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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (J)

J& JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ

J&

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

Proprietors: Edward Samuel Jones & Hubert Crompton

Jones's pre-existing business was joined by Crompton in 1899

J & H M 1896 Watch case Not a registered maker's mark as it doesn't appear in either the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 or Priestley's Watch Case MakersPriestley, Philip T. - British Watch Case Makers 1670 to 1970,  NAWCC, 2018
Joseph & John Hargreaves 1863..1873
(registered Feb 1864) 		Watch case Watch manufacturers, Slater Street, Liverpool
J & R Griffin (Joseph & Richard Griffin)



J & R Griffin Ltd (after 1913)

1896..1926
(registered Jul 1895) 		Box, brooch, button, button hook, candlestick, cigarette case, creamer, cuff links, cup, fob medal, frame, dressing & vanity sets, mustard, napkin clip, napkin ring, purse, ring tree, salt, spoon, sucrier, tray, trophy cup, vesta Manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths, Hylton Street, Birmingham; subsequently Link Works, Soho Hill, Birmingham

Went into voluntary liquidation in 1926.

1922
(registered Apr 1913)
1913..1925
(registered c1913)

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JA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Adams (registered Aug 1881) Fob medal Barr Street, Birmingham
1897
(registered Jan 1898)

(image courtesy of Graham Evans) 		Joseph Adelman (registered Nov 1901) Lancaster Avenue & Withy Grove, Manchester
(registered Jan 1904)
J Adkins & Sons 1896..1900
(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
John Arthur Leece 1943 Urn Blair Street, Liverpool
J A Wylie & Co (probably) 1908 Souvenir spoon Mark not shown in Chester records

Silversmiths & electroplaters, Holborn Viaduct, London EC


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JB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Jacques Brown & Co 1915
(registered Jan 1915) 		Imported bag "General exporters & importers", Liverpool
John Bull & Co Ltd (registered May 1925) High Street, Bedford
John Bartleman & Son 1908..1911
(registered Dec 1907) 		Dish, vesta Thomas Bartleman & John Bartleman Junior trading as John Bartleman & Son, Hanover Street, Edinburgh
Joseph B Brown 1891 Pipe mount Importer of tobacconists' goods & fancy goods dealer, Brook Street, Hull
1902
(registered Oct 1901)
J B Bennett & Co (registered May 1907) Charterhouse Street & Hatton Garden, London
J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd (registered Jul 1928) Newtown Road, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Jonas Brothers 1889..1903
(registered Nov 1898) 		Napkin ring, salt Isaac Jonas trading as Jonas Brothers, Vyse Street, Birmingham & Ely Place, Holborn, London
Jackson Brothers 1881..1890
(registered Aug 1880) 		Bangle, button hook Manufacturing jewellers, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham

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JC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Clarke or John Coakley 1827..1833 Spoon, tongs Both Clarke and Coakley were Liverpool silversmiths.

A similar mark registered by Coakley at London Assay Office, Sep 1832.


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		John Culver (registered Sep 1882) Clerkenwell, London
G H Johnstone & Co

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Joseph Cutler 1929
(registered Dec 1929) 		Fob medal, medallion Howard Street, Glasgow
1932..1939
(registered Nov 1931)
J Collyer & Co Ltd (registered Aug 1904) Hockley Hill, Birmingham

(image courtesy of John Child) 		J Cameron & Son 1910 Dirk King Street, Kilmarnock
(registered Nov 1911)
Joseph Cook & Son 1915
(registered c1888) 		Brooch Carver Street, Birmingham
J C Plimpton & Co 1902
(registered Jun 1902) 		Imported items: brush, jar lid, letter opener, pepperette American import/export merchants, Old Hall Street, Liverpool & Curtain Road, London
1903..1904
(registered Oct 1903)
John Collard Vickery 1909..1926
(registered Oct 1904) 		Cigarette case, toast rack, whistle, wine funnel Regent Street, London

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JD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Dodsworth 1883..1906
(registered Oct 1879) 		Watch case Case maker & watch manufacturer, Chesterfield Street, Liverpool

Re-registered May 1909 by Henry Turner & Isaac Birkett trading as Dodsworth Brothers, Richmond Street, Liverpool

Joseph Davis 1896..1899
(registered Apr 1897) 		Masonic medal Medallist, Woodbridge Street, Clerkenwell, 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, button hook, caster, egg timer, frame, glove stretcher, hatpin stand, manicure set, mustard, napkin ring, pincushion, salt, sauce boat, sovereign case, tea caddy, vanity jar top, vesta Sidney Works, Matilda Street, Sheffield
1897..1898
(registered c1888)
James Deakin & Sons (registered Nov 1932)

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