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A

AA   AC   AD   AE   AF   AG   AH   AJ   AK   AL   AM   AP   AR   AS   AT   AU   AW   AZ  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
A & G Cairncross Ltd 1968
(registered c1937) 		Quaich, tastevin John Street, Perth
1998
(registered 1992)
Aitchison & Son 1775 Spoon
Alexander Aitchison 1746 Spoon
Adam Burgess 1836..1841 Flatware Dumfries

Worked from c1834 to 1844.

A Brown 1876 Spoon
A C 1816..1821 Flatware
Andrew Davidson 1836 Flatware Arbroath
1841..1861
Adam Elder or Alexander Edmonstoun III 1808..1824 Dish ring, salver, spoon, teapot Attribution by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths
Adam Elder (probably) 1826..1831 Decanter label, flatware Seen with Howden & Co (1829, 1830), Robert Morton (1829), T Bartie (1827), J & W Marshall (1831)

Also possibly Alexander Edmonstoun III

Elder died 7 May 1829 and his company continued as Elder & Co (note similarity of this punch shape to that of E&Co)

A F 1880 Cup
Alexander Gardner 1763..1798 Candlestick, saucepan, spoon
1773..1787
Asprey & Garrard 2000 Goblet New Bond Street, London W1

Asprey and Garrard merged in 1998 and de-merged in 2002

Alex Graham & Co 1794..1798 Spoon
Audrey Grace Connelly 1992 Spoon
Arthur George Rendell (registered Aug 1926) Clerkenwell Road, London
A G Whighton 1835..1859 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Alexander Henderson 1795..1812 Flatware
1813..1824 This mark seen with JG (1818), WH (1819), JWH (1813-21) & J Hay (1823-24)
A Hill & Co (Birmingham) Ltd 1968
(registered Mar 1969) 		Brooch Also known as A Hill & Co (Scotland) Ltd with "Scottish works" at Coldstream, Berwickshire
Alan Hodgkinson 1985
A H 2001 Brooch
Artform Jewellery (registered Oct 1999; lapsed 2009) Eldon Street, Sheffield
Anthony John Hope 1977..1980 Box Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
A J K 1991..1993 Bowl A similar mark seen with Birmingham hallmarks
Salen Silver (Angus John Milne) 1990
(registered Oct 1986) 		Spoon Isle of Mull
Adrian K A Hope 1994..2004 Spoon Stobo, Peebles, Scottish Borders

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Asprey & Co Ltd 2003 Tray mount Jewellers, gold & silversmiths & retailers, London
A M 1813 Watch case
A M 1817 Spoon Probably a retailer's mark (seen with John Zeigler's mark)
A M 1824..1828 Salver, spoon, teapot Possibly either Adam Mossman or Alexander Mitchell
A M & Co 1839..1848 Flatware
A M & Co 1854 Tongs
Alexander Mitchell & Son 1833 Spoon
A McL 1823 Butter knife
A McM 1853 Spoon
A P c1810 Spoon
A R 1810 Spoon
A R 1810..1812 Flatware
Arthur Robert Angell 1963..1972
(registered Aug 1960) 		Box, cup, dish, napkin ring, quaich, spoon Paisley
Alexander Spence (probably) 1784..1797 Basket, creamer, spoon, sucrier
Alexander Spence 1809..1831 Flatware
Argyll Silver 2000 Clock
Alexander Taylor Reid 1949..1969
(registered 1929) 		Caddy spoon, novelty cocktail stick St Andrews, Scotland
Archibald Ure 1736..1739 (as Assay Master) Flatware Assay Master 1730-1739
Austen 1812 Spoon Seen overstamped on another mark. Note: John Austen's earliest mention in Dundee records is 1824 [ref: Jackson]
John Austen 1829..1830 Flatware Dundee
Andrew Wilkie 1811..1837 Decanter label, flatware This mark seen with the marks of MORTON (1817, 1824), GB(1817), JG (1821), J & W Marshall (1821), James Home (1824-26, 1837)

