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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (W-WD)



WA   WB   WC   WD  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
W 1930 Trophy cup
Wild & Carr 1902
(registered Aug 1899) 		Brush, show horn Stick mounters

1899 & 1900 registrations as Wild & Co; 1902 & 1906 registrations as Wild & Carr

W & Co 1929 Jar top
W & Co 1977 Tea service
Wolfsky & Co Ltd 1891..1902
(registered Apr 1891) 		Flask, jar lid, perfume bottle, smoker's set Dressing case makers, Upper Marylebone Street, London W1
(registered May 1897)
1919..1928
Wilsdorf & Davis (Hans Wilsdorf & Alfred James Davis) 1912
(registered Jun 1907) 		Clock Watch makers & importers, Hatton Garden, London
Wilson & Gill 1933..1953
(registered Feb 1914) 		Caster, flatware, goblet, mug Regent Street, London
Walker & Hall 1903
(registered Nov 1893) 		Box, ring tree Electro Works, Howard Street, Sheffield
1912
(registered Nov 1903)
West & Son 1899..1921
(registered Apr 1902) 		Cup, flatware, mustard, tea caddy, tea service, toast rack Grafton Street, Dublin
Wright & Son 1913
(registered Sep 1906) 		Fob medal
Wilson & Sharp 1909..1910, 1930
(registered Mar 1910) 		Box, salt, spoon, table lighter Princes Street, Edinburgh
1930..1931
W & S 1945 Bracelet
Wakely & Wheeler 1913..1982
(registered Apr 1909) 		Bowl, caster, jug, mug, napkin ring, salt, salver, sauce boat, tea & coffee service, tongs Wakely & Wheeler (James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler) took over the business of Lias & Son
W & W 1921 Napkin ring
Joseph Ward 1699
(registered Apr 1697) 		Tankard, tea pot
1714 Unregistered mark
Benjamin Watts 1699..1707
(registered Nov 1698) 		Spoon
William Atkinson 1727
(registered May 1725) 		Bowl
W A 1753 Tea caddy "Unidentified" by Grimwade (unregistered mark)
William Abdy I 1787
(registered Sep 1784) 		Chamberstick First mark registered 1763; died 1790. Father of William Abdy II
William Abdy II 1792..1803
(registered Sep 1790) 		Basket, box, cruet, salt, sauce tureen
William Allen III 1799..1802
(registered Aug 1798) 		Basket, fish slice, salt, teapot stand, wine funnel & stand
William Adshead 1849
(registered Jul 1849) 		Decanter label
William Aitken (registered Mar 1907) Summer Row, Birmingham
William Adams Ltd 1934 Pepperette Barr Street, Birmingham
William Amaziah Ellwick 1901..1922
(registered Sep 1882) 		Jar lid An earlier mark with stops registered Mar 1880:
W.A.E
William & Aaron Lestourgeon (1768..1770)
W A S 1935 Bowl
W A T 1946 Napkin ring
William Bagnall (probably) 1744
(registered Jun 1744) 		Salver Note: Grimwade illustrates Bagnall's mark with a central pellet rather than a star, but the punch shape is as shown here
Walter Brind 1759..1764
(registered Oct 1757) 		Basket, bowl, brandy warmer, caddy spoon, coffee pot, creamer, cup, mug, sauce boat Holloware maker
1775..1794
(registered Aug 1751)
William Burch c1790
(registered Mar 1788) 		Tongs
William Bennett 1801..1810
(registered Jun 1796) 		Flatware, jug, plate, tray, tureen
William Burwash 1803
(registered Aug 1802) 		Bowl, candle snuffer, goblet, jug, salt, salver, tea service, watch case Case maker (1802). In partnership as a "plate worker" with Richard Sibley 1805-1812.
1813..1821
(registered Apr 1813)
William Bennett 1808..1828 Decanter label, salt, salver, tea service, teapot stand Plateworker
(registered Jul 1808)
William Bruce Plateworker
(registered Jun 1811)
William Bainbridge Smallworker
(registered Dec 1827)
Walker Bluett Smallworker
(registered Sep 1832)
William Bateman I 1814..1825
(registered Feb 1815) 		Cruet, flatware, salver, teapot
1820
William Barret II 1818
(registered Oct 1812 & 1821) 		Decanter label
1825
(registered Sep 1828)
William Brown 1823..1825 Box, plate, salver, tray
1826..1837
(registered Jan 1823 & May 1843)
William Bateman II 1826..1839
(registered Feb 1827) 		Cruet stand, flatware, tea service
William Barker 1858
(registered Nov 1855)
William Thomas Bullock (registered Sep 1890) Case maker, Cherry Street, Coventry
W B 1935 Sucrier Marked "Bert & Co, 3 Vigo ST, W"
William Bruford & Son (registered Nov 1910) Bowl, brush, dish, ink well, mustard, salt, salver, sauce boat, toast rack, trophy cup Eastbourne & Exeter
1927
(registered Sep 1913)
William Bruford & Son Ltd 1933..1939
W Batty & Sons 1921..1934 Trophy cup Market Street, Manchester
William Bruford & Son (probably) 1945..1972 Dish, dressing table set, napkin ring, pin tray, sauce boat Eastbourne & Exeter
W B & Son Ltd 1933 Bowl, toast rack
William Bush & Charles Hazle 1812
(registered Apr 1812) 		Watch case Case makers, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London
William Bateman & Daniel Ball 1839..1842
(registered Dec 1839) 		Flatware, salver Partnership dissolved 1843
Wilkes & John Booth 1810..1813
(registered Jun 1810) 		Saucepan, wick trimmer
William Bottle & Jeremiah Wilsher 1817..1818
(registered Oct 1796) 		Mug, teapot Bath, Somerset
Walter & John Barnard 1877..1895
(registered Apr 1877) 		Bowl, coffee pot, flatware, cup, jug, mug, napkin ring, salt, salver

