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| Rosen & Alexander
| 1900
(registered Feb 1901)
| Watch case
| Simon Rosen & Charles Alexander trading as Rosen & Alexander, wholesale jewellers, Drummond Street, Edinburgh Watch cases probably made for R&A by the Lancashire Watch Company
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| Roberts & Belk
| 1935..1957
(registered Jul 1935)
| Spoons, including multi-hallmark sets for jubilee (1935) & coronation (1953)
| Furnival Works, Sheffield
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| Revell & Co
| (registered c1887)
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| Albert Charles Revell trading as Revell & Co, jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Robinson & Co
| (registered Jun 1904)
| Quaich, spoon
| The Square, Shrewsbury
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| 1930, 1962
(registered May 1929)
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| Reichenberg & Co
| 1902..1906
(registered Dec 1900)
| Watch holder
| Watch importers, Hatton Garden, London
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| Roek & Dreyfus
| 1897
(registered c1890)
| Watch chain T-bar
| Gold chain makers & manufacturing silversmiths, Faringdon Road, London EC
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| Robinson & McKewan (William Robinson & Arthur George McKewan)
| (registered May 1881)
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| Hockley Street, Birmingham
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| Rickard & Quilley
| (registered May 1906)
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| Arthur William Rickard & David Quilley trading as Rickard & Quilley, manufacturing jewellers, Albermarle Street, Clerkenwell; later Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell
The Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 has Richard & Quilley, but CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 and telephone directories show Rickard & Quilley
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| Reid & Sons
| (registered Aug 1894)
| Cigarette case, compact, jar lid, sauce boat
| Blackett Street & Granger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
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| 1915..1936
(registered Feb 1914)
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| Rotherham & Sons
| (registered Mar 1912)
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| Watch manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry & Holborn Circus, London
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| Reynolds & Westwood
| (registered Aug 1901)
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| Samuel John Reynolds & George Frederick Westwood trading as
Reynolds & Westwood, silversmiths, Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| (registered Aug 1901)
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| R & W Sorley (1933..1936)
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| Richard Adamson
| 1836
| Watch case
| Case maker, Liverpool
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| R A Jones & Sons Ltd
| (registered May 1911)
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| High Street, Southend on Sea, Essex
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| (registered Apr 1925)
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| Richard Burgess
| 1845
| Watch case
| Case maker, Liverpool
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| Harrods Stores Ltd
| 1911..1914
(registered Sep 1911)
| Dressing table set, tea caddy
| Knightsbridge, London SW RB was Sir Richard Burbridge, who was chairman of Harrods
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| R Bond & Co
| (registered Sep 1935)
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| Kings Head Buildings, Darlington
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| Ridley Brothers & Merton
| (registered Dec 1905)
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| Vittoria Street & Frederick Street, Birmingham
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| Rolason Brothers
| 1900..1906
(registered Feb 1901)
| Card case, cigarette case, fob medal, napkin clip, napkin ring, vesta
| Manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths, Vyse St, Birmingham
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| 1901..1904
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| (registered May 1903)
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| 1906..1911
(registered Feb 1907)
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| Robert Causer
| 1863
(registered 1854)
| Watch case
| Casemaker, Jordan Wells, Coventry
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| Robert Cawley
| 1911..1928
(registered May 1907)
| Imported items: ladle, purse
| Watchmaker, The High Cross, Chester
Cawley registered a similar mark R.C in an oval punch, Aug 1907
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| Robert Edgar Stone
| (registered Jul 1938)
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| Garrick Street, London & Garelochhead, Scotland
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| Richard Fennell
| 1899
(registered Oct 1899)
| Watch case
| Watch manufacturer, Mount Street, Coventry
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| Robert Gravenor
| 1886..1901
(registered c1886)
| Watch case
| Spon Street, Craven Street & The Butts, Coventry
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| R G
| 1906
| Fob medal
| Mark not shown in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004
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| Richard George Merrick (probably)
| 1907
| Gold watch case
| Watchmaker, Lever Street, Goswell Road, London
Merrick's mark illustrated in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 has stops between the letters; it was registered Jan 1903
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| Ridley Hayes
| 1887..1891
(registered c1886)
