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Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (R to T)



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R

RA   RC   RD   RE   RG   RH   RJ   RK   RL   RM   RN   RP   RS   RT   RW  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Roberts & Belk 1935..1936, 1952, 1957 Quaich, spoon, tray Furnival Works, Sheffield
1971
R & D 1810 Tongs Listed as "unidentified" by Edinburgh Goldsmiths Incorporation
Robert & Henry Bruce Kirkwood 1882..1892 Buckle, cup, napkin ring
R & R Keay 1828..1837 Flatware Perth

Partnership lasted from 1825 to c1839


(images courtesy of David Mercer) 		Rettie & Son 1832..1850 Flatware Aberdeen

May be seen with an Aberdeen mark also:

Robb & Whittet 1837..1853 Flatware, mug, tea service
Robert Allison

Robert Allison & Son (from 1954)

1957..1965
(registered Mar 1954) 		Dirk mount, spoon Robert Allison & James Allison, trading as Robert Allison & Son. Ceased trading 1982.
(registered Mar 1954)
D C Rait & Son 1869 Tea service Glasgow
R A S Cowper 1975
(registered Jan 1959) 		Ladle, pendant Robert Andrew Scott Cowper, listed in telephone directories as a dental surgeon, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland
Robert Clark 1769 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.leopardantiques.com) 		Robert Chisholm 1834 Ladle
Carr's of Sheffield Ltd 2002 Frame, quaich Holbrook Avenue, Sheffield

Web site

2003..2007
Mithril Jewellery (Russell Dougal Caldwell) 1994
(registered Aug 1985) 		Brooch Manufacturing jeweller, Battlefield Road, Glasgow

Web site

Robert Edgar Stone 1972
(registered Oct 1938) 		Spoon Garrick Street, London & Garelochhead, Scotland
Robert Gordon 1746..1755
(registered 1741) 		Spoon
Robert Gray 1791..1802 Flatware Glasgow

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		c1800
Robert Gordon 1838..1847 Flatware, teapot Also attributed to Robert Greig of Perth, working from 1817 to 1869
R G 1854..1858 Coffee pot, spoon
Robert Gray & Son 1807..1847 Cup, flatware
Robert G Lawrie Ltd (registered Mar 1964 after Glasgow Assay Office closure; lapsed 1986) Bagpipe makers & Highland ornament manufacturers, Glasgow
Richard Haxton 1816..1822 Box
Richard Lawton Ltd (Richard Hugh Lawton) (registered Mar 1979)
Robert John Bett 1989
(registered Oct 1989) 		Brooch Silversmith & jeweller, Kilmartin by Lochgilphead & Grimsby, Lincolnshire

(image courtesy of Graham Evans) 		R J N 1894 Fob medal An identical mark registered by Robert James Napier, Oct 1939

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Robert James Napier 1951
(registered Dec 1947) 		Napkin ring Manufacturing silversmith, Thistle Street, Edinburgh
R K 1815..1821 Flatware Possibly either Robert Kerr or Robert Keay I
Robert Keay II 1839..1853 Flatware, salver
Robert Livingstone Christie 1857..1881, 1922 Spoon The 1922 mark has the letters R L C more widely spaced
R L Christie (probably) 1883 Spoon First 2 marks not illustrated by Edinburgh Goldsmiths Incorporation although there is a similar mark with stops between:
R . L . C

Third mark listed as "unidentified"

R L Christie listed in 1909-1984 telephone directories as a watchmaker, 18 Bank Street, Edinburgh

Business closed down 2007 [ref: Edinburgh Goldsmiths Incorporation]


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		1933 Fob medal

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		1989 Lemon squeezer
Rachel Louise Mackie 1978
(registered Aug 1978) 		Napkin ring Jeweller, North Berwick, East Lothian

Registration lapsed 1988


(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk) 		Robert Mathieson 1981
(registered Sep 1981) 		Spoon Registration lapsed 1991

Livingston, Scotland

Consignia PLC (Royal Mail) 2002..2003
(registered Jun 2002) 		Stamp box, stamp case Registration lapsed 2012
Robert McGregor 1843
(registered 1825) 		Medallion Perth

McGregor died in 1848 but the business was continued by his widow Magdelen McGregor using the same mark until her death in 1865 and then by their son Albert McGregor until 1868

Robert Naughten 1837..1842 Flatware Inverness
Mulfa Products (Ronald Barrington Price) 1977..1978 Box Polegate, Sussex
Robert Smeaton 1813..1820 Spoon Leith

