Silver Makers' Marks - Glasgow Assay Office (R)

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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Roberts & Belk 1935..1964 Napkin ring, quaich, spoons - including multi-hallmark sets for jubilee (1935, 1936) & coronation (1952) Furnival Works, Sheffield
1963

(image courtesy of David Mercer)
Robert & George Drummond (probably) 1875..1880 Box, pepperette, quaich, spoon Manufacturing jewellers, silversmiths & watchmakers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Rotherham & Sons 1924 Imported gold watch case Watch manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry & Holborn Circus, London
R & W Sorley 1881 Basket, bowl, buckle, candlestick, dish, flatware, mug, mustard, napkin ring, presentation trowel, salver, tankard, tea service, toast rack, vase William Sorley & William Steele trading as R & W Sorley, St Vincent Street & Renfield Street, Glasgow; also at Buchanan Street, Glasgow & Argyle Street, Glasgow
1887
1893..1905
1895..1938
1909..1917
Robert Allison

Robert Allison & Son (from 1954)

1945..1960
(registered Nov 1941)
Caddy spoon, dirk mount, Iona silver (brooch, spoon), souvenir spoon Robert Allison & James Allison, trading as Robert Allison & Son
1954
D C Rait & Son 1844, 1866 Spoon
William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Richard Comyns) 1963
(registered Mar 1964)
Dish Manufacturing silversmiths, Tower Street, London WC2

Registration dated just before closure of the Glasgow Assay Office

R D 1819 Spoon
Robert Drummond 1888 Spoon
Robert Edgar Stone (registered Apr 1959) Garrick Street, London & Garelochhead, Scotland
R F 1866 Spoon
Robert Gray c1780 Ladle

(Mark seen with both square & cut corners)
Robert Gray & Son 1819..1848 Candle snuffer, claret jug, decanter label, flatware, goblet, tea caddy, tea service Trongate, Glasgow
1825..1843
Robert G Lawrie Ltd 1908 Buckle Bagpipe makers & Highland ornament manufacturers, Glasgow
R H 1874 Spoon
J Russell & Co (1894)
R K 1855 Spoon
Robert Luke c1745 Tankard Mentioned in Glasgow records from 1721; died 1752
Robert Lindsay (registered 1927) Oban, Scotland
Robert Livingstone Christie 1884 Spoon Bank Street, Edinburgh

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1885
Russells Ltd Watch makers, Church Street, Liverpool
R Macintosh 1932..1933 Quaich cup, trophy Cup Watchmaker & jeweller, Buchanan Street, Glasgow
J Russell & Co (1894)
R R 1898 Souvenir spoon (of Kilmarnock) Possibly Robert Rankin of Kilmarnock but a similar, possibly identical, mark seen (1906) marked "R.REID GOVAN"
Robert Scott (probably) (1820)
Robert Scott 1849..1856 Creamer, flatware, sauce boat, sucrier Buchanan Street, Glasgow
1858..1887

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1909..1927
Robert Scott (probably) 1859 Ladle, medal, spoon

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1865
1866..1868

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Robert Stewart 1872 Medal This mark seen with maker's mark only on a medal engraved with a presentation date of 1872 and found in a box printed with "R Stewart" and addresses in Argyle Street and Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The mark is not shown in the Edinburgh Assay Office Marks Archive so may not be a registered maker's mark

(image courtesy of Graham Evans)
Robert Scott (probably) 1887..1909 Fob medal, gold ring, napkin ring
Robert Stewart 1894..1904 Coffee pot, dish, imported cigarette case, salt, sauce boat, spoon, tea service, toast rack, tongs Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow; subsequently Buchanan Street, Glasgow

R Stewart Ltd from c1926

1907..1931
1926
1927..1929

(image courtesy of Matt King)
Robert Scott (probably) 1819 Ladle Longwell Close, Greenock

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1820 Spoon
R & W Sorley (1893..1905)
R T 1822..1830 Fish slice, spoon Possibly Robert Turnbull

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R T 1863..1871 Spoon
R T 1878 Spoon
Robert Tennant 1884..1887 Brooch, spoon
Rolex Watch Co Ltd 1923..1936 Imported watch case
R W Forsyth Ltd "Highland accessory makers"