| Watch case
| Icknield Street, Birmingham
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| 1891..1894
(registered c1890)
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| Rowland Hill
| 1888..1898
(registered c1888)
| Watch case
| Rowland Hill trading as Thomas Hill & Co (after 1895)
Spon End, Coventry
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| R H
| 1890..1891
| Watch case
| Mark not shown in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004
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| Robert Harper
| 1891
(registered c1889)
| Watch case
| Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London
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| Robert Hilton
| 1904
(registered May 1896)
| Pin dish
| Artist, Allerford, Somerset
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| R Hovenden & Sons Ltd
| 1907..1909
(registered Apr 1905)
| Cigarette holder case, pipe mount
| General merchants & warehousemen, City Road, Finsbury, London
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| Robert Henry Jones
| (registered c1860)
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| Case maker, Wynyatt Street, Clerkenwell, London
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| Richard Hedley Whittaker
| (registered Oct 1899)
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| Wilton Road, London SW
Listed in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 as Richard Healey Whittaker and in CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 as Richard Hedley Whittaker
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| Richard Richardson I
| 1710
| Spoon
| Silversmith, Eastgate Street, Chester
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| Robert Jones
| 1792..1805
| Decanter label, skewer, spoon
| Watchmaker, case maker, goldsmith & silversmith, Liverpool
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| 1784
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| Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd (1905..1940)
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| John Richard Davies (1912..1914)
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| Reuben Jordan
| 1911
(registered Feb 1910)
| Pipe mount
| Hatfield Road, Bedford Park, London W; subsequently Brackley Road, Chiswick, London W4
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| Robert James Dick
| (registered Apr 1885)
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| Jeweller, Hylton Street, Birmingham
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| Richard James Oliver
| (registered Jul 1882)
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| Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
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| Robert John Pike
| 1889..1890
(registered c1890)
| Watch case
| Watch case manufacturer, Cromwell Street, Coventry
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| 1892
(registered Jan 1873)
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| 1908
(registered Jun 1880)
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| Roland James Taylor
| 1931
(registered Sep 1931)
| Watch fob
| Northampton Street, Birmingham
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| Richard John Wakefield
| 1897..1906
(registered May 1897)
| Brooch
| Tenby Street North, Birmingham
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| Richard Kilshaw
| 1803
| Watch case
| Watchmaker, case maker and silversmith, Liverpool
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| Richard Kevitt Rotheram
| (registered c1855)
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| Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
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| Robert Lowe
| 1829
| Tongs
| Silversmith, Preston
An identical mark used by Richard Lucas of Liverpool
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| Richard Lucas
| 1834..1840
| Watch case
| Case maker, Cheapside, Liverpool
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| 1841
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| 1844..1850
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| Rudolf Lichtblan
| 1903
(registered Jun 1904)
| Pipe mount
| Pipe manufacturer, Hanover Court, Milton Street, London EC
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| R L H
| (registered c1882)
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| Name, address & registry date not shown in the Register. RLH could be Richard Loewe Henry, jeweller, Thavies Inn, London (similar London mark) or R L Hector, Miller Street, Glasgow
(similar Glasgow mark).
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| Richard Llewelyn Benson Rathbone
| 1928..1932
(registered Feb 1899)
| Box
| "Designer & maker of artistic metalwork", Northumberland Terrace, Everton, Liverpool
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| Russells Ltd
| (registered c1922)
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| Watch makers, Church Street, Liverpool
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| Rodenic Manufacturing Co
| (registered Jun 1929)
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| Warstone Lane, Birmingham; later Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall)
| 1908..1909
(registered Jul 1907)
| Box, dish, salt
| Shrewsbury Works, Sheffield
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| Richard Nevill
| 1922
(registered Mar 1917)
| Cigarette case
| Walter A Nevill (proprietor), Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Thomas Robinson
| 1711..1716
| Spoon
| Goss Lane, Chester
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| Robert Over
| 1859, 1872
| Watch case
| Case maker, Highfield Street, Liverpool; in business 1858-1879. An apparently identical mark registered 1867, 1882 & 1883 by Richard Oliver, case maker of Galway Street, St Luke's, London. Watch movements by watchmakers from Blackburn (1859) & Liverpool (1872) imply that these sightings are of Over's mark.
