Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (D)

DB DC DD DF DG DH DJ DK DL DM DR DS DT DW

D&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Deakin & Francis Ltd 1982 Quaich Regent Place, Birmingham

Proprietors: Stephen Henry Deakin & John Horace Francis

Dick & McPherson 1805..1813 Bowl, decanter label, flatware, mustard, salver Partners: William Dick & Thomas McPherson, working c1794 - c1812
Dalman & Narborough Ltd (registered Jan 1967) Makers of military & Scottish highland ornaments, military canes, etc, Lombard Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Dick & Robertson c1800 Decanter label Partners: William Dick & William Robertson, working c1796 - c1800




DB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
D Blackley 1864 Spoon
Hamish Dawson-Bowman 1959..1962 Brooch Founder of Celtic Art Industries
Doubar Ltd 1997..2000 Letter opener, money clip Wholesalers and importers of jewellery, Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Ceased trading 2006





DC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Crichton 1895 Basket, bowl, dish, pepperette, presentation key, tray Princes Street, Edinburgh
1895..1897
1897..1904

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Douglas (or David) Craigie Armstrong 1969 Ladle Amateur silversmith, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland

(image courtesy of Tony Ellis Antiques)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 1972 Candlestick Dundee College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
David Crichton Rait 1843 Creamer, salt Buchanan Street, Glasgow
1844




DD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Downie 1782 Ladle, salver

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
David Duncan 1839..1863 Flatware Cupar, Fifeshire
David Elder Drummond (1939)
David Darling & James Bell 1821 Spoon Newcastle




DE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Elder Drummond 1939
(registered May 1939)
Bowl Dunfermline, Scotland




DF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Donald Fraser (probably) 1828..1831 Flatware Inverness




DG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Gray 1817, 1845..1853 Flatware Dumfries
D G 1842 Spoon
Donald Gill Swanston 1916
(registered c1908)
Pincushion




DH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
David Hodges 1830..1839
(registered 1824)
Flatware Jeweller, George Street, Edinburgh

Died on 4 Mar 1846

Mark seen with HODGES retailer's mark (1830)





DJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David John Francis Hodge 1976..1985 Box, caddy spoon
Damian J Miles 2017..2020
(registered Sep 2000)
Decanter label, tie slide Okehampton, Devon

Web site





DK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Daniel Ker 1768
(registered 1764)
Spoon




DL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Diana Maud Boon Lewin 1959
(registered Sep 1960)
Fork Described as "student" on registration. Registration probably lapsed 1961.




DM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Marshall 1788..1790
(registered 1782)
Spoon Died 1799
D M 1790..1807 Flatware
D M 1808 Ladle
D M 1815..1828 Flatware Mark seen (1822,1825) with the mark of James & Walter Marshall

(image courtesy of Tony Ellis Antiques)
David MacGregor

D MacGregor & Co

1895
(registered c1876)
Decanter label Jeweller, silversmith & engraver, George Street, Perth

MacGregor died in 1909.

David McDonald 1813..1818 Spoon, tongs
Daniel McGraw 1864..1870 Flatware
Daniel McLean 1820 Flatware Mark seen (1820) with the mark of Colin Richardson
D M'L 1821 Ladle
Da-mar Silverware (registered Jul 1975) Chairman: David Shaw; Managing Director: Martin Collins




DR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
D R S 2010 Frame




DS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
D S 1923..1930 Imported watch case "Unidentified" by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Tain Silver (Douglas Scott) 1996..1999
(registered 1991; lapsed 2011)
Brooch Douglas Scott & Rita Scott trading as Tain Silver (see also R.S mark registered by Rita Scott).

A mark with stops registered 1978, lapsed 1989:
D.S.

Business acquired in 2011 by Neil Gordon Forbes using a TS mark.

D-S Design 2007..2013 Bowl, letter opener
Dart Silver Ltd 2013..2018
(registered Jan 2013)
Bookmark, boutonniere, buckle, Christmas decoration, decanter label, drinking straw, egg cup, flask, magnifying glass, money clip, napkin ring, quaich, spoon, toast rack, trophy cup, whistle Falkirk, Scotland

Web site

2019..2023
(registered Jan 2019)
David Scott-Walker (registered Dec 1993) Thimble (one of a set of 4 featuring all Assay Office hallmarks) Jewellery manufacturer, Sheffield
2002
(registered Dec 1993)




DT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
D T 2014 Cuff links




DW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Derek Wakeling 1977..1986
(registered Feb 1974; retired 1989)
Cuff links, ladle Beccles, Suffolk & Aviemore, Scotland

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
David William Harkison 1967..1971
(registered 1964)
Spoon Manufacturing jeweller, Marywood Square, Glasgow

Transferred registration from Glasgow on closure of the Assay Office

D W H 1997 Spoon