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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (G)

G& GA GB GC GD GE GF GG GH GI GJ GK GL GM GN GO GP GQ GR GS GT GU GV GW GX GY GZ

GK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Knight 1818..1824
(registered Mar 1818) 		Caddy spoon, decanter label, ladle, mustard
George King 1823..1824
(registered Nov 1819) 		Coffee pot, creamer, teapot
George Kenning

George Kenning & Son (from c1895)

(registered Jan 1873) Masonic jewel, medal Goldsmith & masonic medallist, Little Britain, London; Monument Place, Liverpool; Bridge Street, Manchester
1896..1898
(registered Feb 1884)
1912..1954
(registered Mar 1902)
Kitney & Co (Gordon & Christopher Kitney) 1987..2008 Clock, decanter label, frame Sandwich, Kent

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GL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G L 1792..1795 Decanter label, spoon This or similar mark registered by:
  • George Love, smallworker (Apr 1763)
  • George Lowe of Chester, smallworker (Jan 1791)
  • George Longstaffe, smallworker (May 1799)
Lambert & Co (George Lambert) 1884..1900
(registered Feb 1868) 		Bowl, candlestick, caster, chalice, coffee pot, cruet, decanter label, jug, knife, ladle, mug, napkin ring, salt, sauce boat, spoon, tea service, tray Coventry Street, London

previously Lambert & Rawlings

Bristol Goldsmiths Alliance (George Langford) 1904
(registered Oct 1902) 		Mustard For an earlier entry for this sponsor see FJL over GL (Francis James & George Langford)
G L 1965 Jug
Gabriella Lane 1997..2009 Spoon Web site
George Leonard Allen 1906..1927
(registered Sep 1904) 		Coaster, inkwell top, spoon Cricklewood, London
George Lawrence Connell; G L Connell Ltd 1902..1906
(registered Sep 1902) 		Dish, fork (Liberty Cymric-style), salt, tea caddy, vesta G L Connell Ltd from 1917
G L F 1980 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk) 		Gertrude L Morley 1954 Spoon
Graham Leishman Stewart 1991 Spoon Dunblane, Scotland
G L S S 1995 Napkin ring

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GM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Manjoy 1689 Miniatures: coffee pot, mug, plate, porringer, salt Specialist "toy" (miniature) maker

(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com)
Mark is 2 crescents above, 1 below 		1693
1702..1706
G M 1735 Box A fake or pseudo mark seen with a purported 1735 date letter
George Methuen 1744..1762
(registered Aug 1743) 		Ink stand, plate, salver, snuffer tray, tea caddy, teapot Salver maker
George Morris 1750
(registered May 1750) 		Flatware, tankard
1751..1752
(registered Jun 1751)
Gustav Mayer 1880..1882
(registered Mar 1881) 		Watch case Watch manufacturer, Thavies Inns, London EC
George Myers 1887..1888
(registered Jan 1880) 		Gold cufflinks Trading with Walter Myers as W & G Myers, Northampton Street, Birmingham
Gilbert Marks 1896..1902
(registered Mar 1896) 		Bowl, dish, fork, matchbox holder, plate, salver, spoon, vase Noted art nouveau maker, b1861, d1905
G M 1991 Imported box
G M 1995..1996 Imported items: box, locket
G & M (2001)
George Musgrave Batts 1817..1822
(registered Jun 1817) 		Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
1823
(registered Jul 1823)
Geoffrey Martin Billings (probably) 1971..1977 Decanter label, goblet, letter opener
The Gold Mesh Bag Co Ltd 1922 Box Hatton Garden, London
Gorham Manufacturing Co 1910..1938
(registered Jun 1904) 		Candlestick, tongs Sterling Works, Barr Street, Birmingham & Providence, Rhode Island, USA
G M G 1998..2000 Frame
George Melville Horton (registered Feb 1840) Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
G M H 1990 Quaich
Josiah Williams & Co (George Maudsley Jackson) 1883..1896
(registered Jan 1883) 		Basket, cup & saucer, flatware, mug, mustard, napkin ring, salt, teapot, vase St Augustine's Parade, Bristol

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GN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G N c1773 Tongs "Unregistered" in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
George Nangle 1799..1801
(registered Oct 1797) 		Flatware

Not clear if this is the same George Nangle who had Dublin-registered marks

1818..1822
(registered Mar 1818)
George Neal & George Neal 1912..1917
(registered Jun 1912) 		Cigarette box, cigarette case, dressing table set, flask

