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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (JS-JZ)



JS   JT   JV   JW   JY   JZ  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Joseph Sanders (1735..1737)
James Shruder 1739
(registered Jun 1739) 		Salver
John Hugh Le Sage 1739
(registered Jun 1739) 		Salver
John Swift 1758..1764
(registered Aug 1757) 		Mug, salver
John Swift (probably) 1767 Teapot Unregistered mark [ref: Grimwade, mark no.3686]
J S (unidentified) 1771 Mug Unregistered mark [ref: Grimwade, mark no.3685]
John Scofield (probably) 1773..1777 Cup, mug, spoon Unregistered mark [ref: Grimwade, mark no.3709]
Joseph Scammell 1788..1791
(registered Aug 1788) 		Mustard, teapot & stand
Josiah Snatt 1800..1814 Caddy spoon, decanter label Smallworker
(registered Jan 1798)
John Shea Spoonmaker
(registered Nov 1807)
John Stone (registered Jun 1844) Exeter
Joseph Sharpe 1866
(registered Dec 1859) 		Watch case Case maker at various addresses in Coventry

A very similar mark to the second one here registered Aug 1862 through 1872 by Joseph Sewill, case maker.

1884
(registered Jun 1869)

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		J S 1878 Medal Similar marks registered by:
  • James Smart, smallworker (Jun 1857)
  • Joseph Edward Sutton, gold worker (Feb 1867)
  • James Spilling, gold worker (Oct 1867 & 1872)
  • Joseph Searle, gold worker (Mar 1868)
John George Smith 1897
(registered Sep 1897, defaced Nov 1897) 		Imported items: box, creamer, menu holder, spoon, tea caddy, vesta "Foreign agent"
1897..1900
(registered Nov 1897)
J S & M J 1960 Imported box
J S & S 1894..1896 Pocket barometer, watch case This mark is not shown in Culme
J Sherwood & Sons (registered Jul 1899) Regent Works, Regent Street, Birmingham
Joseph & Albert Savory 1834..1854
(registered Jan 1835) 		Bowl, decanter label, flatware, mustard, tea service
John Septimus Beresford 1876..1890
(registered Jun 1873) 		Box, brush, cup, matchbox holder, spoon, tea service, tray, vase
Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd 1884..1891
(registered Oct 1884) 		Creamer, dish, flatware, mug, napkin ring, salver, teapot Joseph & Horace Savory (A B Savory & Sons) trading as Goldsmiths' Alliance, Regent Street, London (showrooms); Warwick Street, London & Glasshouse Street, London
John Sutherland Hawes 1976 Limited edition goblet Goblet by Aurum Ltd
St James House Company (1979..1982)
Susskind Bros (Joseph Susskind & Sigmund Susskind) (registered Aug 1887) An earlier mark, also incuse but without stops, registered Jun 1885
Joseph Samuel Wilday 1889
(registered May 1889) 		Watch case Case maker, Butts, Coventry
John Tuite (1729..1736)
James Thomas 1825
(registered Aug 1824) 		Spoon N.B. similar mark for John Turrill (registered 1836)
John Teare 1840
(registered Feb 1840) 		Shaving mug Also registered marks in plain and lobed punches 1828 & 1842
John Tongue (probably) 1840 Vinaigrette This mark not shown by either Culme or Grimwade, but is identical to a mark registered by John Tongue of Birmingham at the Birmingham Assay Office in Jan 1844
Joseph Taylor 1852
(registered Dec 1851) 		Watch case Case maker
John Taylor 1866..1867
(registered May 1866) 		Flatware
John Tiley 1899
(registered Jan 1899) 		Buckle
J T & Co 1929 Cup Possibly John Turton & Co
John Thompson & Sons (registered Jul 1900) Clerkenwell Road, London
Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton)

subsequently Hukin & Heath Ltd

1886..1909
(registered Jun 1886) 		Basket, bowl, claret jug, creamer, cruet, decanter label, desk seal, mug, napkin ring, pepperette, spoon, toast rack, vases Great Charles Street, Birmingham
John Tucker & Robert Walter Edwards 1860
(registered Aug 1870) 		Tea service
James Thomas White 1875..1877
(registered May 1865) 		Sovereign holder, watch case Case maker, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
James Vickery 1854..1872
(registered Aug 1851) 		Box, jar lid
Cornelius Joshua Vander 1889..1903
(registered Oct 1886) 		Beaker, bowl, goblet, replica oil lamp, sauce boat

