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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (J)


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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Jones & Crompton 1899..1920
(registered May 1899) 		Butter knife, cigarette case, epergne, napkin ring, vesta Spencer Street, Birmingham; subsequently Harford Street, Birmingham

Proprietors: Edward Samuel Jones & Hubert Crompton

Jones's business was joined by Crompton in 1899

Joseph & John Hargeaves 1863..1868
(registered Feb 1864) 		Watch case Watch manufacturers, Slater Street, Liverpool
J & R Griffin (Joseph & Richard Griffin) 1896..1928
(registered Jul 1895) 		Candlestick, fob medal, frame, dressing & vanity sets, mustard, napkin ring, salt, spoon, sucrier, tray, trophy cup, vesta Manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths, Birmingham

Went into voluntary liquidation in 1926.

J & R Griffin Ltd 1913..1925
(registered c1913)
Joseph Adelman (registered Jan 1904) Lancaster Avenue & Withy Grove, Manchester
J Adkins & Sons 1897
(registered Jan 1896) 		Watch case Edward Joseph Adkins trading as J Adkins & Sons, watch manufacturers, Fleet Street, Coventry
J Aitkin & Son (registered Jul 1902) Spencer Street, Birmingham
Probably J A Wylie & Co 1908 Souvenir spoon Mark not shown in Chester records, but also seen on Birmingham silver

Silversmiths & electroplaters, Holborn Viaduct, London

Jacques Brown & Co 1915 Imported bag "General exporters & importers", Liverpool
John Bull & Co Ltd (registered May 1925) High Street, Bedford
J B Bennett & Co (registered May 1907) Charterhouse Street & Hatton Garden, London
J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd (registered Jul 1928) Newtown Road, Birmingham
J C 1829..1833 Spoon Mark not shown in Chester records

Also marked "unidentified" by Jackson, but has been attributed to John Clarke or John Coakley

John Culver (registered Sep 1882) Clerkenwell, London
G H Johnstone & Co
Joseph Cutler 1934
(registered Nov 1931) 		Fob medal Howard Street, Glasgow
J Collyer & Co Ltd (registered Aug 1904) Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Joseph Cook & Son 1915
(registered c1888) 		Brooch Carver Street, Birmingham
J C Plimpton & Co 1902
(registered Jun 1902) 		Imported items: jar lid, pepperette American import/export merchants, Old Hall Street, Liverpool & Curtain Road, London
1903
(registered Oct 1903)
John Collard Vickery 1909..1912
(registered Oct 1904) 		Toast rack, wine funnel Regent Street, London
Joseph Daffern & Co (registered May 1909) Hatton Garden, London
James Dixon & Sons Ltd (registered Nov 1935) Cornish Place, Sheffield
James Deakin & Sons
James Dewsnap Ltd (registered Mar 1897) St Thomas Street, Sheffield & Ely Place, Holborn, London
James Deakin & Sons (John & William F Deakin) 1883..1921
(registered c1888) 		Button hook, caster, egg timer, frame, glove stretcher, hatpin stand, manicure set, mustard, napkin ring, pincushion, salt, sauce boat, tea caddy, vanity jar top, vesta Sidney Works, Matilda Street, Sheffield
1897..1898
(registered c1888)
James Deakin & Sons (registered Nov 1932)
James Buckley Eastham 1876
(registered Jun 1873) 		Watch case Watch case manufacturer, St Anne Street, Liverpool; subsequently Wood Street, Liverpool
1884
(registered Aug 1877)
Nixon & Son 1919
(registered Sep 1919) 		Dish, pepperette, salt Joseph G Elliot trading as Nixon & Son, Hollis Croft, Sheffield
John Fleckner 1872
(registered Feb 1870) 		Watch case Case maker, Warwick Street, Earlsdon, Coventry
Probably James Fenton 1892 Match striker Similar marks on Birmingham pieces, but this mark not shown in Chester register
J F 1896 Watch case Mark not shown in Chester register
G H Johnstone & Co
James Griffiths 1921..1930
(registered Jul 1909) 		Box, napkin ring, spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Gatecliff 1920
(registered Dec 1907) 		Matchbox holder Otley, Yorkshire
John George Graves 1899..1902
(registered Jun 1899) 		Watch case Division Street, Sheffield
1903..1904
(registered Jul 1903)
Joseph Gray Styles (registered Oct 1899) Branston Street, Birmingham, subsequently Albion Street, Birmingham
(registered Jan 1902)
Joshua Horton & Son 1902
(registered c1886) 		Watch case Hatton Garden, London
John Henry Potter (registered Mar 1907) Rockingham Works, Sheffield
Joseph Hayes Taylor (registered Oct 1882) Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Henry Wynn (registered c1892) Hylton Street, Birmingham
James Jackson & Son (registered c1855) Case maker, Norman Street, St Luke's, London
Jay, Richard Attenborough & Co (James Charles Jay) 1899..1904
(registered Aug 1899) 		Bowl, coffee pot, cup, cup holder, decanter label, dish, dressing table set, mustard, salt, vase, watch holder Oxford Street, London

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		King & Son 1894..1895
(registered May 1895) 		Box, butter shell John Percy King & Henry William King trading as King & Son, Charterhouse Street, London
John Lowe

