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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (W)


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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Wilsdorf & Davis (Hans Wilsdorf & Alfred James Davis) 1913
(registered Apr 1912) 		Clock Watch makers & importers, Hatton Garden, London
Ward & Francis (Alfred Ward & William Francis) (registered Mar 1898) Watch case Case makers, Croft Road, Coventry
W & F Rabone (Walter Hayes Rabone & Frank Rabone) (registered Apr 1883) Frederick Street, Birmingham
Walker & Hall 1906..1913
(registered Oct 1901) 		Ash tray, box, brush, candlestick, card case, caster, cigar & cigarette cases, coffee pot, condiments set, dish, napkin ring, salt, salver, sauce boat, sovereign case, spoon, tea service, tray, vase Electro Works, Howard Street, Sheffield
1921..1940
(registered May 1916)
W & H Ltd (registered c1913) This mark listed as "unidentified" in Chester Compendium
White & Reynolds 1904
(registered Aug 1899) 		Pendant Frank Reynolds & William Alfred White trading as White & Reynolds, Vyse Street, Birmingham; subsequently Northampton Street, Birmingham
West & Son 1905..1924
(registered Jun 1906) 		Cigarette case, frame, tazza, tea service Grafton Street, Dublin
S Ward & Sons 1909
(registered Feb 1910) 		Brooch Hockley Street, Birmingham; later Branston Lane, Birmingham

A similar mark in sans serif script registered Jan 1900

Wakely & Wheeler 1959
(registered Jan 1954) 		Spoon Ganton Street, London
William Aitken 1890..1901
(registered Feb 1899) 		Buckle, cigarette case, dish, flatware, frame, mug, mustard, salt, tea service Vyse Street, Birmingham
1895..1898
(registered c1893)

(image courtesy of Andy from Sydney) 		William Adams Ltd (registered c1917) Barr Street, Birmingham
William Ambrose Emerson 1908
(registered May 1909) 		Box Chancery Lane, London
William Alfred Massingham 1921
(registered Mar 1920) 		Fob medal Northampton Street, Birmingham
W A Perry & Co Ltd (registered Mar 1952) Corporation Street, Birmingham
William Bradbury 1903
(registered Sep 1902) 		Cigarette case Hockley Hill, Birmingham
William Briggs & Co (registered Mar 1903) Andrew Street, Wicker, Sheffield
William Batt & Sons (registered Jun 1904) Sycamore Road, Sheffield
William Base & Sons 1926
(registered Jul 1926) 		Flask Kenyon Street, Birmingham
Williams (Birmingham) Ltd (registered Sep 1911) Goodman Street, Birmingham
William Pearson Bonaston 1936
(registered Oct 1931) 		Spoon "Machine insurance clerk", Royston Road, Liverpool
Ward Brothers 1897..1918
(registered Jun 1897) 		Brooch, coffee service Branston Street, Birmingham
1944..1949
W Coulthard & Co 1904..1908
(registered Jul 1900) 		Creamer, dish, spoon Northampton Street, Birmingham
W Coulthard Ltd 1909
(registered Apr 1910)
William Clarke & Son 1909..1911
(registered Mar 1910) 		Buckle Vyse Street, Birmingham
William Cotton Bird 1890
(registered c1888) 		Watch case Case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry
W & M Dodge (William Dodge) (registered c1860) Market Place, Manchester
William Dunningham & Co (registered May 1909) Diamond Street, Aberdeen
William Ehrhardt; subsequently William Ehrhardt Ltd (registered Feb 1906) Watch manufacturers, Time Works, Barr Street, Hockley, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
(registered Dec 1910)
William Flower 1893
(registered Nov 1883) 		Watch case Case maker, Weston Street, Coventry
William Francis Garrud (registered c1887) Holborn Circus, London
William Griffiths & Sons (registered Oct 1913) Northampton Street, Birmingham
W G Keight

W G Keight & Co (from 1901)

1909
(registered Aug 1899) 		Vesta Warstone Lane, Birmingham

Chester Compendium lists this maker as William George Knight

Walter & George Myers (registered Mar 1878) Northampton Street, Birmingham
William Hammon 1889
(registered May 1882) 		Watch case Case maker, Coventry
The Wayne Hart Co 1946
(registered Dec 1945) 		Butter knife, spoon Leslie James Anthony Hartley trading as The Wayne Hart Co, manufacturing & wholesale jewellers, Warstone Lane, Birmingham
William Henry Adams 1902
(registered Oct 1894) 		Watch case Watch manufacturer, Allesley Old Road, Coventry

