmingham

A K 1970 Dish




AL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Arthur Lofthouse 1920 Cuff links Wholesale jeweller, Kilverts Buildings, Manchester
A L 1985..2003 Frame, spoon, vase, wine bottle drip ring
Aaron Lufkin Dennison

Dennison, Wigley & Co (from 1879)

Dennison Watch Case Co (after 1906)

1877, 1902..1936
(registered Apr 1876)
Sovereign case, watch case Handsworth, Birmingham
1903..1906
1905
(registered Mar 1905)
1915..1926
1959..1965
A L Davenport Ltd 1929..1938
(registered Mar 1928)
Bowl, candlestick, caster, clock, condiments set, dish, egg cup, jug, mug, napkin ring, pincushion, spoon, statuette, tea service, tea strainer, toast rack, tray, trophy cup, vase In business until 1972

(image courtesy of Waddingtons, Toronto)
1933..1938
1947..1960
(registered Mar 1937)
Asprey & Co Ltd (2001..2007)
A L G 1889 Flask
Adie & Lovekin Ltd (1894..1927)
Ammonite Ltd 1977 Dish, statuette, ingot pendant, match box holder, pincushion, scent bottle, thimble Llandow Industrial Estate, Cowbridge, Glamorgan
1977..1981
1978
1981
1982




AM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
A M 1905 Button
Arthur Joseph Mason 1907..1908 Baby's rattle, basket, buckle, hair comb, napkin clip, napkin ring, pepperette, salt shaker, sifter spoon, tongs Hylton Street, Birmingham
Andrew Moodie 1909
(registered Jul 1909)
Buckle, ring tree Hylton Street, Birmingham
Alfred Marston 1913..1919
(registered Oct 1908)
Bowl, caster Icknield Street, Birmingham

Formerly a partner in Marston & Bayliss (partnership dissolved 1906)

A M 1925 Badge
A M & Co 1908..1912 Fob medal, spoon
A Marston & Co 1930..1937, 1966..1995
(registered May 1930)
Caddy spoon, caster, condiments, decanter label, dish, jug, ladle, miniature tea service, sauce boat, spoon, tea strainer Icknield Street, Birmingham; later Albion Street, Birmingham

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1951..1985
(registered Dec 1948)
A M & S Ltd 1930 Cigarette case
Abraham Meyer Blanckensee 1885..1892 Sugar bowl, vesta Summer Hill Terrace, Birmingham
1895..1904
Abraham Meyer Blanckensee (probably) 1900 Vesta
A McC 1997..2001 Box

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Alice Mabel Camwell 1929..1935 Spoon
Argentore Manufacturing Co Ltd 1947..1949
(registered Sep 1947)
Cigarette case, napkin ring Warstone Lane, Birmingham

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Arthur Mainwaring Gunn 1962 Spoon Church Stretton, Shropshire
A M H 1954 Dish
A M Jacobs & Co 1883..1887
(registered Oct 1883)
Watch case Alfred Moss Jacobs trading as A M Jacobs & Co, watch manufacturers, Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London
A M S 1929..1931 Fob medal

(image courtesy of Andy from Sydney)
Alan M Weisrose 1986..1998 Candlestick, coaster, decanter label, salt spoon London Silver Vaults, Chancery Lane, London

Also seen with more widely spaced letters and a central pellet (1995)





AN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
A N 1981 Money clip
Ari D Norman 1981..2016 Candlestick, keyring, imported book mark, mustard, pepperette, toothpick Argenta Way, London NW10
A Nicholls & Son 1926..1931
(registered Apr 1926)
Cigarette case, compact, flask, napkin ring
A Nicholls & Son Ltd 1947..1952
(registered Jan 1947)




AO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Adolphe Oppenheimer & Co (probably) 1901 Match striker Aldersgate Street, London EC
A O & Co 1900..1911 Cigarette case, imported purse, vesta
Anglo-Orient Trading Co Ltd 1946..1947 Cigarette case, napkin ring, spoon Finchley Road, London