Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (F)

FB FC FF FG FH FJ FK FL FM FN FP FR FS FT FV FW

F&

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Friedman & Gottliffe Ltd	(registered Jan 1915)		Manufacturing jewellers, Leeds & Birmingham A similar mark but with serif letters registered Jun 1906
	Friedman & Gottliffe Ltd (probably)	1912..1924	Spoon	This incuse mark not shown in Chester records
	Fattorini & Sons Ltd	1877..1888 (registered Oct 1877)	Watch case	Bradford, London, Birmingham & Glasgow. Retailers specialising in "medals, shields, trophies, cups & badges"
		1899..1907 (registered Oct 1883)
		(registered Apr 1923)

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FB

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Frederick Banks	1887 (registered Aug 1881)	Fob medal	Warstone Lane, Birmingham
Frank Banks	(registered Mar 1918)		Regent Place, Birmingham
F Boyton & Co	(registered Sep 1909)		Sole partner: Frederick William Boyton, son of Charles Boyton II, Hatton Garden, London, EC

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FC

Mark

Maker

Dates seen

Seen on

Comments

(image courtesy of Winsor House Antiques)

Frederick Coulthurst

1903..1911
(registered Oct 1894)

Napkin ring, spoon

Silver engraver, Todd Street, Manchester & Edge Street, Manchester

Frederick Charles Berkeley

1892
(registered c1891)

Button hook & penknife tool, dip-pen holder, pencil

Pencil case maker, Carver Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)

1897..1906
(registered c1891)

Lowe & Sons (1913..1916)

(image courtesy of Julian Ochyra)

Frederick Charles Welch

1934

Pen rest

Jeweller, The Arcade, Hood Street, Liverpool

A similar mark with stops registered by Welch Sep 1908:
F.C.W

Mark without stops taken over by Frederick Albert Welch (Hood Street, Liverpool) Dec 1950

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FF

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Fetter, Forbes & Co	(registered Apr 1909)		Walter Fetter & Walter Hickman Forbes trading as Fetter, Forbes & Co, manufacturing jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham
Frank Finley Clarkson	1903..1911 (registered May 1903)	Bowl, box, napkin ring, spoon	Market Place, Northallerton, Yorkshire
Waltham Watch Company (Frederick Francis Seeland)	1875 (registered Jan 1876)	Watch case	Waltham Buildings, Holborn Circus, London Seeland was the Assistant Manager of the Waltham Watch Co. This mark registered before the AB mark of Alfred Bedford (q.v.).
International Watch Company (Frederick Francis Seeland)	1877 (registered probably Oct 1876)	Watch case	Schaffhausen, Switzerland

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FG

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Lowe & Sons (1913..1916)

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FH

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Frank Hallett	1924 (registered May 1924)	Fob medal
F Harding & Son	1904 (registered Jul 1904)	Napkin ring	Frederick & Arthur W Harding trading as F Harding & Son, silversmiths & electroplate manufacturers, Spencer Street, Birmingham
F H Adams & Co	(registered Sep 1928)		New John Street West, Birmingham
Frank H Mannox	(registered Aug 1905)		Warstone Lane, Birmingham

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FJ

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Frederick Joseph Braham	(registered Jan 1884)		Richard Street, Birmingham
Clift & Cockle	1901 (registered Mar 1899)	Buckle	Frank Josiah Cockle trading as Clift & Cockle, general engravers & piercers, Corporation Street, Manchester; later St Mary's Gate, Manchester
Frederick Joseph Collins	1945 (registered Apr 1945)	Cigarette case, napkin ring	Great King Street, Hockley; from c1946 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
Francis Joseph Parkes	1931 (registered Apr 1945)	Brooch	Tenby Street, Birmingham
F J Ross & Sons (Frederick James Ross)	1907..1929 (registered Aug 1905)	Crucifix, fob medal, menu holder, spoon	High Street, Winchester
	1918
	1933..1935

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FK

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Hefik Watch Co (Fritz Kundert)	1935 (registered Sep 1924)	Gold wrist watch	Watch merchants, Frederick Street, Birmingham Registered as Fritz Kundert

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FL

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Francis Lowe & Sons	(registered Apr 1934)		Francis Sydney Lowe & Harold Ernest Lowe trading as Francis Lowe & Sons, jewellers, Effingham Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Frank Fincher London	1939 (registered Mar 1938)	Masonic pendant	Masonic outfitter & furnisher, Queens Road, Brighton, Sussex
Fredericks Ltd	(registered Dec 1908)		Holborn Viaduct, London

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FM

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
F M	1895	Pencil	"Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004, but possibly Frederick Marson
Frederick Marson	(registered Aug 1913)		Manufacturing jeweller, Spencer Street, Birmingham
F M & Co	(registered c1892)		Attributed in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 to "F Mordan & Co ?", [due to a missing register] Jewellers, Albion Works, City Road, London EC, but movement in a Birmingham watch case marked "Made in Switzerland for F Meeks & Co, Birmingham".

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FN

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	F Narborough	(registered c1886)		Whip mounter, Green Street, Doriton, Birmingham

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FP

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	F P	1890 (registered c1886)	Napkin ring	"Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 due to a missing register
	Petitpierre & Co	1873..1882 (registered Jun 1878)	Watch case	Fritz Petitpierre trading as Petitpierre & Co, watch makers, Holborn Viaduct, London

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FR

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Fenton, Russell & Co Ltd	1910 (registered Mar 1906)	Cigarette case	George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

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FS

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Frederick Sidney Banks	1891..1903 (registered c1886)	Brooch	Jeweller, silver & gold brooch maker, Northampton Street, Birmingham
	Frederick Stone	(registered Oct 1904)		Northampton Street, Birmingham

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FT

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	F Tennant Ltd	1924 (registered Aug 1923)	Tongs	Jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham

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FV

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Frederick Venour	1886..1899 (registered Jun 1882)	Brooch, coin mount, napkin clip, perfume bottle	Richard Street, Birmingham

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FW

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Frederick Wilkins	(registered Feb 1866)		Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
	Frank Willday	1889..1891 (registered Jan 1884)	Watch case	Case maker, The Butts, Coventry
	Florence Warden	1895..1898 (registered Mar 1895)	Candlestick, condiments, creamer, dish, sucrier, vesta	Turville Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
	Frederick Wich	1897 (registered Oct 1896)	Wallet mount	Leather goods manufacturer, Great Titchfield Street, London
	F W & Co (unidentified)	1889 (registered c1888)	Watch case	"Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004
	F Walters & Co	(registered Feb 1899)		Vyse Street, Birmingham
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Frederick William Bauer	(registered Jul 1882)		Albion Street, Birmingham
	Frank William Cole	(registered Apr 1898, cancelled Oct 1910)	Purse	Gold & silver chain maker, Vyse Street, Birmingham Cole died in 1910; a new mark was registered by Ralph Edgar Cole trading as F W Cole.
	Frank William Cole	1915 (registered Oct 1910)	Purse
	F W Turton Ltd	(registered Mar 1898)		Frederick Street Works, Birmingham
	F W Turton Ltd	(registered Mar 1898)		Frederick Street Works, Birmingham

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