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk) 		Geoffrey Harding 1971..1991 Caster, coffee pot, ladle Abingdon, Oxfordshire
George Nathan & Ridley Hayes 1897..1915
(registered Aug 1893) 		Basket, bowl, box, candlestick, chalice, mustard, tea service Icknield Street & Howard Street Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
G N T 1977 Ingot pendant, spoon

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GO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Goodwin 1710..1720
(registered Mar 1710) 		Bowl, caster, chalice, cup, mug, porringer, spoon tray, strainer, toddy ladle
1725..1728
(registered Sep 1721)
Meshach Godwin 1722
(registered Jan 1723) 		Chalice & cover, jug, spice shaker
1724..1725
(registered Mar 1723)
Gerald Owen 1984..1995 Imported box, spoon Gull Studio, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead, Devon
Guild of Handicraft 1900..1906
(registered Dec 1900) 		Bowl, box, candlestick, cigar tube, dish, mustard, spoon, wine funnel Important Arts and Crafts makers under C R Ashbee; originally based in London, but from 1902 in Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. From 1912 GoH run by George Henry Hart alone. Currently known as Hart Gold & Silversmiths (Web site)
1913, 1937..1947, 1970..2010
(registered Jul 1908)

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GP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Pearson 1817..1821
(registered May 1817) 		Bottle stopper, box, decanter label, nutmeg grater
George Piercy 1819
(registered Dec 1819) 		Flatware
1819..1825
(registered Dec 1820)
George Poole 1839..1840
(registered Nov 1837) 		Watch case Case maker

Also a mark without pellet registered Jul 1821:
G P

George Platnauer 1886
(registered Nov 1880) 		Watch case
George Perkins 1901..1914
(registered May 1901) 		Basket, bowl, creamer, mustard, porringer, sauce boat
Georg Prag 1905..1909
(registered Aug 1900) 		Imported purse Foreign agent
Payne & Son 1907
(registered Jul 1907) 		Tazza Geoffrey Payne, George Septimus Payne & George Edward Payne trading as Payne & Son, jewellers & silversmiths, High Street, Oxford & Tunbridge Wells, Kent
George Pragnell Ltd 2000 Pepper mill, salt, wine funnel Jewellers, Wood Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon & Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1

Commissioned items for the millennium from various silversmiths including Martyn Pugh

G P S 1977..1983 Box, ingot pendant, money clip, thimble

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GR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Dorothy Grant (1698)
Henry Greene 1701..1711
(registered Aug 1700) 		Fork, spoon
1738
(registered Jul 1720)
Richard Green 1709..1713
(registered Apr 1703) 		Cup, porringer, tankard
1726
(registered Oct 1726)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Gundry Roode (1726..1731)

(image courtesy of Guildhall Antiques) 		George Rous 1748..1762
(registered Jan 1765) 		Salt GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 lists the 1765 registration of this mark but has an apparently identical mark in his "Unregistered Marks" with earlier dates attributed as "? George Rous"
George Reid 1823..1839
(registered Mar 1811 & 1817, 1824, 1828, 1829) 		Box, decanter label, lid Succeeded by Ann Reid, possibly his widow (see AR mark also in an oval punch)
George Richards 1825..1826
(registered Sep 1823) 		Watch case Case maker, Bridgwater Square, London
1831..1834
(registered Jul 1823 & 1834, 1837)
George John Richards 1846..1857
(registered May 1844) 		Basket, coffee pot, communion set, cup, decanter label, flatware, mug, salver, teapot, toast rack
G R 1977 Ingot pendant, napkin ring
G R 1999 Box
Robert Abercromby & George Hindmarsh (1730)
G R Collis & Co (George Richmond Collis) 1839..1840
(registered Apr 1840) 		Spoon
George Richards Elkington 1852..1867
(registered Sep 1851) 		Bowl, claret jug, goblet, flatware, mug, plate, salver, tea & coffee service
George John Richards & Edward Charles Brown 1857..1866
(registered Jul 1857) 		Communion set, cruet, decanter label, goblet, ink stand, mug, mustard, salt, salver
Richard & Joseph Gosling (probably) 1758..1768 Spoon Listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 under Unregistered Marks as "unidentified". It may have been recorded in the missing 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register or the 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.
George Robert Weir 1897..1898
(registered Jan 1897) 		Bowl, cigarette case, inkwell, stick handle

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