| Mark
| Maker
| Dates seen
| Seen on
| Comments
| 
| William Cawdell
| 1586..1617
| Spoon
|
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(image courtesy of www.coritani.com)
| William Cary
| 1642..1656
(free 1638)
| Spoon
|
|
| William Coles
| 1739..1746
(registered Aug 1724)
| Creamer, ladle, mug
|
|
| William Cripps
| 1748..1750
(registered Aug 1743)
| Coffee pot, mug, plate, porringer, salver, spoon, tankard, tea caddy
|
|
| 1760
(registered Jul 1746)
|
| 1753..1763
(registered Nov 1751)
|
| William Cafe
| 1758..1767
(registered Aug 1757)
| Candle snuffer, candlestick, chamberstick, ink stand, snuffer tray
|
|
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
| 1761
(registered Aug 1757)
|
| W C
| 1761..1766
| Spoon
|
|
| William Collings
| 1771..1775
(registered Aug 1771)
| Candlestick, jug, spoon, tankard
|
|
| William Cattell
| 1775..1784
(registered Feb 1771)
| Brandy warmer, salt, sauce boat, spoon
| A similar mark registered by William Crowder, Mar 1791
|
(image courtesy of Keith Saville)
| William Champion
| 1792
(registered Apr 1789)
| Spoon
|
|
| William Chawner II
| 1816..1833
(registered Feb 1815)
| Flatware, grape scissors, knife blade
| Spoon maker.
Died 20 March 1834 & succeeded by his widow Mary Chawner (see MC)
|
| 1819..1820, 1831
(registered Jan 1820)
|
| William Collins
| 1832..1837
(registered Mar 1828)
| Flatware, knife handle, tea service
| Plate worker.
Note: this may also be an unrecorded mark of William Chawner II.
|
| William Chandless
| 1832
(registered Sep 1832)
| Spoon, tastevin
|
|
| 1840
(registered Nov 1841)
|
| 1858
(registered Oct 1851)
|
| William Cooper
| 1845..1851
(registered Dec 1844)
| Cruet, teapot
|
|
| William Carter
| 1836..1855
(registered Jan 1833)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Gateway Street, St Luke's, London
|
| 1856
(registered Nov 1855)
|
| 1860..1880
(registered Oct 1857)
|
| William Chinn
| 1886
(registered May 1886)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Hill Street, Coventry
|
| William Comyns & Sons
| 1884..1885
(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, goblet, matchbox holder, menu 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)
|
| 1908
(registered Jan 1902)
|
| William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Charles & Richard Comyns)
| 1916..1926
|
| William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Richard Comyns)
| 1922..1990
|
| William Richard Corke
| 1898..1902
(registered Feb 1899)
| Napkin ring, purse mount
|
|
| Comyns of London Ltd
| 1997..2007
| Clock, cow creamer, cup, novelty condiments set, tastevin
| Eastbury Road, London E6
Company formed 1993 as successors to William Comyns & Sons Ltd
|
| 2005..2009
|
| 2006
|
| William Cotton Bird
| (registered Aug 1891)
|
| Case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry; subsequently Craven Street, Coventry
|
| Child & Child (Walter & Harold Child)
| 1888..1899
(registered Feb 1888)
| Beaker, candlestick, decanter label, fork, mug, plate, spoon
| Seville Street, London SW
|
| William Isaac Carloss & John Huffam King
| 1873
(registered Jan 1869)
| Thimble holder
| Hatton Garden, London EC
|
| W C K
| 1993..1996
| Box
|
|
| William Charles Mansell
| 1909
(registered Apr 1909)
| Letter opener
|
|
| William Caleb Scott
| 1857..1860
(registered Apr 1856)
| Watch case
| Case maker
|
| 1872..1879
(registered Mar 1863)
|
| Thomas & William Chawner (c1760)
|
| Thomas & William Chawner (1762..1767)
|
| Mark
| Maker
| Dates seen
| Seen on
| Comments
| 
| William Darker
| 1726..1730
(registered Aug 1720)
| Beaker, coffee pot, mug, salver, tankard
|
|
(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com)
| 1732..1733
(registered Apr 1731)
|
(image courtesy of Keith Saville)
| William Dorrell
| c1745
| Tongs
| Not shown or 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. Attribution by Dr David Shlosberg, SilverTeaTongs.com
|
| William Dorrell (probably)
| c1750
| Decanter label
| Not shown or 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. Dorrell registered a mark without pellets Feb 1736 before being required by the Plate Act, 1738 to register a different mark. A similar mark to this was registered by him Nov 1764.
