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Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (A to H)



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A

AA   AC   AD   AE   AF   AG   AH   AJ   AM   AR   AS   AU   AW   AZ  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
A & G Cairncross 1968 Quaich Perth silversmiths
Aitchison & Son 1775 Spoon
Alexander Aitchison 1746 Spoon
Adam Burgess 1836..1840 Flatware Dumfries silversmith. Worked from c1834 to 1844.
A Brown 1876 Spoon
A C 1816..1821 Flatware
Andrew Davidson 1836 Flatware Arbroath silversmith
1841..1861
A E 1808..1809 Spoon
A Edmondson 1826..1831 Decanter label, flatware Seen with Howden & Co (1829, 1830), Robert Morton (1829), T Bartie (1827), J & W Marshall (1831)

Also attributed to Adam Elder (decanter label - undated)

A F 1880 Cup
Alexander Gardner 1763..1798 Candlestick, spoon
1785
Alex Graham & Co 1794..1798 Spoon
Audrey Grace Connelly 1992 Spoon
A G Whighton 1835..1846 Spoon
Alexander Henderson 1795..1812 Flatware
1816..1824 This mark seen with JG (1818), WH (1819), JWH (1816-21) & J Hay (1823-24)
Alan Hodgkinson 1985
Anthony John Hope 1980 Box Newcastle-Upon-Tyne silversmith
A J K 1991..1993 Bowl A similar mark seen with Birmingham hallmarks
A M 1827..1828 Spoon Possibly either Adam Mossman or Alexander Mitchell
A M & Co 1839..1846 Flatware
A M & Co 1854 Tongs Probably Alexander Murray & Co
Alexander Mitchell & Son 1833 Spoon
A McL 1823 Butter knife
A McM 1853 Spoon
A R 1810 Spoon
A R 1811 Spoon
Arthur Robert Angell 1963..1970 Dish, napkin ring, quaich Paisley silversmith
A S 1784..1797 Basket, spoon Probably Alexander Spence
Alexander Spence 1816..1831 Spoon
Archibald Ure 1736..1737 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 silversmith
Andrew Wilkie 1814..1837 Decanter label, flatware Also attributed to Alexander Wigful (on a decanter label). This mark seen with MORTON (1817, 1824), JG (1821), JH (1824-26, 1837), JsH (1826)
A W 1828..1843 Flatware, urn Possibly either Alexander Wotherspoon or Andrew Wilkie.

Note similarity in shape to "J W"

Alexander Zeigler 1785..1802 Spoon

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B

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Brook & Son 1891..1898 Bowl, cup holder, decanter label, dish, fork, spoon, tea strainer George St, Edinburgh
1919..1928
1939
Bertha Inglis 1942 Butter knife
B L 1788 Spoon

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C

CA   CB   CD   CF   CH   CL   CR   CS  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
C & McD 1867..1869 Flatware
Alexander Cameron 1821 Flatware Dundee silversmith, worked from about 1818 to c1840.

"Dundee" mark not always present.

1823..1837
Charles Blair 1709
(entered 1707) 		Spoon
Charles Bendy 1822..1826 Decanter label, teapot
Charles Dickson 1750 Spoon
Charles Dalgleish 1814..1820 Flatware
Cecil Frederick Colyer 1978..1982 Goblet, spoon Blandford Forum, Dorset
C H Farquharson 1851..1875 Spoon
Catherine L Charles 1944 Tongs
Charles Robb 1816..1822 Flatware Seen with D McL (1820) & Marshall & Sons (1820,22)
Charles Robb & Sons 1857..1870 Spoon, tea service
Reid & Son (of Newcastle) (Christian Ker Reid & David Reid) 1819 Tongs
George Crichton 1852..1881 Flatware ...of Perth
Charles S Green & Co 1977 Plate St Paul's Square, Birmingham