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd 1896..1901
(registered Jun 1896) 		Basket, kettle & burner, napkin ring, salver, tea service, trophy cup
1903..1909
(registered Aug 1903)
Williams (Birmingham) Ltd (registered Apr 1905) Hockley Street, Birmingham
William Bruford & Son Ltd (1933..1939)
William Burwash & Richard Sibley 1806..1812
(registered Oct 1805) 		Dish, goblet, mustard, salver, tea service, tray, tureen
William Brown & William Nathaniel Somersall 1841..1842
(registered Apr 1839) 		Mug, salver
W Bs & Sns 1935 Box

(image courtesy of www.coritani.com) 		William Cary 1642..1656
(free 1638) 		Spoon
William Coles 1739..1745
(registered Aug 1724) 		Creamer, ladle, mug
William Cripps 1760..1763
(registered Aug 1743) 		Coffee pot, spoon
William Cafe 1758..1766
(registered Aug 1757) 		Candlestick, ink stand, snuffer tray
William Collings 1771..1774
(registered Aug 1771) 		Candlestick, spoon
William Cattell 1775, 1783
(registered Feb 1771) 		Sauce boat, spoon A similar mark registered by William Crowder, Mar 1791
William Chawner II 1816..1833
(registered Feb 1815) 		Flatware, grape scissors Spoon maker
1832..1833
(registered Feb 1815)
William Cooper 1845..1851
(registered Dec 1844) 		Cruet, teapot
William Carter 1856
(registered Nov 1855) 		Watch case Case maker, Goswell Road, London EC
1860..1871
(registered Oct 1857)
William Chandless 1858
(registered Nov 1841) 		Tastevin
William Comyns & Sons 1884
(registered Jan 1859) 		Ash tray, basket, bowl, box, brush, button hook, candelabra, caster, chamberstick, claret jug, clock, coaster, coffee pot, cow creamer, cup & saucer, cup holder, decanter label, dish, dressing set, frame, matchbox holder, mug, napkin ring, salt, salver, skewer, spoon, table lighter, tastevin, tea caddy, tea service, toast rack, tray, vase, vesta Manufacturing silversmiths, Beak Street, London W1; subsequently (from c1957) Tower Street, London WC2
1888..1915
(registered Nov 1890)
William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Charles & Richard Comyns) 1916..1926
William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Richard Comyns) 1922..1984
William Comyns & Sons Ltd (probably) 1997 Clock Clock face marked "COMYNS"
William Cotton Bird (registered Aug 1891) Case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry

(mark is wc over hc) 		Child & Child (Walter & Harold Child) 1898..1899
(registered Feb 1888) 		Beaker, decanter label, mug
William Caleb Scott 1860
(registered Apr 1856) 		Watch case Case maker
1872..1877
(registered Mar 1863)
William Dyer 1874..1881
(registered Mar 1871) 		Watch case Case maker
William Devenport (registered Jun 1900) Northwood Street, Birmingham
W Drummond & Co 1924..1933 Bowl, caster, cigarette case, sauce boat Retailer, Melbourne, Australia
W D & S 1975..1978 Dish, tea service
David Whyte & William Holmes (1760)
William Disney Barlow 1905..1907
(registered Mar 1905) 		Candlestick, condiments
James Hardy & Co (William Duncan Cooper) 1937..1938
(registered Nov 1904) 		Tea service
William Davidson & Frederick Upton 1863..1866
(registered Sep 1863) 		Flatware, napkin ring
William & John Deane (1763)
Ward Smith 1897
(registered Apr 1893) 		Book mark

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