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J

JA   JB   JC   JD   JE   JF   JG   JH   JJ   JL   JM   JN   JP   JR   JS   JT   JU   JW   JY   JZ  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Jones & Crompton 1907..1920
(entered May 1899) 		Cigarette case, epergne, napkin ring, vesta Spencer Street, Birmingham
Joseph & John Hargeaves 1866..1868
(entered Feb 1864) 		Watch case Watch manufacturers, Slater Street, Liverpool
J & R Griffin (Joseph & Richard Griffin) 1896..1928
(entered Jul 1895) 		Candlestick, fob medal, frame, dressing & vanity sets, mustard, napkin ring, salt, spoon, sucrier, tray, trophy cup, vesta Birmingham manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths.
Went into voluntary liquidation in 1926.
J & R Griffin Ltd 1913..1925
(entered c1913)
Joseph Adelman (entered Jan 1904) Lancaster Avenue & Withy Grove, Manchester
J Aitkin & Son (entered Jul 1902) Spencer Street, Birmingham
J A W & Co 1908 Souvenir spoon Mark not shown in Chester records
Jacques Brown & Co 1915 Imported bag "General exporters & importers", Liverpool
J B Bennett & Co (entered May 1907) Charterhouse Street & Hatton Garden, London
J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd (entered 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 (entered Sep 1882) Clerkenwell, London
G H Johnstone & Co
J Collyer & Co Ltd (entered Aug 1904) Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Joseph Cook & Son 1915
(entered c1888) 		Brooch Carver Street, Birmingham
J C Plimpton & Co 1902
(entered Jun 1902) 		Imported jar lid American import/export merchants, Old Hall Street, Liverpool & Curtain Road, London
John Collard Vickery 1909..1912
(entered Oct 1904) 		Toast rack, wine funnel Regent Street, London
Joseph Daffern & Co (entered May 1909) Hatton Garden, London
James Dixon & Sons Ltd (entered Nov 1935) Cornish Place, Sheffield
James Deakin & Sons
James Dewsnap Ltd (entered Mar 1897) St Thomas Street, Sheffield & Ely Place, Holborn, London
James Deakin & Sons (John & William Deakin) 1883..1921
(entered 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
1898
(entered c1888)
(entered Nov 1932)
Nixon & Son 1919
(entered Sep 1919) 		Dish Joseph G Elliot trading as Nixon & Son, Hollis Croft, Sheffield
Probably James Fenton 1892 Match striker Similar marks on Birmingham pieces
G H Johnstone & Co
James Griffiths 1921..1930
(entered Jul 1909) 		Box, napkin ring, spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Gatecliff 1920
(entered Dec 1907) 		Matchbox holder Otley, Yorkshire
John George Graves 1899..1901
(entered Jun 1899) 		Watch case Division Street, Sheffield
Joseph Gray Styles (entered Oct 1899) Branston Street, Birmingham, subsequently Albion Street, Birmingham
(entered Jan 1902)
Joshua Horton & Son 1902
(entered c1886) 		Watch case Hatton Garden, London
John Henry Potter (entered Mar 1907) Rockingham Works, Sheffield
Joseph Hayes Taylor (entered Oct 1882) Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Henry Wynn (entered c1892) Hylton Street, Birmingham
Jay, Richard Attenborough & Co (James Charles Jay) 1899..1904
(entered Aug 1899) 		Bowl, coffee pot, cup, cup holder, decanter label, dish, dressing table set, mustard, salt, vase, watch holder Oxford Street, London
John Lowe

Lowe & Sons (from 1864)

1852 Creamer, flatware Bridge Street Row, Chester
1855..1878
1884
Joseph Lyddiatt (entered Nov 1906) Monument Road, Birmingham;
subsequently
Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Joseph Moore (entered Nov 1909) Petsford Street, Birmingham
John Millward Banks 1893..1921
(entered 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
(entered Aug 1894) 		Watch case Watch case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry
J N M (probably John Newton Mappin - see London) 1896 Cruet, frame, salt
John Pound & Co (entered Sep 1899) Leadenhall Street, London, Piccadilly, London & Strand, London
Rotherham & Sons (John Rotherham) (entered c1887) Watch & watch case manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry
John Ross 1897
(entered May 1896) 		Wallet mounts Purse & Pocket book maker, Colebrook Row, Islington, London
John Round & Son Ltd (Joseph Ridge) 1908..1910
(entered Mar 1907) 		Box, toast rack Tudor Works, Sheffield
(entered Mar 1907)
Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd 1905..1940
(entered Sep 1905) 		Bowl, box, cigarette case, condiments, cup, mug, napkin ring, pincushion, spoon, trophy cup Oxford Street, London
John Richard Davies 1913
(entered Oct 1912) 		Tongs Waverley Terrace, Newton, Chester
John Sutter 1835..1857 Flatware Liverpool silversmith