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		John Vander 1907
(registered Mar 1904) 		Flatware
John Vincent 1938 Spoon Silversmith & goldsmith, St Mary's Street, Weymouth, Dorset
Vander & Hedges (John Gotliev Vander & John Hedges) 1887 (registered Jun 1887) Spoon
James Wilks (1742..1755)
James Williams 1755
(registered Jul 1755) 		Spoon
Fuller White (1759..1767)
Thomas Wallis II (1785..1809)
Joseph Wyatt 1793
(registered Oct 1789) 		Nutmeg grater
Joseph Willmore 1795
(registered Dec 1805) 		Tongs Birmingham
(registered Mar 1840)
James Wintle 1812
(registered Oct 1812) 		Flatware
1818..1840
(registered 1818 to 1838)
John West 1822
(registered Mar 1822) 		Watch case Case maker, White Cross Street, London; later Banner Square, St Luke's, London
1831..1833
(registered Oct 1833)
1842
(registered Feb 1841)
John James Whiting 1833..1836
(registered Oct 1833) 		Flatware
1836..1846
(registered May 1840)
John James Whiting 1845..1863 (registered Dec 1847)

Died c1855

John Whiting (registered Mar 1855)
John Williams 1842
(registered Jul 1839) 		Watch case Case maker
Jacob Wintle 1844
(registered Jan 1844) 		Spoon
James Walker 1862..1876
(registered Sep 1854) 		Watch case Case maker

A similar mark registered by Joseph Walton, case maker, Dec 1874 (top of central part of W level with top of letter)

Joseph Walton 1870..1882, 1900..1909
(registered Feb 1867) 		Cigarette case, sovereign case, watch case Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
1881
(registered Jan 1875)
Joseph Walton & Co 1917
(registered Sep 1911)
John Henry Williamson 1878..1889
(registered Jan 1871) 		Hot water jug, spoon
James Widmer 1878..1879
(registered Jan 1878) 		Watch case Case maker, Holborn Viaduct, London

A mark similar to the first one here registered by Joseph Walton, Dec 1874

(registered Mar 1878)

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		John Woodman 1889
(registered Nov 1876) 		Watch case Case maker, Smith Street, Clerkenwell, London

Mark is: 
J.W
Isidor Weil 1890
(registered Oct 1886) 		Spoon
John Edward Wilmot (registered Oct 1897) Hylton Street, Birmingham
John West 1900
(registered Mar 1899) 		Wallet
John Williams 1903
(registered Nov 1902) 		Goblet
Joseph Walton & Co (1917)
Josiah Williams & Co (probably) 1933..1943 Coffee pot, flatware, jug, knife, napkin rings Augustine Parade, Bristol

Also seen with a larger ampersand (&)

J W & Co 1948 Masonic jewel
J Wippell & Co Ltd 1908..1956
(registered Jul 1903) 		Ecclesiatical silver: communion set, pyx box, spoon Clerical Outfitters, Duncannon Street, London WC
Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst 1908..1919
(registered May 1908) 		Candlestick, cigarette box, novelty pepperette, trophy cup Similar mark with sans-serif characters registered May 1908
1927..1938
John William Barrier 1906
(registered Jan 1872)
James William Benson 1880..1903
(registered Feb 1880) 		Caster, cigarette case, flatware, mustard, tea service, watch case Ludgate Hill, London
J W Benson Ltd 1913..1936
(registered Oct 1912)
1933..1937
John William Caldicott (registered Sep 1910) Birmingham
James Dixon & Sons (James Willis Dixon) 1873..1907
(registered Jul 1873) 		Basket, coffee pot, ewer, flatware, knife, salver Cornish Place, Sheffield
J W Flynn 1967 Mug Sunderland
James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler 1884..1908
(registered Oct 1884) 		Basket, butter dish, decanter label, cup, egg cup, flatware, mustard, napkin ring, salt, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy Hatton Garden, London & Forde Street, Dublin
J W G 1990 Cup
Jonathan Wilson Hukin & John Thomas Heath 1883..1886
(registered Nov 1879) 		Claret jug, cruet, salt, spoon, tea service
John Williams Johnson 1885..1886
(registered Jan 1885) 		Salt, wine funnel
Williamson & Horton (John Henry Williamson & John Spinks Horton) 1869
(registered Jan 1868) 		Bowl A mark with stops between letters also registered Jan 1868
John William Kilpatrick 1885
(registered Jul 1884) 		Inkstand Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan) (registered Jan 1902) Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London

Similar mark without stops registered Apr 1880

J W L 1973 Imported (Irish) caddy spoon
J W Ltd 1977 Dish, goblet
James W Potter & Sons 1977..1980 Flatware, letter opener, napkin ring Botley Mills, Southampton, Hampshire
J W Spurrier & Co (John Walter Spurrier) (registered Dec 1895) Wool Exchange, London
John Yardley (registered May 1858) Case maker, Thomas Street, Coventry
John Yapp & John Woodward 1847
(registered Jun 1846) 		Mug Bread Street, Birmingham
J Zeving (or Joseph Zweig) 1913..1921
(registered Jul 1911) 		Judaic silverware (bessamin, kiddush cup, menorah), tongs Culme lists this as Joseph Zweig; Chester Compendium has it as Samuel Zeving trading as J Zeving, Great Garden Street, London

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