Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (P)

P/P& PA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PR PS PT PV PW PY

P/P&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
P L (1680..1681)

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Benjamin Pyne 1688..1693, 1722..1729 Bowl, ciborium, kettle & burner, mug, porringer, tankard, taperstick, tazza Attributed as "probably Benjamin Pyne" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017. Note re-use of mark after 1720

Letters are Py (gothic-style)
1697
(registered Apr 1697)
1701..1719
(registered Apr 1697)
P & A L 1976..1977 Mug, spoon
Plante & Bannister 1906..1907
(registered Oct 1906)
Bowl, tongs Goldsmiths, silversmiths & watchmakers, Regent Place, London
Padgett & Braham Ltd 1926..1954 Ashtray, box, cigarette case, compact, dish, dressing table set, frame, jug, letter opener, matchbox holder, mug, napkin ring Manufacturing goldsmiths & silversmiths, Lexington Street, London W1
1955..1972
Peake & Co 1903
(registered Oct 1903)
Gold box Manufacturing goldsmiths, Gerrard Street, London W
P & E 1920..1922 Box mount, button hook, comb, glove stretchers
P & G 1975 Finger ring

(image courtesy of Mark Ashcroft)
Padgham and Putland Ltd (Carl Padgham and Andrew Putland) 1986..1994 Bowl, candle holder & snuffer, spoon, stirrup cup Forge Hill, Pluckley, Kent
2009
Payne & Son 1959..1983 Beaker, coffee pot, condiments set, dish, goblet, sauce boat, spoon, tea strainer Silversmiths & retailers, High Street, Oxford

Web site

Payne & Son Ltd 1964..1991 Creamer, decanter label, dish, tea strainer Silversmiths, High Street, Tunbridge Wells

Web site

E J Pearson & Sons

E J Pearson & Sons Ltd
(from 1915)

1909
(registered Nov 1908)
Buckle, strap mount, watch strap buckle

(image courtesy of John Child)
1919..1927
(registered Feb 1914)
Preece & Willicombe 1934..1971 Butter knife, caddy spoon, candlestick, caster top, condiments set, decanter, egg cup & spoon, goblet, jar lid, napkin ring, trophy cup Manufacturing silversmiths, Wilmington Square, London WC1
Percival & William Southworth 1907..1924
(registered Jun 1907)
Book cover, frame, wallet Gold & silver mounters




PA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Parr I 1697..1731
(registered Apr 1697)
Chocolate pot, coffee pot, cup, monteith, mug, porringer, tazza, tea caddy
Humphrey Payne 1701..1715
(registered Dec 1701)
Bowl, caster, coffee pot, cup, ladle, mug, porringer, pounce pot, salt, salver, tankard, tazza
1706..1721
(registered Dec 1701)
1726..1738
(registered Jun 1720)
1743..1750
(registered Jun 1739)
Simon Pantin I 1711..1716
(registered Jun 1701)
Candlestick, kettle, mug, strainer, tea caddy Died 1728
1719..1724
(registered Sep 1717)
William Paradise 1721
(registered Jul 1718)
Jug, mug, spoon
1724..1728
(registered Jun 1720)
Peter Archambo I 1722..1738
(registered Nov 1722)
Basket, caster, coffee pot, plate, salt, salver, saucepan
1740..1748
(registered Jun 1739)
P A 1976..1977 Decanter label
Pushkin Antiques Ltd 2019 Claret jug, cocktail set, tray, tumbler High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Web site

P A C 1988 Napkin ring
Asprey & Co Ltd (1984..1997)
Peter Archambo II & Peter Meure 1751..1757
(registered Jan 1750)
Plate, salver, sauce boat
P A Schroepfer & Co 1909
(registered Sep 1909)
Imported bowl Manufacturing jewellers, Hatton Garden, London EC
P A T 2009 Cocktail stirrer




PB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Peter Bennett 1732..1734
(registered Mar 1732)
Flatware
1749..1754
(registered Jun 1739)
Philip Bruguier 1763
(registered Jan 1753)
Skewer A similar mark, but indented and rounded registered by Brugier Jul 1739
Philip Batchelor c1770
(registered Jan 1770)
Tongs
Platnauer Brothers 1885 Watch case Watch manufacturers & importers, St Paul's Square, Ludgate Hill, Birmingham

Mark not shown in CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, so presumably not registered.

Pauline Block 1903
(registered Oct 1903)
Imported "toy" Foreign importer, Praed Street, Paddington, London W
P B 1971 Letter opener
Puddefoot, Bowers & Simonett Ltd 1938..1953 Box, calendar, cigarette case, decanter label, flask Kennington Lane, London SE11 & Regent Street, London W1
Peter & Ann Bateman 1790..1799
(registered May 1791)
Basket, creamer, cruet, decanter label, flatware, mustard, salt, tea caddy, teapot
Peter, Ann & William Bateman 1799..1805
(registered Jan 1800)
Creamer, decanter label, flatware, mug, salver, teapot, toast rack, wine funnel
Paul B Hetherington 1960, c2000
(registered c1956)
Chalice & paten (exhibited in the V&A Museum), spoon Silversmith & art historian
P B H 1961 Box
Peter B Harwood 1970..1980 Ashtray, goblet, letter opener, spoon, tea ball Bishop's Cleve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
1985..1996
Peter & Jonathan Bateman 1790
(registered Dec 1790)
Box, caster, coffee pot, cup, skewer, spoon, teapot Mark used for 6 months only
P Brs 1870..1876 Watch case This mark not shown in CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987. It may be a retailer's mark as the watch cases also had the maker's marks of James Jackson (1870) and Philip Woodman & Sons (1872-1876).
Peter & William Bateman 1805..1814
(registered Nov 1805)
Cup, decanter label, flatware, mustard, salver, saucepan, snuffer tray, teapot, teapot stand, tray, wine funnel