Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (J)

J& JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ

JG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Goodwin (1725..1728)
John Gorham 1751..1759 Spoon This mark not recorded by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990; a similar mark without pellet registered Jan 1757
James Gould (1739)
Jeremiah Garfield 1820
(registered Aug 1813)
Spoon Also a mark with pellet registered Aug 1813:
J·G
John Griffiths 1826
(registered Feb 1825)
Watch case Case maker
James Green 1846
(registered Dec 1830)
Watch case Case maker

Further similar marks registered through to 1856

R & S Garrard & Co (James Garrard) 1882..1897
(registered Oct 1881)
Chamberstick, decanter label, dish, egg cruet, jug, matchbox holder, mug, plate, salver, samovar, sauce boat, toast rack, tray Panton Street, London
Gulienetti & Co (Joseph Gulienetti) (registered May 1897) Fore Street Avenue, London EC
Joseph Gillmore 1938 Souvenir spoon High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
John Grenville 1964..1980 Bookmark, candlestick, dish, goblet A founder member of the Suffolk Craft Society; b1918, d2004.
James Geraghty 1969 Box
J G 1975 Napkin ring
J G 1980 Cufflinks
J Gorringe & Co 1902
(registered Mar 1902)
Scent bottle
J G & Co Ltd 1970..1977 Goblet, tastevin
John Grinsell & Sons 1892..1904
(registered Nov 1892)
Box, curling tongs set, inkwell and stand, pen tray, scent bottle, stamp moistener Victoria Works, St George's, Birmingham
1905..1906
(registered Sep 1905)
Betjemann Brothers (John George Betjemann & Ernest Edward Betjemann) 1898..1909
(registered Jan 1896)
Box, decanter, frame, inkwell, matchbox cover, scent bottle, table lighter, tray
John Cussell 1977..1999 Caddy spoon, commemorative goblet for Lincoln Cathedral Westgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Died 2021

John Gloag Murdoch (registered Dec 1882) Case maker, Camden Square, Faringdon Road, London EC

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
James George Newbold (registered Feb 1902) Pipe mount manufacturer, St John Street, Clerkenwell, London
John George Piddington 1901..1906
(registered Mar 1901)
Imported items: box, creamer, dish, model, pepperette, scissors




JH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Holland II 1743
(registered Jul 1739)
Spoon
John Harvey I 1745
(registered Nov 1745)
Decanter label, salver, skewer
c1750
(registered Aug 1750)
1752
(registered c1746)
J H 1764 Candlestick "Untraced" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 who notes it as having been seen on a 1763 taperstick. It may have been recorded in the lost 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register
Jonathan Hayne 1823..1836
(registered Nov 1808)
Creamer, flatware, wine funnel Hayne was in partnership with Thomas Wallis between 1810 and 1821 (see TW over JH mark)
1828..1833
1829..1830
John Harris 1817..1822
(registered Mar 1817)
Watch case Case maker, Rawstone Street, Islington Road, London
1829..1833
(registered Sep 1823)
John Herbert 1828..1830
(registered Apr 1828)
Masonic jewel A Norwich silversmith

A similar mark registered Aug 1828 by James Horton, goldworker

Joseph Hirst 1837
(registered Dec 1836)
Watch case Case maker
1849..1853, 1880..1882
(registered Jan 1846 & Dec 1878)
1855..1874
(registered May 1854)
John Howes 1844..1847
(registered Jul 1844)
Box, jar lid Small plate worker

A similar mark registered by James Horton, gold worker (Nov 1845)

Judah Hart 1847
(registered Feb 1847)
Flatware
John Harris 1852..1857
(registered Aug 1852)
Bowl, box, collapsible cup, flask, vanity set
John Hawley & Son (registered Feb 1887) Registered as John Hawley, case maker, Cow Lane, Coventry
Sibray, Hall & Co (Job Frank Hall)

Sibray, Hall & Co Ltd (from 1896)