Mark seen with J&WM (1817,1820)

R S 1883 Salt
R S 1919 Fob medal
R S 1938 Sauce boat
R S 1965 Box
R S K 1998 Button
Roger Turner (probably) 1810..1834 Flatware
R T 2000 Box
Robert Wilson 1798..1800 Flatware
R W Forsyth Ltd 1908 Clan badge "Highland accessory makers"

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S

SA   SH   SJ   SK   SL   SM   SS   SW  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Sawers Ltd (probably) 1922..1935 Decanter label, dish, salt Shandwick Place, Edinburgh

Seen (1922-1935) with Brook & Sons' mark

Shipton & Co 1937 Spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham
Sutherland & Horne 1870 Sporran South St Andrew Street, Edinburgh
Strickett & Loder (Colin Earnest Strickett & Robin Reginald Loder) (registered Nov 1977) London
John Sanderson & Son (probably) 1884 Box Sanderson & Son not mentioned after 1877 so this mark may not be Sanderson's
S A 2009 Card case
H S (1815..1830)
Stewart John Wilson 1989
(registered Apr 1973) 		Pendant West Calder, Midlothian
Keswick School of Industrial Art (1962)
Sidney Latimer 1911
(registered 1905) 		Badge George Street, Edinburgh

Mark in use until c1970

Scotia Manufacturing Jewellers Limited 1971..1973 Fob medal, pendant, spoon Dunoon, Argyll
1973
S S 1937 Brooch Also marked "Made in Inverness"
Shetland Silvercraft (now known as Shetland Jewellery) 1953..1973 Brooch, letter opener, napkin ring, spoon May also be marked "Shetland"

Silversmiths & goldsmiths, Weisdale, Shetland

Web site

Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd (registered Aug 1936) Manufacturing Jewellers, Fetter Lane, London EC4; also Mitchell Street, Glasgow
Sterling Silverware Ltd (registered Jul 1977) Arundel Street, Sheffield
S W 1842..1858 Flatware
W S (or S W) (1883)

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T

TA   TB   TC   TD   TE   TJ   TK   TM   TP   TR   TS   TT   TW  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T & E c1800 Tongs Possibly Turnbull & Easton of Glasgow

Tongs only had thistle & duty marks

Thomas A Finlayson 1831..1837 Flatware Glasgow
Benjamin Tait 1768 Spoon
Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd 1936
(registered Nov 1935) 		Arundel Street, Sheffield
T Bartie 1824..1827 Spoon Retailer's mark
T C 1840..1854 Flatware
T D 1828 Ladle
Thomas Kerr Ebbutt

subsequently T K Ebbutt Ltd

1937..1969
(registered 1903) 		Brooch, clan badge, egg cup, dagger mount, quaich, thimble Manufacturing jeweller, St David's Square, Edinburgh

Ebbutt started work in 1896 and died in 1921. His company continued in business until 1977 when it was bought by Hamilton & Inches. H&I continued to use the TE mark until c2000. Registration remains current.

1971
(registered 1962)
1986..1999
(registered Aug 1977)
1998
(registered 1961)
Thomas Johnston 1900 Dirk mount
Thomas Ker 1682 Spoon
T K P 1847 Tongs
Tony Michael Holland 1987..1993
(registered Oct 1985) 		Brooch, caddy spoon Achnasheen, Ross-shire
Thomas Patterson Burlison 1961
(registered Nov 1959) 		Creamer, sucrier Head of Craft Department, Felling Heworth Modern School (see mark at "FHMS"), Gateshead
Thomas R Brodie 1972
(registered Jul 1972) 		Imported box Importer & wholesaler, Glasgow

A later registration of this mark (Aug 1980) in the name of Mentor jewellers, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

T S 1823..1824 Spoon
T S 1892 Butter knife
Thomas Smith & Son (probably) 1891..1909 Fob medal, medal, quaich
Thomas Smith & Son 1905..1906 Quaich Princes Street, Edinburgh
T S Cuthbert Buchanan Street, Glasgow

Mark previously registered in Glasgow. Registered in Edinburgh after closure of Glasgow Assay Office.

T T 1806..1807 Spoon
Travis, Wilson & Co Ltd 1956..1965 Spoon (from sets with all assay office marks) Clarence Works, Bath Street, Sheffield
T W & J H 1809 Decanter label Identical to Thomas Wallis & Jonathan Hayne's London mark

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