|
| William Dyer
| 1873..1890
(registered Mar 1871)
| Watch case
| Case maker
|
| William Devenport
| (registered Jun 1900)
|
| Spencer Street, Birmingham; subsequently Northwood Street, Birmingham
|
| W D
| 1980..1982
| Ingot pendant
|
|
| W Drummond & Co
| 1924..1933
| Bowl, caster, cigarette case, sauce boat
| Retailer, Melbourne, Australia
|
| Walter Davies & Sons Ltd
| 1972..1978
| Dish, goblet, spoon, tastevin, tea service
| Jewellers, St Martin's Lane, London WC2
|
| William Disney Barlow
| 1905..1907
(registered Mar 1905)
| Basket, candlestick, condiments, cup, desk bell
|
|
| 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
|
|
(image courtesy of Keith Saville)
| 1864
(registered Jan 1864)
|
| William & John Deane (1763..1764)
|
| Walter Morisse & Son
| 1889
(registered Apr 1875 & Dec 1889)
| Perfume bottle
| Walter Diederich Morisse, sole partner in W Morisse & Son, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London
|
| Ward Smith
| 1897
(registered Apr 1893)
| Book mark
|
|
| David Whyte & William Holmes (1760..1763)
|
| Mark
| Maker
| Dates seen
| Seen on
| Comments
| 
(Mark is WE, mullet (star) below, in a shield)
| Matthew West
| 1707
(registered Apr 1697)
| Salt
|
|
| Samuel Welder
| 1720..1721
(registered Sep 1717)
| Caster, cruet
|
|
| 1730..1736
(registered Oct 1729)
| A similar mark with smaller letters registered Jul 1720
|
| Robert Eley
| 1794
(registered Mar 1790)
| Flatware
| Spoon maker
|
| William Eley I
| 1795..1796
| Flatware
| Noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990 Also a rectangular mark registered Nov 1778 & 1785:
|
| W E
| 1804..1830
| Coffee pot, flatware, salt, tureen, vinaigrette
| Similar marks registered by:
- William Eaton, bucklemaker (May 1813 & 1825) (may be a different William Eaton to the plateworker)
- William Edwards, smallworker (Dec 1800 & 1809)
- William Ellerby, smallworker (Apr 1804)
- William Esterbrook, spoonmaker (Nov 1817 & 1824) A mark with pellet registered Sep 1834
- William Eley II, plateworker (Jun 1826)
| William Ellerby
| 1810..1815
(registered Aug 1810)
| Caddy spoon, decanter label
| Also a mark in a bevelled corner box registered Jun 1802:
and a mark without pellet Apr 1804
| 
| William Eaton
| 1813
(registered May 1813)
| Flatware
| Flatware specialist
| 
| 1823..1828
(registered Mar 1824)
| 
| 1828..1844
(registered Sep 1828)
| 
| William Elliott or William Eaton (probably)
| 1814..1817
| Goblet, salt, tankard
| Attribution not certain; this could be a rare non-flatware mark of William Eaton, but the punch shape matches the pelleted marks of neither Eaton nor Elliott as illustrated by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990.
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| William Edwards
| 1823..1824
(registered Apr 1823)
| Box, decanter label
|
| 
| William Eley II
| 1825..1828
(registered Jan 1825)
| Bowl, coffee pot, mustard, salver, teapot
|
| 
| W E
| 1827
| Knife
|
| 
| William Evans
| 1864..1894
(registered Aug 1864)
| Bowl, condiment bottles, cruet, jug, knife rest, mug, mustard, napkin ring, pepperette, salt & spoon, toast rack
|
| 
| William Edwards
| 1869..1876
(registered Jun 1868)
| Bowl, cup, salt, spoon
|
| 
| William Ehrhardt; subsequently William Ehrhardt Ltd
| (registered Jul 1892)
|
| Watch Manufacturers, Time Works, Barr Street, Hockley, Birmingham
| 
| W E B
| 1935..1939
| Bowl, caddy spoon, coffee pot, forks, quaich, salt, tea strainer
|
| 
| William, Charles & Henry Eley
| 1824
(registered Jul 1824)
| Flatware
| Probably only 1824
| 
| Wahl Eversharp Co Ltd
| 1932..1939
| Pencil
| Great Portland Street, London W1
| 
(image courtesy of Dave Koncher)
| 1933
| 
| William Edward Dibley
| 1893
(registered Feb 1894)
| Thimble case
| Gerrard Street, London W
| 
| William Eley I & George Pierrepoint
| 1777..1778
(registered Nov 1777)
| Spoon
|
| 
| W E Hill & Co
| 1904..1907
(registered Jul 1904)
| Creamer, cup, spoon
|
| 
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| 1906
(registered Jul 1904)
| 
| Walter Edward King
| 1943..1973
| Butter knife, candle holder, flatware, salt, souvenir anointing spoon
|
| 
(Note: top of punch is mirror image of bottom)
| W E M
| 1955..1960
| Spoon
|
| 
| W E V
| 1970..2008
| Coaster, pepper mill
|
| 
| William Eley & William Fearn
| 1798..1807, 1814..1824
(registered Jan 1797 & 1814)
| Buckle, flatware, grape scissors, knife, teapot
|
| 
| William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner
| 1807..1814
(registered Apr 1808)
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