Pieces also assayed in Newcastle & Edinburgh

John Silverston (entered May 1897) Summer Hill Terrace, Birmingham; subsequently Frederick Street, Birmingham
Joseph Smith & Sons (Birmingham) Ltd 1941..1955
(entered Aug 1937) 		Bracelet Vittoria Street, Birmingham
J Sherwood & Sons (entered Apr 1899) Regent Works, Regent Street, Birmingham
(entered Apr 1899)
Joseph Samuel Wilday 1899
(entered c1887) 		Watch case Watch case maker, Butts, Coventry
John Troup & Sons 1896..1913
(entered c1887) 		Napkin ring, thimble Hatton Garden, London
John Thompson & Sons 1913
(entered Apr 1904) 		Sovereign case Clerkenwell Road, London
James Thomas White (entered Feb 1864) Case maker, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
James Usher & Sons 1916
(entered Jun 1913) 		Spoon (Lincoln imp finial) Jewellers & silversmiths of High Street, Lincoln
Joseph Walley 1785 Spoon Silversmith of Water Street, Liverpool
J Weir & Sons 1901..1915
(entered Nov 1901) 		Napkin ring, salt Wicklow Place, Dublin
James William Benson 1913
(entered c1886) 		Mirror Ludgate Hill, London
J W Benson Ltd (entered May 1911)
J W Caldicott (entered Jan 1898) Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler 1884..1908
(entered 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
J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan) 1903
(entered c1886) 		Vesta Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
James Walker Ltd 1928
(entered Nov 1927) 		Thimble High Street, Streatham
1929
(entered Nov 1927)
J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd (James Walter Tiptaft) (entered Apr 1904) Fob medal Northampton Street, Birmingham
John Yeomans Cowlishaw (entered Mar 1906) Market Street, Sheffield
J Zeving 1913..1920
(entered Jul 1913) 		Judaic silverware (cup, goblet, plate) Samuel Zeving trading as J Zeving, Great Garden Street, London

This mark entered at London Assay Office as Joseph Zweig




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K

KB   KG   KP   KS  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Kay & Co
(subsequently Kay & Co Ltd) 		(entered c1892) William Kilbourne Kay trading as Kay & Co, watchmakers, Shrub Hill, Worcester
Kemp Brothers 1913
(entered Apr 1912) 		Napkin ring, trophy cup Union Street & Fairfax Street, Bristol
King & Sons 1897..1903
(entered Mar 1896) 		Box, buckle, candlestick, perfume bottle holder, pin tray, vanity jar lid, vase rim Charterhouse Street & Goswell Road, London
Kemp Brothers (entered Apr 1909) Union Street & Fairfax Street, Bristol
Keswick School of Industrial Art 1913..1960
(entered Apr 1905) 		Brooch, spoon, tray Northgate, Chester & Keswick



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L

LB   LL   LS   LW  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Lucas & Co (entered Dec 1896) Hylton Street, Birmingham
Levi & Salaman 1887..1909
(entered Mar 1880) 		Bookmark, buckle, match striker Manufacturing silversmiths of Birmingham
1887
Latimer & Sons (entered May 1909) Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Lucas Brothers Ltd (entered May 1894) Hylton Street, Birmingham
Loach Brothers (entered Mar 1912) Albion Street, Birmingham
Leopold Ltd (entered Jun 1908) Hatton Garden, Regent Street & Cheapside, London; & Paris
Lionel Smith & Co 1901
(entered Nov 1902) 		Spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham
The Lancashire Watch Co Ltd 1893
(entered c1892) 		Watch case Prescot, Lancashire

This mark not registered as a sponsor's mark - TPH (for Thomas Peter Hewitt, managing director) was normally used in addition




