Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (C)

C& CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ

CS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Clement Stoner 1686 Caster
C S 1783 Ladle
Charles Saffell 1791..1792
(registered Jul 1791)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell Green, London

An identical cameo mark registered Mar 1800 by Charles Storer, watch case maker, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London. Storer also registered a cameo mark with pellet between, Jan 1820

1796..1797
(registered Jan 1797)
Charles Shipway 1827..1835
(registered Jan 1826 & 1829)
Flatware
1836..1838
(registered Jun 1836)
Charles Shaw 1845..1874
(registered Aug 1843)
Flatware, whistle
Chantry Silversmiths Ltd 1959..1977
(registered Feb 1954)
Decanter label, letter opener, mug, skewer, taperstick Grays Inn Road, London WC1
Colin John Stewart Stephenson 1977 Box, decanter Jeweller, Dumfries & London
Camelot Silverware Ltd 1977 Salver Gibraltar Street, Sheffield

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(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Caroline Snellgrove 2010 Dish St Agnes, Cornwall
Central School of Arts & Crafts 1933..1951 Bowl, box, condiments set, cup, dish, mug, spoon, tea service

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
1937..1938
Christopher Bowen 1979..1994 Pepper grinder, spoon, thimble Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Charles Solomon Farbey 1938..1968
(registered 1936)
Decanter, decanter label, napkin ring, salver, tray, trophy cup Tudor Place, London W1

Listed in telephone directories from 1938 to 1975 as an electroplate manufacturer

Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd 1878
(registered Jan 1878)
Box, buckle, compact, condiments, cruet, locket, pen knife, souvenir items, spoon, tea caddy, vesta Bartlett's Passage, Holborn Circus, London; subsequently Fetter Lane, London EC4
1886..1904
(registered Jul 1883)
1894..1928
(registered Dec 1893)
(registered Nov 1899)
1925
Charles S Green & Co Ltd (registered Apr 1904) Warstone Lane, Birmingham; later Cogent Works, St Paul's Square, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
Charles Stuart Harris 1853..1866, 1882..1888
(registered Dec 1852)
Basket, bowl, box, buckle, candlestick, caster, coffee pot, flatware, ink stand & ink well, mug, mustard, napkin ring, salt, salver, sauce boat, tea caddy, tea service, tray
1878..1890
(registered Jan 1871)
1890..1904
(registered Jan 1891)
1890..1893
(registered Jan 1891)
C S Harris & Sons Ltd 1904..1933
(registered Dec 1904)
1904..1916
(registered Dec 1904)
Charles Stuart Harris junior 1892
(registered Feb 1890)
Bowl
Courtman Silver Ltd 1975..1978 Caster, ewer, goblet, ladle, punch bowl St Cross Street, London EC1
C S R Ltd 1970..1985 Box, caster, coaster, condiments set, creamer, dish, frame
City Silver Mounting Co (registered Jun 1905)

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Charles Stanley Nicholson 1977 Beaker
M C Sn Co Ld (1920..1921)
C S R 1995 Salt
C Shapland & Co (1956..1975)




CT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Cory (1677)
Thomas Cory (1682)
Thomas Causton (1732..1733)
Charles Tisdall 1813
(registered Sep 1807 & 1810, 1822)
Watch case Case maker, Greenhill Rents, Islington, London
Charles Twinam 1884
(registered Aug 1884)
Spoon & tongs set
C T 1968 Spoon
Cavalier Tableware 1977 Goblet Argosy Works, Spencer Street, Birmingham
C T 1985 Decanter label
C Tavener & Son Ltd 2003 Tape measure
C T Burrows & Sons (registered Jul 1902) Branston Street, Birmingham
Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox 1842..1858
(registered Jul 1841)
Candlestick, chafing dish, coaster, goblet, inkstand, mug, mustard, pounce pot, sauce boat, tea caddy, teapot
F B Thomas & Co (1901..1929)
Charles T Maine

subsequently C T Maine Ltd

1899..1948 Flatware King Street, St Helier, Jersey

Company closed December 2009


(image courtesy of David Mercer)
1903

This mark also seen on Exeter pieces, but is not shown in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 so probably not registered in London.
Charles Taylor & Son (Charles & Thomas Terret Taylor) 1836..1837 Spoon Bristol
1836..1843
(registered Jan 1837)
Thomas & William Chawner (probably) 1764..1770 Flatware Mark without pellet is noted as not found in existing registers; it may have been recorded in the missing 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register. It is attributed by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 & GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 to Thomas & William Chawner. The version with pellet is not described anywhere but is assumed to be the same maker.
Thomas Whipham & Charles Wright (1757..1767)




CU

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
C U 1992..1997 Ornament




CV

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Louis Cuny 1704..1715
(registered Dec 1703)
Bowl, caster, salt, saucepan
(registered Dec 1703)
1731 Mark included by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 under "Unregistered Marks".




CW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Cawdell (1586..1617)
William Cawdell (1592)
William Cawdell (probably) 1607 Spoon This mark not shown by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. Attribution by similarity with Cawdell's known mark (crescent, or C, enclosing sideways W)
Charles Wright (probably) 1768..1769 Coffee pot, mug "Probable" attribution by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
Charles Wright 1770..1782
(registered Jul 1775)
Caster, coffee pot, goblet, jug, mug, plate, skewer, tankard Holloware maker. Also registered a mark with pellet Feb 1780:
C·W
Charles Watts 1818..1821
(registered Jan 1788 & 1799, 1808, 1813)
Spoon, tea urn A similar mark with pellet registered by Charles Weston 1821:
C·W
Charles Woods 1844..1860
(registered Jul 1841)
Watch case Case maker
Charles Wallis 1852..1856
(registered Jul 1852)
Flatware
Charles Wootton 1874..1880
(registered Nov 1866)
Watch case Case maker
Charles Weeden 1892..1903
(registered May 1892)
Masonic medal
Cecil R Walker 1927..1936 Ashtray, quaich, sauce boat, spoon
C Widmer & Sons 1904..1914
(registered Nov 1893)
Book cover, mirror Casimir Widmer trading as C Widmer & Sons, St John Street, Clerkenwell, London
C W & Ss 1955 Masonic jewel
C W Fletcher & Son Ltd (Charles William Fletcher) 1919..1951
(registered Dec 1914)
Flatware Sterling Works, Bramhall Lane, Sheffield

Company taken over Mar 2002 by James Robinson Inc of New York; renamed as Robinson Fletcher Ltd

1937..1960
(registered May 1912)
William Linsley (1800..1805)
C W P 1922 Cigarette case
Charles William Shapland (registered Mar 1896) "Jeweller & Pawnbroker" (ref: 1901 census), High Holborn, London, WC
C W over T E 1771 Spoon Mark not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990. It may have been recorded in the lost 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register or the 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.