Lowe & Sons (from 1864)

1852 Creamer, flatware Bridge Street Row, Chester
1855..1878
1884
Joseph Lyddiatt (registered Nov 1906) Monument Road, Birmingham; subsequently Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Lowe & Sons (John Foulkes Lowe & George Bennet Lowe) 1906..1909
(registered Nov 1906) 		Spoon, sucrier Bridge Street Row, Chester
John Manger (registered Feb 1879) Case maker, Holborn Circus, London
Joseph Moore (registered Nov 1909) Petsford Street, Birmingham
John Millward Banks 1893..1921
(registered Nov 1882) 		Card case, cigarette case, condiments, flatware, napkin ring, tea service, vesta Northampton Street, Birmingham.

Banks died in 1911 - the business was continued by his son until c1926

James McKnight 1897..1908
(registered Aug 1894) 		Watch case Case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry
James Neale 1879..1883
(registered c1860) 		Watch case Case maker, Ryley Street & Hill Street, Coventry

A similar incuse mark but with stop ( J.N ) registered by J Newsome, case maker, Coventry, c1886

Possibly John Newton Mappin 1896 Cruet, frame, salt cf Mappin's London JNM marks
Joseph Paul 1944
(registered Jan 1944) 		Cigarette case Jewellery manufacturers, Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Pound & Co (registered Sep 1899) Leadenhall Street, London, Piccadilly, London & Strand, London
James Richardson 1878
(registered Jul 1875) 		Watch case Watch & watch case manufacturer, Holyhead Road, Coventry
Rotherham & Sons (John Rotherham) (registered c1887) Watch & watch case manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry
John Ross 1897
(registered May 1896) 		Wallet mounts Purse & Pocket book maker, Colebrook Row, Islington, London
John Round & Son Ltd (Joseph Ridge) 1908..1910
(registered Mar 1907) 		Box, toast rack Tudor Works, Sheffield
(registered Mar 1907)
James Reid & Brothers 1900 Watch case Watchmakers, Chester Street, Coventry

This mark nor shown in Chester Register, but a similar unattributed incuse mark is dated c1891

Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd 1905..1940
(registered Sep 1905) 		Bowl, box, cigarette case, condiments, cup, mug, napkin ring, pincushion, spoon, trophy cup Oxford Street, London
John Richard Davies 1913
(registered Oct 1912) 		Tongs Waverley Terrace, Newton, Chester
John Sutter 1835..1857 Flatware Liverpool
Joseph Sharpe 1876
(registered c1860) 		Watch case Case maker at various addresses in Coventry

A very similar mark registered Jan 1865 by John Stuart trading as H Stuart & Co, case makers, Hope Street, Liverpool.

John Silverston (registered May 1897) Summer Hill Terrace, Birmingham; subsequently Frederick Street, Birmingham
Joseph Smith & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd 1941..1957
(registered Aug 1937) 		Bracelet Vittoria Street, Birmingham
John Satchwell & Co Ltd (registered Jul 1902) Station Street, Birmingham
J Sherwood & Sons (registered Apr 1899) Regent Works, Regent Street, Birmingham
(registered Apr 1899)
Joseph Samuel Wilday 1899
(registered c1887) 		Watch case Case maker, The Butts, Coventry
John Troup & Sons 1896..1913
(registered c1887) 		Napkin ring, thimble Hatton Garden, London
John Thompson & Sons 1913
(registered Apr 1904) 		Sovereign case Clerkenwell Road, London
James Thomas White (registered Feb 1864) Case maker, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
James Usher & Son 1916
(registered Jun 1913) 		Spoon (Lincoln imp finial) Jewellers & silversmiths, High Street, Lincoln
John Vincent (registered Sep 1916) Silversmith & goldsmith, St Mary's Street, Weymouth, Dorset
Joseph Walley 1785 Spoon Water Street, Liverpool
J Weir & Sons 1901..1915
(registered Nov 1901) 		Napkin ring, salt Wicklow Place, Dublin
James William Benson 1913
(registered c1886) 		Mirror Ludgate Hill, London
J W Benson Ltd (registered May 1911)
John William Caldicott (registered Jan 1898) Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler 1884..1908
(registered 1884) 		Basket, butter dish, decanter label, cup, egg cup, flatware, mustard, napkin ring, salt, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy Hatton Garden, London & Forde Street, Dublin
John William Guyton 1945
(registered Feb 1946) 		Box Gold & silversmith, Hawarden Road, Caergwle, Wales
J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan) 1903
(registered c1886) 		Vesta Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
James Walker Ltd 1928
(registered Nov 1927) 		Thimble High Street, Streatham
1929
(registered Nov 1927)
J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd (James Walter Tiptaft) (registered Apr 1904) Fob medal Northampton Street, Birmingham
John Yeomans Cowlishaw (registered Mar 1906) Market Street, Sheffield
J Zeving (or Joseph Zweig) 1913..1920
(registered Jul 1913) 		Judaic silverware (cup, goblet, plate) Culme lists this as Joseph Zweig; Chester Compendium has it as Samuel Zeving trading as J Zeving, Great Garden Street, London

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