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M

MB   ME   MF   MH   MJ   MM   MN   MS   MW  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Marston & Bayliss (entered Oct 1900) Branston Street, Birmingham; subsequently Icknield Street, Birmingham
Marples & Beasley (entered May 1905) Albion Street, Birmingham
Marks & Cohen (Walter Henry Marks & Samuel Tobias Cohen) (entered Dec 1904) Camden Street, Birmingham
Marples & Co Ltd 1907
(entered Aug 1907) 		Goblet Ludgate Hill, Birmingham
Munsey & Co Ltd 1936
(entered Oct 1928) 		Bowl Market Hill, Cambridge
Morton & James (entered c1899 & Aug 1903) Morton Britton & James Phelps trading as Morton & James, stick mounters, Britannia Street, London
Male & Jones 1900..1911
(entered Nov 1902) 		Brooch, napkin ring Jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham
Minshull & Latimer (entered Nov 1885) Vyse Street, Birmingham
Moritz & Simon Lotheim (entered Oct 1894) Vittoria Street, Birmingham
Maxfield & Sons Ltd (entered Apr 1909) Enterprise Works, Sheffield & Upper John Street, London
Mappin & Webb Ltd (entered Sep 1904) Royal Cutlery Works, Norfolk Street, Sheffield
Murrle Bennet & Co (Ernst Mürrle and J B Bennett) (entered Jul 1901) Charterhouse Street, London
Mappin Brothers 1896..1899
(entered Mar 1897) 		Salt, vase William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman trading as Mappin Brothers, Regent Street & Cheapside, London & Queens Works, Sheffield
Miller Bros (entered Nov 1896) Newgate Street, London
(entered Jul 1916)
M Emanuel 1938
(entered Dec 1926) 		Sauce boat High Street, Northampton
Michael Fack (entered Mar 1896) Jeweller & silverplate beater, Grafton Street, Dublin
Friedlander & Co (Montague Friedlander) 1898
(entered Mar 1896) 		Bowl, spoon, table centrepiece Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
1905..1908
(entered Oct 1915)
M H Meyer Ltd (entered Jun 1909) Clerkenwell Road, London
(entered Nov 1937)
Matthew John Jessop (entered c1887) Hatton Garden, London
(entered Aug 1900)
M M Henderson Ltd 1936
(entered Nov 1934) 		Sauce boat Argyle Street, Glasgow
Marion & Co (entered May 1896) New Oxford Street, London
Mappin & Webb Ltd 1904..1919
(entered Jun 1912) 		Pepperette, salt Oxford Street, London & The Royal Works, Sheffield
(entered Jun 1912)
Max Steyerman (entered c1887) Watch case maker, Holborn Viaduct, London
Morris Spiro (entered May 1912) Hockley Hill, Birmingham
M Wachenheimer & Co Ltd (entered Jan 1944) Great Marlborough Road, London



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N

NB   NC   NG   NH   NW  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Nathan & Hayes (George Nathan & Ridley Hayes) 1902
(entered May 1897) 		Buckle, vanity jar top Icknield Street & Howard Street, Birmingham
(entered Jul 1903)
Nayler Brothers (entered Juk 1962) Broadwick Street, London
Nathan Brothers (entered Jan 1912) Vyse Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
N C Reading & Co (entered Dec 1912) Hall Street, Birmingham
Northern Goldsmiths Co 1935
(entered Jan 1916) 		Spoon Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
(entered May 1931)
1933
(entered May 1931)

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Newcastle Handicrafts Co (entered May 1910) College Road, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
Noah Wright (entered c1862) Watch case maker, The Butts, Coventry



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OA   OF   OT   OW  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Olney, Amsden & Son 1901
(entered Apr 1900) 		Thimble Falcon Street, London
Oreste Franzi & Co (entered Sep 1908) Castle Street, London
Ollivant & Botsford (entered Sep 1909) St Ann Street, Manchester
Richard Owen Williams 1921
(entered Nov 1907) 		Jar lid Holborn Circus, London & Birmingham



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P

PB   PE   PF   PG   PL   PP  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Perry & Co Ltd 1914
(entered Oct 1906) 		Novelty cigarette case Lancaster Street, Birmingham
Pembrook & Dickins 1897
(entered Apr 1898) 		Coffee pot W G Dickins trading as Pembrook & Dickins, Hall Street, Birmingham
Pleasance & Harper Ltd (entered May 1934) Wine Street, Bristol
Pearce & Son 1907..1912
(entered Jun 1905) 		Buckle, cigarette case Bond Street & Gallowtree Gate, Leeds & Lendal, York
Platnauer Brothers 1882
(entered Mar 1880) 		Watch case Watch manufactureres & importers, St Paul's Square, Ludgate Hill, Birmingham
P Bash & Co (entered Jul 1905) Hylton Street and Vyse Street, Birmingham
Pearce & Sons 1913..1924
(entered May 1913) 		Mustard, napkin ring, spoon Bond Street, Leeds; also York & Leicester
Percy Frederick Jackson

P F Jackson Ltd (after c1944)

(entered Nov 1894) Warstone Lane, Birmingham; subsequently Frederick Street, Birmingham
(entered Jun 1898)
Paul P Gutfreund (aka Paul P Goodfriend) 1946..1947
(entered Aug 1946) 		Brooch "Artistic silverworker", Serpentine Road, Kendal, Westmoreland
Patrick Leonard 1842..1845
(entered c1835) 		Flatware Salford silversmith
Payton, Pepper & Co (entered Feb 1883) Box, cigarette case, vesta Vyse Street, Birmingham
Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd 1897..1907
(entered Mar 1899)
1907..1910
(entered Mar 1899)

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