1893..1899
(registered Jun 1893)
Bowl, dish, mug, salt, salver, spoon, tea service, toast rack, tray, vase Fitzwalter Works, St Mary's Road, Sheffield

Hall retired in 1900 and the company continued under Clement Charles Pilling (see CCP)

Henry Howell & Co Ltd (Jonathan Howell)

subsequently

J Howell & Co Ltd

(registered Nov 1895) Stick mount Cane & stick manufacturers, Old Street, London EC
1902..1928
(registered Nov 1895)
Joseph Heming 1896
(registered Jul 1890)
Bowl
John Hunt 1904..1926
(registered May 1906)
Creamer, mustard, salt, spoon & tongs set Jeweller & Silversmith, Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire
John Henry Hill 1917..1926 Book mark, butt markers, card case, napkin ring, vesta
J H 1976 Salt shaker
John Huddleston 2000..2006
(registered 1979)
Box, ingot Radley, Oxfordshire

Web site

James Hardy & Co (Aberdeen) 1889 Spoon Both seen with mark of Wakely & Wheeler (JW over FCW)
1891
Joseph Heming & Co 1901..1913
(registered Jun 1902)
Argyle, bowl, box, cup, dish, goblet, tazza, vase Conduit Street, London
J H & Co 1996..2000 Novelty condiments, salad servers, spoon
Joshua Horton & Son (registered Jul 1901) Hatton Garden, London

(image courtesy of Andy from Sydney)
John Harvey & Sons Ltd 1960..1963 Cigar box, sherry decanter label (produced by C J Vander Ltd for Harveys of Bristol)
J H over A H 1836..1837 Flatware Mark not in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 or CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987
Z Barraclough & Sons (James Henry & Herbert Barraclough) 1899..1939
(registered Nov 1894)
Bowl, caster, dish, flatware, inkstand, jug Leeds
Charles Johnston Hill (1881..1895)
Joseph Harris Elliott (registered Jul 1860) Case maker, The Butts, Coventry

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
J H G 1935..1950 Spoon, teapot
Hirons, Plante & Co (Joseph Hirons, Henry Hodson Plante & Rowland Bourne) 1867..1869
(registered Sep 1864)
Goblet, spoon Plate workers, Frederick Street Works, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
J H J 1972..1977 Bowl, notepad, spoon
J H L 1970..1980 Buckle, cuff links
J H M 1973 Napkin ring
John Henry Odell 1966..1978 Bowl, candelabra, coaster, decanter label, dish, goblet, mug, plate, tastevin Manufacturing goldsmith & silversmith, High Street, Gravesend, Kent
Joseph Henry Padgett 1896
(registered Mar 1876)
Frame
John Henry Rawlings 1887..1916
(registered Jun 1887)
Bowl, box, brandy pan, creamer, cup, hot water jug, kettle & spirit burner, mustard, salt, tankard

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
Harman & Co (J S Harman) 1923..1935 Bottle lid, bowl, box, caster, cup, entree dish, goblet, salt, spoon, teapot New Bond Street, London
St James House Company (1978..1984)
Joseph Hayes Taylor (registered Nov 1880) Spencer Street, Birmingham
John Hazlewood Worrall 1904..1905
(registered Jul 1899)
Jar top, knife rest, scent bottle top, vase rim Goswell Road, London EC (1900); Aldersgate Street, London EC (from 1912)
J H Worrall, Son & Co Ltd 1906..1918
(registered Jun 1906)




JI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Israel 1798..1801
(registered Apr 1786)
Salver, spoon
John Ivings 1851
(registered May 1851)
Took over the business of Thomas Diller in 1851; died in 1852 and was succeeded by Harris & Brownett (John Harris & Abraham Brownett)
Jabeh Investment Co Ltd 1983 Dish Wokingham, Hampshire

Also known as J I C Ltd

J J (1982..1984)




JJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Jenkins 1730
(registered Apr 1731)
Spoon
Louis Laroche (1739..1741)
Thomas Jackson I (1739..1747)
John Jacob (1744..1758)
J J 1764..1765 Marrow scoop, spoon Mark not listed 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.
J J 1763..1769 Marrow scoop, spoon Possibly James Jones, registered May 1755
Thomas Tookey (1776..1788)
Thomas Tookey (1779..1782)
James Jackson I 1791
(registered Jul 1790)
Watch case Case maker, Bridgewater Street, Barbican, London
James Jackson II

subsequently (from c1869) James Jackson & Son

1825..1832
(registered Feb 1824)
Watch case Case maker, Richmond Street, Old Street, London; subsequently Norman Street, St Luke's, London
1833..1850
(registered Aug 1832 & 1839)
1853
(registered Jul 1851)
1867
(registered Mar 1865)
James Jago 1827
(registered Mar 1828)
Decanter label Smallworker. Also registered marks without pellet. Succeeded his father, John Jago.
John Johnson II 1835
(registered Nov 1835)
Ladle
James Jackson 1870..1884
(registered Aug 1870)
Watch case Case maker, Helmet Row, St Luke's, London
James Charles Jay 1896
(registered Oct 1895)
Candlestick, sucrier, teapot Oxford Street, London

An earlier mark with shorter letters than on the 2nd mark registered Mar 1878

1897..1900
(registered Jan 1897)
J J 1964 Caster
Trevor Towner (1967..1989)
Trevor Towner (1991)
J J 1979 Ingot pendant
J J 1982..1987 Frame
J J 1983 Chess set

(image courtesy of Winsor House Antiques)
John Johnson & Alfred Springthorpe 1883..1884
(registered Dec 1882)
Chess set, teapot Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London

Mark defaced Jan 1885 on dissolution of the partnership

John James Durrant 1878..1897
(registered Dec 1874)
Ring, spoon
Jeffrey John Francis 1972..1995 Butter knife, ingot pendant, letter opener, money clip, spoon
J J H 1918..1919 Imported watch case
J J H 1919 Imported box
J J J 1977 Box lid
Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst (James Johnson & John Charles Walker) 1871..1882
(registered Feb 1866)
Goblet, salt, salver, spoon, tea service

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
J J M 1927 Conductor's baton
J J R 1975..1976 Candle holder, dish
J J Stockall & Sons (James John Stockall) 1882..1885
(registered Oct 1882)
Tongs, watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell Road, London
1894..1900
(registered Oct 1882)




JK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Kincaid 1743..1744
(registered Oct 1743)
Coffee pot, tankard
John Kilpatrick 1862..1872
(registered Apr 1862)
Spoon, teapot Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
John William Kilpatrick (probably) 1884 Spoon Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London

This is probably an unregistered mark of John William Kilpatrick who took over John Kilpatrick & Co on John Kilpatrick's death in 1884 (see also his registered mark at JWK)

Julius Klinkhardt

J Klinkhardt Ltd (from 1910)

1891..1912
(registered Apr 1885)
Deer hoof inkwell, stick mount Stick & umbrella manufacturer, mounter in gold & silver, Chandos Street, London WC

Bankrupt in 1915

John Kirsten Baily 1915
(registered Nov 1912)
Egg cup John Kirsten Baily trading as The Handicrafts, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire

A similar mark, but without stops, registered Aug 1873 by John Kibberling Bembridge of Hawksworth, Eyre & Co of Sheffield

Jeremiah King (1740..1748)
King & Son 1880..1888
(registered Sep 1878)
Salt John Huffam King & John Percy King trading as King & Son, Charterhouse Street, London

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
1894
(registered Oct 1894)
John Percy King & Henry William King trading as King & Son

A similar mark in a more slender shield shape registered Jun 1891

James & William Knight 1868
(registered Jan 1866)
Watch case Case makers