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IB   ID   IG   IH   IK   IL   IM   IN   IP   IR   IS   IW   IZ  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Bertha Inglis (1942)
I B A 1813 Spoon
James Dempster 1791..1802 Basket, salver, spoon
James Gilsland 1773..1789
(entered 1748) 		Spoon Punch is a flattened shield shape
John Graham 1805..1809 Spoon
Highland Home Industries (1944..1947)
James Ker (entered 1723) or John Kincard (entered 1726) 1736..1746 Salver Note: the marks of these 2 makers are very similar. The one illustrated is more probably John Kincard.
I L 1784 or 1785 Spoon
James Mackenzie 1808 Tea service
John McDonald 1799..1817 Fish slice, salver, toddy ladle, wine funnel
I MK 1816 Spoon
J N (1808)
I N 1818 Spoon
I P 1797 Spoon
Joseph Pearson 1814 Spoon Dumfries silversmith
I P 1826 Ladle possibly John Pringle
I R 1823 Box
John Seatoun 1716 Spoon
I S 1802 Spoon possibly John Sinclair
John Weems 1756 Spoon
John Welsh (1750..1767)
James Weems 1780 Spoon
I W 1797 Spoon
John Zeigler 1800..1809 Flatware
1812..1816

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JA   JB   JC   JD   JE   JF   JG   JH   JL   JM   JN   JO   JR   JS   JU   JW   JZ  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
J & C 1980 Quaiche
Jameson & Purvey (William Scriven Jamieson & Charles Andrew Purvey) 1958 Butter knife
James & William Marshall 1817..1855 Condiments, cruet stand, ewer, flatware A similar mark is used in Glasgow, attributed to J & W Mitchell

Mark seen with RS (1817, 1820), David Marshall (1828)

1863
possibly J Asherheim 1828 Spoon A similar mark with stops after J and A entered by James Aitchison, May 1874
J Asherheim 1837..1843 Flatware
James Aitchison 1900..1902 Spoon, vesta
J B 1881 Spoon Presumed to be an Aberdeen silversmith as hallmarks include an Aberdeen mark:
J B 1977 Napkin ring
J B C 1836..1851 Spoon Probably J B Cameron
J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd 1960..1973 Dish, quaich Newtown Road, Birmingham
James Carmichael (?) 1842 Spoon
J C & Co 1889 Spoon
John Crichton & Co 1890 Quaich
1895
J D 1818 Spoon Similar to a Glasgow mark of the same period
John Edward Vernon 1857..1868 Spoon
J F 1808..1814 Flatware
J F 1818 Spoon
John Fraser 1969
(registered Jun 1960) 		Clan badge Inverness silversmith
John Finlayson Lang 1944 Spoon
J G 1818..1821 Spoon This mark seen with Alexander Henderson (1818), Andrew Wilkie (1821)
J G C 1837 Spoon
James Hewitt 1778..1795 Salver, spoon
J Hay 1818..1829 Salt, salver, spoon, tea service This mark seen with J Howden & Co (1818) & Alexander Henderson (1824)
1846
J Hay or J Howden 1874
John Hart 1964..1966 "Iona" brooch, spoon
James Howden & Co 1828 Flatware, teapot Howdens' marks seen with A Edmondson (1829, 30), Elder & Co (1831,32,35)
1829..1847
1830
J Hamilton & Son 1854..1861 Spoon
J L 1830..1843 Spoon This mark seen with Leonard Urquhart (1830) & Elder & Co (1833)
J L 1831 Spoon
J Mc 1797 Spoon
James McKay 1807..1881 Basket, decanter label, flatware, teapot Also attributed to John McDonald (1811)
Jonathan Millidge 1820..1832 Butter knife, creamer, ladle
J M D 1818 Spoon
J McK 1828 Spoon
J M T 1898..1905 Quaich, spoon
J N 1808 Spoon
J N 1808..1815 Spoon
J N 1818 Ladle
James Nasmyth 1833..1838 Box, card case Box maker
James Nasmyth & Co 1846..1851 Card case
James Ness & Son 1965..1969 Goblet, pepper mill
James Newlands & Philip Grierson 1809 Spoon
James Orr 1802..1805 Spoon of Greenock
J R & S 1880 Salt
J R & S 1882 Spoon
J R & S 1896 Buckle
J S 1819 Flatware Probably James Smith
John Sutter 1829 Spoon Liverpool flatware maker
James Home 1824..1837 Decanter label, spoon Seen with Andrew Wilkie's mark (1824-26, 1837)
James Kirkwood 1852..1859 Flatware
J S & W C 1820 Tongs
John Urquhart 1813..1816 Flatware
John Welsh 1750..1767
(entered 1742) 		Spoon
John Williamson 1846..1881 Flatware Note similarity in shape to "A W"
James Wright 1866..1881 Spoon
J W Howden & Co 1815..1822 Salver, spoon, teapot Seen with AH (Alexander Henderson) (1816-21), J Hay (1818) & WH (1821)
J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan) 1897..1910 Pepperette, spoon Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
John Zeigler (1812..1816)

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Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Ker & Dempster 1749..1763 Salt, salver, spoon
Alexander Kirkwood & Son 1947 Napkin ring
Keswick School of Industrial Art 1962..1963 Napkin ring, spoon

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LB   LC   LF   LL   LO   LU   LY  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Lothian & Robertson 1751..1763 Basket, flatware, teapot
L & S 1844 Spoon
L & S 1851..1855 Spoon Probably Lister & Sons of Newcastle
L B 1805 Spoon
L B 1807 Spoon
L C J 1946 Box
Luke F Newlands 1815..1817 Decanter label, spoon Glasgow silversmith
L L 1815 Spoon
L L 2003 Coaster
Robert Lowe 1750..1752
(entered 1742) 		Salver, spoon
Leonard Urquhart 1829..1848 Decanter label, jug, quaich, salt, salver, tea service
Liberty & Co 1987..1991 Box, spoon

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MC   MF   MG   MI   MK   MM   MN   MO   MW  

Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Mackay & Chisholm 1834..1898 Flatware, goblet, tea service, teapot stand Princes Street, Edinburgh
1876..1918
1924..1957
1936..1941
Medlock& Craik 1948 Clan badge Inverness silversmiths
McHattie & Fenwick 1801..1802 Teapot, teapot stand
Mitchell & Russell 1811..1819 Flatware
Marshall & Sons 1817..1890 Bowl, claret jug, creamer, decanter label, flatware Retailers at 87 George St, Edinburgh (1868)
Matthew Craw 1797..1800 Spoon
Matthew Crawford 1806..1816 Spoon
Mackay, Cunningham & Co 1868..1881 Ladle, spoon Princes Street, Edinburgh
M F 1934
McG 1865 Spoon
William Macdonald Milne 1909 Napkin ring Aberdeen silversmith
M K ("unidentified" by Jackson) 1795..1805 Decanter label, spoon
M M 1983 Box
M N I B 1899 Teapot stand
Robert Morton 1812 Candlestick, flatware Retailer - mark seen with various makers
1817..1829
Mossman 1832 Spoon Retailer's mark
Michael Wallis Hurst 1977 Box Carradale, Argyllshire

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Mark Maker Period Seen on Comments
Newlands & Grierson (James Newlands & Philip Grierson) 1810..1814 Flatware Glasgow silversmiths
Noah Creswick 1961 Spoon Harrison Road, Edinburgh
Alastair Norman Grant 1972..1973 Box
Northern Goldsmiths Co (of Newcastle) 1935 Set of 1935 jubilee spoons with all assay office marks Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

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