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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (S)

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SD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Sandilands Drinkwater c1738
(registered Jan 1735) 		Baby's rattle, decanter label
c1740
Samuel Davenport 1785..1797
(registered Mar 1786) 		Spoon
Samuel Dutton 1823
(registered May 1823) 		Basket Registered as a plateworker

A similar mark registered Jul 1808 by Samuel Davis, smallworker

Sybil Dunlop 1921..1936 Bowl, cigarette case, flatware, quaich, tea service Art jeweller & silversmith, Church Street, Kensington, London W
1921..1935
M Dreyfus

subsequently
George Dreyfuss & Co

subsequently
Moise Dreyfuss Ltd

1917..1926, 1950 Imported watch case Moise, George & Sylvain Dreyfus trading as M Dreyfus, watch manufacturers, Moorfield, London EC2
2001 Bracelet
Stuart Devlin 1971..1989 Beaker, box, candlestick, goblet, letter opener, mug, souvenir / limited edition items

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		S D 1978 Bracelet
S D 2000..2005 Candlestick, match striker
Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd (registered Nov 1907) Egg cup, inkstand, menu holder, napkin ring, pepperette, salt, sauce boat, skewer, sucrier Goldsmiths, silversmiths & diamond merchants, Regent Street & Hatton Garden, London
1910..1930
(registered Jul 1909)
1914..1926
1915
(registered Aug 1914)
Samuel & Edward Davenport 1793..1805
(registered Apr 1794) 		Caster, creamer, mug, teapot
Sharman Dermott Neill; Sharman D Neill Ltd (from 1907) 1908..1917
(registered Apr 1903) 		Flatware Donegall Place, Belfast
Silvercraft & Design Studios 1967..1977 Box, creamer

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SE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Seabrook 1716
(registered Oct 1714) 		Candlestick
Samuel Eaton 1762..1766
(registered Feb 1759 & 1761 to 1768) 		Spoon Pellet both present and absent in registered marks

(image courtesy of Matt King) 		Samuel Eaton (probably) c1765 Buckle
Samuel Eaton (probably) 1775 Mug Included by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 as "?Samuel Eaton" in Unregistered Marks, but most likely listed in the missing 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Stephen Einhorn Ltd 2003 Bracelet Upper Street, Islington, London

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Stilwell Engravers (1977)
Samuel Elijah Culver 1881..1884
(registered Oct 1880) 		Box, scent bottle
S E L 2008 Spoon
S E W 1971 Salt & spoon

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SF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of the Roy Shadbolt Collection) 		Samuel Firmin 1804
(registered Apr 1795) 		Button Button maker, Strand, London
Samuel Freeman 1862..1880
(registered Aug 1862) 		Watch case Case maker, Trafalgar Street & (later) Hertford Terrace, Coventry
Samuel Foskett 1890..1906
(registered Sep 1886) 		Thimble Thimble maker, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC
1894..1899
(registered Apr 1894)
Henry Symes Shorland Fooks 1891
(registered Sep 1891) 		Book mount Stationer, writing & dressing case maker, East Street, Brighton, Sussex
S F 1932..1933 Compact
F S (or S F) (1975)
S F 1991 Goblet
Fenton Brothers (Samuel Fenton & Alfred John Fenton) (registered Apr 1888) Sheffield

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Fenton Brothers (Samuel Fenton & William Staniforth) (registered Nov 1893)
Schwob Freres & Co 1927..1928 Imported watch case Watch makers, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland
S F Ltd 1991 Frame
Simon Benney 2008..2012 Box, napkin ring

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SG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Green 1723..1724
(registered Jun 1721) 		Spoon
Samuel Godbehere 1785
(registered Nov 1784) 		Spoon
R & S Garrard & Co (Sebastian Henry Garrard)

Garrard & Co Ltd (from 1914)

1900
(registered Apr 1900; defaced Apr 1901) 		Bowl, box, candlestick, caster, cigarette case, coffee pot, flatware, inkwell, matchbox holder, medal, menu holder, plate, quaich, tea kettle & burner, tea service, toast rack, trophy cup Haymarket, London
1901..1948
(registered Apr 1901)

(image courtesy of John Glass, grandson) 		Stanley Glass 1968 Napkin ring, vase In the 1960s, after retiring, Glass enrolled in silversmithing classes at Chelmsford Technical College. Over a 5 to 6-year period he probably made a few dozen small pieces.
S G 1975 Tea service

(image courtesy of Dr Adrian Caro) 		Shalagh Frances Gotto 1998 Candlestick
Stephen Cooper 2000 Ring
Sussex Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd 1935..1936 Box, spoon (one of a set of teaspoons with all 6 British Assay Office marks - manufactured by Roberts & Belk, Sheffield) Pavilion Buildings, Castle Square, Brighton, Sussex
Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan 1787..1800
(registered Sep 1786) 		Decanter label, flatware, jug, mug, mustard, tankard, teapot
1786..1792
(registered Sep 1786)
Samuel Godbehere, Edward Wigan & James Boult 1800..1817
(registered Mar 1800)
1804 This version of the mark not shown in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
Samuel Godbehere & James Boult 1815, 1818
(registered Sep 1818)
S G H 1975 Caddy spoon
Simon Griffin Antiques Ltd 1996..2007 Book mark, corkscrew, cow creamer, figurine, wick trimmer Royal Arcade, Old Bond Street, London W1
Steven G Medhurst 1973 Spoon
Sylvia Grace Murphy 1981..1991
(registered 1974) 		Decanter label, key ring fob
S G S 1977 Napkin ring
George Smith (I) & Samuel Smith (III) (1752)
Samuel & George Whitford 1802..1806
(registered Jul 1802) 		Bowl, decanter label, egg cruet, ink stand