Wilkie died in 1862

Andrew Wilkie (probably) 1828..1843 Flatware, urn Note similarity in shape to "J W" (John Wilkie)
T A Henn & Son Ltd (Alan Wesley Henn) 1987
(registered Aug 1987, lapsed 1997) 		"Glenlivet Whisky" decanter label Retail jeweller & silversmith, Park Crescent & Princess Street, Wolverhampton
Alexander Zeigler 1784..1802 Spoon

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B

BH   BI   BL   BM   BS  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Brook & Son 1891..1898 Bowl, brush, cup holder, decanter label, dish, fork, matchbook holder, spoon, tea strainer George St, Edinburgh

Successors to William Marshall & Sons, 1891

1919..1937
1939
Bodenham & Shorthouse (John Bodenham & Alan Shorthouse) (registered 1977) Manufacturing jewellers, Whitefields Road, Solihull, West Midlands

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Bernard Harrington 1952..1959
(registered Aug 1948) 		Fork, ladle Teacher of silversmithing, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk) 		Bertha Inglis 1930..1943 Butter knife, spoon Edinburgh & Leith

Died 1966

B L 1788 Spoon
William Robb (1919..1926)
Barbara Miles 1993
(registered Aug 1977; died 1999) 		Ladle Kendal, Cumbria
Brian Michael Gavigan (registered Mar 1973)
Bruce Stevenson (registered Aug 1976) Yarm, Cleveland

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C

CA   CB   CD   CF   CG   CH   CJ   CL   CM   CN   CP   CR   CS  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Cross & Carruthers (William Cross & John Carruthers) 1859 Fish server First mentioned in Edinburgh records 1827, last mentioned 1863
C & McD 1867..1869 Flatware
Crisford & Norris Ltd 1972
(registered Apr 1967) 		Napkin ring Manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Alexander Cameron 1821 Flatware Dundee

Worked from about 1818 to c1840.

"Dundee" mark not always present.

1823..1837
Charles Blair 1709
(registered 1707) 		Spoon
Charles Bendy 1822..1826 Decanter label, ladle, teapot
Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd (registered Dec 1969) Don Plate Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield & Holborn Viaduct, London
Charles Dickson 1750 Spoon
Charles Dalgleish 1813..1820 Flatware
Cecil Frederick Colyer 1977..1982 Goblet, spoon Blandford Forum, Dorset

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Caithness Glass (registered Oct 1985) Wick, Scotland
C H Farquharson 1842..1875 Flatware
Caithness Jewellery 1972..1978
(registered Nov 1971) 		Brooch, button, pendant Caithness Glass Ltd trading as Caithness Jewellery, Harrowhill, Wick, Scotland
Catherine L Charles 1944 Tongs
C L Edwards (registered Aug 1998, registration lapsed 2008) Jewellery importers & distributors, Blackpool, Lancashire
Charles Murray 1821 Spoon Perth
Christopher Nigel Lawrence 1998
(registered Jul 1971) 		Box Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Charles Andrew Purvey 1991
(registered Oct 1985) 		Caddy spoon Canongate, Edinburgh

Registration lapsed 1995.
Previously (c1957-c1964) in partnership with W S Jameson (see J&P mark for Jameson & Purvey)

Charles Robb 1816..1822 Flatware Seen with D McL (1820) & Marshall & Sons (1820,22)
Charles Robb & Sons 1857..1870 Spoon, tea service
Reid & Son (Christian Ker Reid & David Reid) 1819 Tongs Newcastle
George Crichton 1852..1881 Flatware Perth
C S 1871 Spoon
Colin John Stewart Stephenson (registered Oct 1973) Jeweller, Dumfries & London
Charles S Green & Co Ltd 1977 Plate Cogent Works, St Paul's Square, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
Christian St John 1999
(registered Jan 1997; lapsed 2007) 		Bangle John R Fox trading as Christian St John, manufacturing jeweller, Farnham, Surrey

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