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| Robert Pringle & Sons
| 1898..1910
(registered c1887)
| Basket, box, buckle, button, candlestick, caster, cigarette case, flask, ink well, mug, mustard, napkin ring, stamp holder, thimble, vesta
| Clerkenwell Road, London EC1
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| 1901..1918
(registered c1894)
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| 1910..1938
(registered Mar 1907)
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| Richmond Parker
| 1903
(registered Feb 1899)
| Vesta
| Vyse Street, Birmingham
Another mark in a rectangular punch with cut corners registered Feb 1896:
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| Richard Pattenden
| 1900..1906
(registered Mar 1899)
| Vesta
| Meredith Street, Clerkenwell, London Registered as a pipe mounter with Chester Assay Office; as a gold & silver worker with London Assay Office
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| R P
| 1941
| Gold ring
| Mark not shown in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004. A similar mark registered Sep 1929 by R Parke & Co, manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham, but with serifed letters.
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| Richard Richardson I
| 1732
| Saucepan
| Eastgate Street, Chester The Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 notes that Richardson died in 1729 so this may be Richard Richardson II who also used this mark, but he was not made free until 1736
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| Richard Richardson II
| 1762..1777
| Chamberstick, marrow scoop, skewer, spoon, tumbler cup
| Eastgate Street, Chester
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| 1776
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| Richard Richardson IV
| c1785
| Spoon
| Eastgate Street, Chester
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| Richard Richardson
| 1906
(registered Jun 1905)
| Footed bowl
| Cornwall Works, Scotland Street, Sheffield
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| Ryf & Marchand Ltd
| 1930
(registered Sep 1930)
| Imported watch case
| Watch importers, Hatton Garden, London EC1
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| Ralph Samuel
| 1849..1858
(registered c1843)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Wood Street, Liverpool
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| Robert Stebbings
| (registered Nov 1911)
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| Myddleton Street, London
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| R S Horne
| 1923
(registered Mar 1946)
| Bowl
| Corporation Street, Manchester
Similar mark with serif letters registered Oct 1905
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| Stainsby & Coupland
| 1894
(registered Sep 1894)
| Purse mount
| Richard Stainsby & William Coupland trading as Stainsby & Coupland, jewellers, silver purse lock and general mounters, Willmington Square, Clerkenwell, London EC
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| R & W Sorley
| (registered Oct 1908)
| Toast rack
| William Sorley & William Steele trading as R & W Sorley, St Vincent Street & Renfield Street, Glasgow; also at Buchanan Street, Glasgow
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| 1933..1936
(registered Oct 1908)
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| Richard Tarleton
| 1866
(registered May 1864)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Ray Street, Liverpool
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| Richard Turner
| 1889
(registered c1887)
| Watch case
| Tobacconist, cigar merchant & fancy goods dealer, Fishergate & Church Street, Preston, Lancashire
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| Ralph Wakefield
| 1793..1799
| Watch case
| Case maker, Dale Street, Liverpool
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| Ralph Walker
| 1800
| Watch case
| Silversmith, Liverpool
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| Robert Waddington
| 1888
(registered c1887)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Earlsdon, Coventry
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(image courtesy of Winsor House Antiques)
| R W Hewett & Co (Reginald Walter Hewett)
| (registered Jan 1883)
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| Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Jay's (Robert William Jay)
| 1927..1930
(registered Nov 1909)
| Box, match book holder
| King's Road, Brighton, Sussex, Essex Road & Charlotte Street, London
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