Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (F)

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FP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Pile 1661
(free 1660)
Spoon Attributed as "probably Francis Pile" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
Francis Pages 1732..1737
(registered 1729)
Salver, tankard
1740..1743
(registered Jun 1739)
Frances Purton 1785 Cruet, mustard, salt, teapot stand Widow of Robert Purton (ref: GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990)
1788..1792
(registered Mar 1783 & 1787, 1795)
Francis Powell 1818..1836
(registered May 1818)
Decanter label, spoon A similar mark registered Nov 1843 by Francis Pontet
Frederic Purnell 1869..1872
(registered Feb 1868)
Box, card case, flask, jar lid, manicure tool, mirror, whistle
1878..1888
(registered Feb 1876)
Petitpierre & Co (registered Nov 1878) Fritz Petitpierre trading as Petitpierre & Co, watch makers, Holborn Viaduct, London
Francis Dartnall Perry 1909
(registered Mar 1909)
Mug
Faudel Phillips & Sons 1903..1906
(registered Oct 1903)
Imported items: box, caster, creamer, salt, spoon, tea strainer Warehousemen & manufacturers, Newgate Street, London
Frederick Perry & William F Curry 1873..1878
(registered Mar 1873)
Salt
Pairpoint Brothers (probably) 1916 Bowl
Francis Powell & Robert Coates 1817
(registered Jan 1818)
Decanter label
Frances Purton & Thomas Johnson 1793..1794
(registered Feb 1793)
Teapot, teapot stand




FR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Roger Flint (1571)
James Fraillon 1712..1722
(registered Jan 1711)
Box, caster, chamberstick, cup, jug, salt Died c1727 and succeeded by his widow Blanche (see BF mark)
Fletcher Robinson Ltd 2003 Successors to C W Fletcher Ltd who were taken over by James Robinson Inc of New York, Mar 2002.

Lambert Street, Sheffield

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Fenton, Russell & Co Ltd 1902..1905
(registered May 1901)
Covered dish, hot water jug, tray George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
1934
F R C 1953..1966 Beaker, dish, goblet, napkin ring
F R C 1985..1986 Decanter label
Francis Robert Tyrer 1888..1890
(registered Jun 1882)
Purse mount
F T Ray & Co (1933)
F T Ray & Co (1936..1948)




FS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Singleton 1679..1683 Cup, flagon, paten, porringer, tankard, tazza Attributed as "probably Francis Singleton" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017

Free 1668

1688..1695
1700
(registered Apr 1697)
Francis Spilsbury I 1729..1737
(registered Jul 1729)
Caster, chocolate pot, coffee pot, creamer, cup, ladle, mug, salver, tumbler
1739..1741
(registered Jun 1739)
Francis Spilsbury II 1767..1771
(registered Nov 1767)
Salt
Franz Schiebner 1891..1898
(registered Feb 1892)
Purse, spoon
1899..1900
(registered Feb 1899)
Frederick Joseph Seller 1907..1912
(registered Mar 1907)
Imported items: cigar case mount, purse mount
Frank Hawkins Sly 1908..1910
(registered Dec 1898)
Place card holder
Francis Stebbings 1913..1919
(registered Jan 1914)
Creamer, flatware, napkin ring
F S (or S F) 1975 Imported box
F S & Co 1936..1951 Box, napkin ring, trophy cup
F S B 1976 Box
Frederick Smythe-Greenwood 1910..1914
(registered Oct 1910)
Napkin ring, spoon, tea caddy
Sibray, Hall & Co (Frederick Sibray & Job Frank Hall) 1884..1892
(registered May 1880)
Bowl, caster, claret jug, cup, dish, napkin ring, salt, spoon Fitzwalter Works, St Mary's Road, Sheffield

Sibray died in 1891 and the company continued under Hall and Clement Charles Pilling (see JH)