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SH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Hugh Stevenson (1623..1630)
S H 1679..1684 Spoon Mark not shown by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 or MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017

(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com) 		Samuel Hawkes 1680..1683 Porringer, tastevin Attributed as "probably Samuel Hawkes" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
S H 1689..1690 Box, cup, tankard Attributed as "possibly St John Hoyte" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
Samuel Hood 1694..1695 Bowl, caster, dish, monteith Attributed as "probably Samuel Hood" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
1697
(registered Apr 1697)
1700
(registered Apr 1697)
Joseph Sheene 1699
(registered Apr 1697) 		Tazza Died 1700
Alice Sheene 1703
(registered Apr 1700) 		Salver, tankard Widow of Joseph Sheene
Thomas Shermer 1718
(registered Sep 1717) 		Caster
Samuel Hitchcock (1723..1730)
Samuel Hutton 1725..1738
(registered Oct 1724) 		Spoon Hutton is presumed to have died in 1740 as his (presumed) widow Sarah Hutton registerd a mark (SH, crown over) Jun 1740
1739
(registered Jan 1740)
Sarah Holaday 1726
(registered Jun 1725) 		Salver Presumed to be the widow of Edward Holaday (died 1719)
Samuel Holmes 1746..1748
(registered Dec 1734) 		Spoon
Samuel Herbert 1747..1749
(registered Oct 1747) 		Basket, cake slice, coaster, cream pail, dish, dish cross, mustard, plate, salver, strainer, tea caddy, tureen
Samuel Herbert & Co 1750..1786
(registered Nov 1750) 		Note: the name of Herbert's partner, H B, is unknown
Solomon Hougham 1792..1818
(registered Feb 1793 & 1812) 		Chamberstick, fork, goblet, marrow scoop, salt, salver, sauce boat, spoon, teapot Died 1818. Brother of Charles Hougham
Simon Harris 1808
(registered Oct 1795) 		Box Also registered a mark in a rectangular punch with cut corners Oct 1795:
S·H
Samuel Hennell 1811..1823
(registered Jun 1811) 		Dish, teapot, toast rack
Henry Stuart (registered 1858)
Samuel H Hayne 1863..1864
(registered Jan 1864) 		Flatware, salt
Samuel Hardy 1884..1902
(registered Oct 1877) 		Goblet, mug, napkin ring
Henry Stratford (1888..1899)
Solomon Herz & Co 1890..1892
(registered Jan 1891) 		Imported items: box, glass holder
Harold Stabler (1929)
S H 1977 Ingot pendant
S H 1982 Spoon
M C Hersey & Son Ltd (Stewart Hersey) 2008..2020
(registered c2007) 		Beaker, candle holder, candlestick, coaster, cufflinks, pen tray Walton-on-Thames, Middlesex.

For earlier marks of this company see M&H (Mills & Hersey) and MCH (M C Hersey & Son)

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Searle, Hoare & Co 1911
(registered Sep 1910) 		Trophy cup Jewellers & silversmiths, King William Street, London EC
S H C 1952 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater 1835..1836
(registered Jul 1836) 		Butter dish, decanter label, flatware, kettle & burner, mug, salt, salver, tea service, toast rack Successors to a business founded in 1756 by Thomas Wallis; closed in 1865.
1837..1843
(registered Apr 1837)
1841..1853
(registered May 1842)
1844..1859
(registered Oct 1842)
1844..1864
(registered Dec 1844)
Deakin & Francis (Stephen Henry Deakin & John Horace Francis) 1903
(registered Jun 1894) 		Box
Stanley George Hill (1997)
Samuel Herbert & Co (1750..1786)
Samuel Hennell & John Terry 1814..1815
(registered Apr 1814) 		Coffee pot, creamer, cruet, fork, salt, sucrier
William Lee 2010 Vase Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
H S Ltd (1991..1997)
S H S 1977 Ingot pendant
Solomon Hougham, Solomon Royes & John East Dix 1817..1818
(registered Sep 1817) 		Cruet stand, flatware
S H W 1977 Caddy spoon

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SI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Sutton (1672..1690)
Francis Singleton (1700)
S I 1972 Box
Stokes & Ireland Ltd (William Henry Stokes & Arthur George Ireland) (registered Aug 1893) Box, caster, cigarette case, ink stand, mustard, pincushion Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
1895..1915
(registered Mar 1896)
Samuel Laundy & Jeffery Griffith (1731)
Sir John Bennett Ltd 1932..1937 Butter shell, dish, fork, napkin ring, sauce boat, spoon, tazza, tea service, toast rack
Samuel Isidore Simpson 1907
(registered May 1907) 		Imported souvenir spoon
Henry & John Sweet (c1804)

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