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D

DB   DC   DD   DF   DG   DH   DJ   DM  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Deakin & Francis Ltd 1982 Quaich Regent Place, Birmingham
Dick & McPherson 1808..1812 Bowl, spoon
D Blackley 1864 Spoon
Hamish Dawson-Bowman 1959 Luckenbooth brooch Founder of Celtic Art Industries
D b 1997 Letter opener
David Crichton 1895 Basket, pepperette, tray Princes Street, Edinburgh
1897..1904
David Crichton Rait 1844 Salt
David Downie 1782 Ladle
David Duncan 1839..1863 Spoon Cupar, Fifeshire
David Darling & James Bell 1821 Spoon Newcastle silversmiths
Daniel Ferguson 1828..1831 Flatware
David Gray 1817, 1845..1853 Flatware Dumfries maker
D H 1830..1839 Flatware
David John Francis Hodge 1976 Box
David Marshall 1790
(entered 1782) 		Spoon
D M 1790..1807 Flatware Probably David Marshall
D M 1815..1828 Flatware Probably David Marshall
David McDonald 1813..1818 Spoon, tongs
Daniel McGraw 1864..1870 Flatware
Daniel McLean 1820 Flatware Mark seen with Charles Robb (1820))

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E

EA   ED   EH   EL   EM   EP   ER  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Elder & Co 1831..1836 Creamer, decanter label, flatware This mark seen with James Hoyden & Co (1831,32,35), J L (1833), R T (1834)
1835..1836
Edinburgh Assay Office 2003 Compact
George Edward & Sons 1876 Spoon
Elizabeth Henry Kirkwood 1947 Spoon
Edward Lothian 1737..1750 Spoon, teapot Also used as assay master's mark 1742-1743
Millidge & Son (Edwin Millidge) 1834..1871 Buckle, flatware, jug, mug
1850
Edward Penman 1720..1724 (as assay master) Assay master 1707 - 1729
Elizabeth Reid Leckie 1953 Spoon

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F

FH   FO  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Finlay & Field 1835 Salver
F & Ss 1824..1828 Flatware
Francis Howden 1784..1817 Flatware, wine funnel
Francis Howard Ltd 1957..1973 Spoon
probably William Forrest & Co 1821..1823 Flatware Retailers mark? - no additional maker's mark though

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G

GB   GC   GE   GF   GJ   GL   GM   GP   GS  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Gillsand & Ker 1765 Spoon
G & Mc 1797..1802 Spoon
George & Michael Crichton 1864..1876 Flatware, teapot
G B 1795 Spoon
George Bell 1830..1835 Flatware
George Christie 1791..1794 Spoon
George Cunningham 1855 Card case
G C C 1810 Flatware Probably George C Constable of Dundee
Dougal Ged 1737..1751 Beaker, salt, spoon Assay master 1740-1741
George Fenwick 1806..1823 Flatware, wine funnel stand
George Jamieson 1841 Flatware
Graham Leishman Stewart 1986..1987 Spoon Dunblane silversmith
George McHattie 1806..1822 Candlestick, decanter label, goblet, tea & coffee service, wine funnel
George Paton c1828 Decanter label
George Panton & Son 1937..1938 Brooch, flatware
George Sangster 1848..1871 Flatware Aberdeen silversmith - pieces may also have the Aberdeen mark:
Glasgow School of Art 1990 Cup
George S Belfield 1898 Menu holder Also with sans-serif characters

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H

HA   HB   HC   HE   HG   HH   HJ   HO   HS   HT  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
H 1812 Spoon
Hamilton & Inches 1870 Bowl, cocktail shaker, coffee pot, cup, decanter label, flatware, inkwell, jug, menu holder, mustard, napkin ring, quaich, salver, tea caddy, tea kettle & stand, tea service, toast rack, watch stand Princes Street, Edinburgh
1871..1961, 1995
1883..1941, 1975
1883..2000
1884..1916
Hugh & Michael Strain 1813..1816 Spoon
Hayward & Stott (Scottish Silver) 2003 Bowl, box, candlestick, coaster, goblet, mug, paper knife, quaich, toast rack
John Hay 1853..1877 Flatware ..of Leith?
Harry Beathune 1720 Tankard
Hamilton, Crichton & Co 1874..1880 Bowl, brooch, flatware
John Heron 1811..1814 Flatware Greenock silversmith
1815..1826
Hugh Gordon 1751..1758 Also used as assay master's mark 1744-1758
Highland Home Industries 1943..1947 Caddy spoon, kilt pin Iona craft shop run by Hannah McCormick; mark used from death of Alexander Ritchie in 1941 to c1945
John Hart (1964..1966)
Hjaltasteyn Ltd 1992 Spoon Jewellers of Lerwick, Shetland
? Hodges 1832..1834 Flatware
? Home 1824..1825 Spoon
H S (or S H ?) 1815..1830 Spoon
Henry Tatton (subsequently Tatton & Son) 1909..1925 Miniature sword, napkin ring

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