Finnigans Ltd 1908..1939 Box, clock, dressing set, flask, spoon, jar top, tastevin, watch holder Manchester & New Bond Street, London
F S Ltd 1977 Decanter label
Frederick Samuel Matthews 1881 Watch case Case maker, Upper Charles Street, Clerkenwell, London
Snow & Ashworth (Frank Rowland Snow & Robert Ashworth) 1899..1901
(registered Nov 1898)
Butter shell, caster, cup, souvenir spoon Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate, Yorkshire
Friends of St George Anniversary Sales Ltd 1975..1977
(registered 1975)
Pendant medal, salver




FT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Turner (1723..1726)
Fred Thoms 1888..1899, 1925
(registered Oct 1883)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London EC
1906..1927
Francis Tufnell 1908
(registered Sep 1907)
Pin dish, spoon
Fred Taylor 1907..1922
(registered Oct 1901)
Crucifix mount for a prayer book, wallet mount Smallworker
Francis Cooper (1937..1967)
F T 1978 Pipe mount
Francis Tucker & Co Ltd 1941..1945 Box, communion paten Church furnishers, Cricklewood Lane, London NW2 & Ashley Place, Westminster, London SW1
F T Ltd 1940 Medallion
F T M Ltd 1986..1998 Bookmark, pepperette, salt shaker
Marrian, Bocock & Co (registered Jul 1879) Francis Thomas Marrian & Thomas William Bocock trading as Marrian, Bocock & Co, manufacturing silversmiths, Cannon Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London EC
F T Ray & Co 1933 Bowl, caster, cup, dish, letter opener, mustard, napkin ring, salver, tea service, tray Kingly Court, Beak Street, London W1
1936..1948




FV

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Furnivall 1719
(registered Apr 1697)
Spoon

(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com)
Frederick Vonham 1759
(registered Dec 1752)
Tea caddy Alternative name: Frederick Vanham
Frederick Vonham (probably) 1762 Dish Listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 under Unregistered Marks as "? Frederick Vonham". It was probably recorded in the lost 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.




FW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Fuller White 1746..1758
(registered Dec 1744)
Coffee pot, mug, porringer, salt, sauce boat, tankard
1759..1767
(registered Jul 1758)
Frederick Wade 1824
(registered Jul 1820)
Jar lid Small worker
Frederick Wilkins 1867
(registered Mar 1866)
Watch case Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
Frederick Wilson & Co 1883..1890
(registered Feb 1883)
Mug, napkin ring, salver, spoon Hatton Works, Eyre Street, Sheffield; later Cavendish Street, Sheffield
(registered Nov 1902)
Frank Willday 1884..1886
(registered Dec 1883)
Watch case Case maker, The Butts, Coventry
Frederick Wick 1900..1905
(registered Oct 1887)
Box, purse mounts Listed in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 as Frederick Wick, but by CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 (and also in 1901 census) as Frederick Wich

Leather goods manufacturer, Great Titchfield Street, London


(image courtesy of Ben Harrison - Oxford)
F Wick & Co 1929
(registered 1924)
Francis Weintraub 1910
(registered Dec 1910)
Purse
F W 1917..1919 Frame
F W 1928 Cigarette case
F W 1936 Spoon
Frederick Wilson & Co
F Wick & Co (1929)
Frederick William Powell 1887
(registered Apr 1887)
Vesta
Francis William Price 1967..1977 Beaker, coaster Also known as Francis William Pritchard-Price
F W R 1929 Masonic jewel
Frederick William Rowe 1937
(registered Aug 1908)
Tussie mussie
F W Turton Ltd 1898
(registered Jan 1898)
Imported napkin ring Frederick Street Works, Birmingham
Wilson & Davis (Frederick Wilson & William Davis) 1870..1882
(registered Jun 1870)
Fish server, goblet, knife, mug, spoon Hatton Garden, London
Frederick Wells & William Ward 1862
(registered Jul 1862)
Watch case Case makers