A similar mark with pellets registered c1886:
W·H·A

William Henry Creswick (registered Jun 1945) "Artist in gold & silver", Branscome, Devon
W H Collins & Co (registered Jan 1948) Excelda Works, Handsworth, Birmingham
William Hair Haseler; W H Haseler Ltd (after c1910) (registered Mar 1884) Richmond Street, Birmingham; subsequently Vyse Street & Hylton Street, Birmingham
(registered c1894)
William Henry Leather; subsequently W H Leather & Son 1909
(registered May 1894) 		Pitsford Street, Birmingham
(registered May 1894)
William Henry May (registered Jul 1929) Clumber Street, Nottingham
William Henry Sparrow (registered Feb 1904) Spencer Street, Birmingham
William Hutton & Sons Ltd 1913
(registered Jun 1911) 		Box West Street, Sheffield, Hanley Street, Birmingham & Farringdon Road, London
William Harrison Walter (registered Aug 1895) Newgate Street, London

Also with serif characters with and without stops (both registered c1888)

W H Weston (registered May 1933) Richard Hines trading as W H Weston, Barr Street, Birmingham; subsequently Frederick Street, Birmingham
W Johnson & Sons (registered May 1912) Clifford Street, Birmingham

Mark with no stop registered May 1912

William James Dingley (registered c1887) Warstone Lane, Birmingham
William J Holmes

William J Holmes Ltd (after c1938)

(registered Jun 1902) Hockley Hill, Birmingham

Note: This mark also used by F Hutchinson & Co (William John Hutchinson), Furnival Street, London (registered May 1899)

(registered Jun 1938) Hockley Hill, Birmingham
William John Pellow

W J Pellow Ltd (after 1952)

1925..1937
(registered Nov 1898) 		Fob medal Hylton Street, Birmingham
1947
(registered Nov 1947)
W J Myatt & Co 1900
(registered Nov 1898) 		Decanter Caroline Street, Birmingham
William Lewis (registered Mar 1907) Rosebury Avenue, London & Northampton Street, Birmingham
William Lister & Sons (registered Oct 1929) Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
W Coulthard Ltd (1909)
William Manton 1903..1904
(registered Nov 1895) 		Folding scissors, posy vase Vyse Street, Birmingham
Wilmot Manufacturing Co (registered Jun 1912) Camden Street, Birmingham
William Neale

William Neale & Son (from 1890)

William Neale & Son Ltd (from 1909)

1888..1908
(registered Sep 1882) 		Bowl, buckle, card case, cigarette case, condiments set, dish, dressing table set, frame, napkin ring, tray, vesta Warstone Lane, Birmingham; subsequently Cox Street, St Paul's, Birmingham
(registered c1894)
1937
(registered Jan 1912)
W & G Neal (registered Jun 1896) George Neal & George Arthur Neal trading as W & G Neal, Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London
William Oliver (registered Mar 1895) Tenby Street, Birmingham
William Philip Whiteman (registered Dec 1911) Vyse Street, Birmingham
William Ryley Case maker, St John's Street, Coventry
William Redfern 1902
(registered May 1902) 		Box Everton Road, Sheffield
William Russell (registered Feb 1898) Wholesale jewellers & watch manufacturers, Argyle Street, Glasgow
W Reed Williams Ltd (registered Mar 1912) Hatton Garden, London
William Hutton & Sons Ltd (1913)
William Twemlow c1790
(registered c1787) 		Spoon Goldsmith, silversmith & watchmaker, Nantwich and later Chester
William Thorneywork (registered Nov 1896) Tongs Northampton Street, Birmingham; subsequently Tenby Street North, Birmingham
1901
(registered Apr 1899)
William Thomas Imbrey (registered Apr 1904) Holborn Viaduct, London
William Vale & Sons 1916..1931
(registered Oct 1895) 		Cup, fruit knife, manicure set, napkin ring, spoon, trophy cup Unett Street, Birmingham
Williams Ltd (William Williams) (registered May 1903) William Williams & Leigh A Elkington trading as Williams Ltd, Hockley Street, Birmingham
Wakely & Wheeler (1959)
Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst Ltd (Walter Walker & Brownfield Tolhurst) (registered Dec 1902) Aldersgate St, London EC
William Walter Cashmore 1927
(registered c1891) 		Fob medal Warstone Lane, Birmingham
W Wilkinson Ltd (registered May 1914) Skinner Street & Clerkenwell Road, London
W Wright Ltd (registered Apr 1915) East Street, Brighton, Sussex

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