Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (W)

W& WA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN WO WP WQ WR WS WT WU WV WW WX WY WZ

WI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Willaume I 1697..1709
(registered Apr 1697)
Bleeding bowl, box, cup, fork, plate, salver, spoon, tankard
1708..1720
(registered Apr 1697 & 1719)
1725..1727
(registered Jul 1720)

(image courtesy of Waddingtons, Toronto)
Edward Wimans 1698..1700
(registered Apr 1697)
Bleeding bowl, porringer
Charles Williams c1700
(registered Apr 1697
Spoon
John Wisdome 1707..1717
(registered Jun 1704)
Bowl, burner for a kettle, caster, coffee pot, flagon, goblet, tankard
1718..1725 This mark not shown in either JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 or GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 but is attributed to Wisdome because of its similarity to his known IW sterling mark. It may be the mark noted by Grimwade as "a similar mark 7.8.1717" beside his 1704 mark without actually being similar.
1724
(registered Aug 1720)
William Justis 1733..1735 Cup, mug, pap boat, punch ladle Grimwade notes that registration of this mark is undated but lies between April 1731 and January 1733
1739..1762
(registered Jun 1739)
W I 1749..1755 Salver Attributed as "?William Justis" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
William Bond & James Phipps I (1754)
William & John Deane (1763..1764)
W F & I K (1767)
William John Hammon I 1815 Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London

A similar mark with pellets between letters registered Nov 1813

William John Hammon II 1864
(registered Apr 1860)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
William John Salt 1879
(registered May 1879)
Box
John Lawford and William Vincent (1762..1766)




WJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Justis (1739..1762)
William Turner (1755)
W T (1759)
W T (1762)
W T (1762..1764)
W T (1767..1768)
Walter Tweedie (1781..1783)
William Jackson I 1814
(registered Apr 1809 & 1813)
Watch case Case maker, King Street, Clerkenwell, London
W J 1823 Watch case
William Johnson (probably) 1823..1836 Flatware Mark not listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
William Jasper 1833..1837
(registered Dec 1819 & 1833)
Watch case Case maker

A similar mark registered Apr 1834 by William Jackson II, spectacle maker

William Johnson 1835..1836
(registered Dec 1822 & 1835)
Butter knife, spoon
William Jackson 1864
(registered Jul 1861)
Watch case Case maker, Silver Street, Coventry
William Jee 1871..1877
(registered May 1867)
Watch case Case maker, Hertford Place, The Butts, Coventry; subsequently Norfolk Street, Coventry
William Henry Jackson 1884
(registered Aug 1883)
Caster top, fob medal, jug, tazza, tea caddy Similar marks registered by:
  • William Jago, pencil case maker (May 1872)
  • William Jordan, gold worker (Nov 1875)
  • William Johnson, small worker (Apr 1877)
  • William Jennings, gold worker (Jul 1879)

Spencer Street, Clerkenwell, London EC

Previously in partnership with Walter Chase (see WJ over WC); worked alone until 1887, then in partnership with Peter Henderson Deere (see WJ over PD)

1901
(registered Jul 1895)
W H Jackson & Son 1906..1909
(registered Sep 1905)
Mary Jackson, sole partner in W H Jackson & Son, Moreland Street, Goswell Road, London EC

Jackson & Son went out of business c1910

Walter Jones (registered Feb 1902) Photo frame specialist, Sloane Street, London SW1
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1896..1903)
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1903..1909)
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1905)
W J G 1926 Trophy plaque
W J H 1950 Gold cufflinks
W J H 1967 Napkin ring
W J H 1971 Ladle
W J M 2002 Decanter label
W J N 1977 Ingot pendant
Jackson & Deere (William Henry Jackson & Peter Henderson Deere) 1887..1892
(registered May 1887)
Bowl, caster, coffee pot, covered serving dish, decanter label, flatware, letter opener Spencer Street, Clerkenwell, London EC; then (from 1893) Moreland Street, Goswell Road, London EC

In partnership c1887-1895; Jackson then worked alone until he died in 1905

W J T 1932 Napkin ring
Jackson & Chase (William Henry Jackson & Walter Chase) 1878..1880
(registered Dec 1877)
Basket, bowl, chamberstick, claret jug, creamer, napkin ring President Street, Clerkenwell, London EC

In partnership c1877-1883; Jackson then worked alone until 1887 (see WJ mark)





WK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Keate 1694..1695
(free 1689)
Bowl Attributed as "probably William Keate" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
William Kidney 1739
(registered Jun 1734)
Bowl
William Kersill 1757..1764
(registered Jul 1757)
Creamer, salt
William Key 1786
(registered Dec 1783)
Box

(image courtesy of Michael Mercier)
William Kinman 1788
(registered Jan 1759)
Sword hilt Registered as a smallworker but described in 1773 as a hiltmaker
William Kingdon 1811
(registered Jul 1811)
Basket Plateworker, St John Square, Clerkenwell

A similar mark registered Nov 1826 by William King, plateworker
William Knight II 1815..1839
(registered Feb 1816 & 1830)
Caster, decanter label, flatware, ink well, knife rest, medal, mustard Plateworker
1845..1848
(registered Mar 1839)
William Knight 1880
(registered Aug 1879)
Watch case Case maker
Walter Keith 1888..1912
(registered Jul 1887)
Salt, spoon, urn
William Kemp 1979
(registered c1960s)
Napkin ring b 1914, d 2007
W K B 1978..1985 Coaster, decanter label
William Kent & Henry Baines c1880
(registered Mar 1877)
Writing box
Kay & Co Ltd (William Kilbourne Kay) 1907..1910
(registered Jun 1907)
Imported watch case Watch makers & jewellers, Shrub Hill, Worcester

Note: The letters are normally more spaced out - this image has been edited
1910..1919
(registered Jun 1907)
William Ker Reid 1829..1851
(registered May 1828)
Coffee pot, decanter label, plate, salver, sauce boat, tea service, tureen Newcastle
William King Stacey 1899
(registered Jul 1895)
Chatelaine pincushion
William & Samuel Knight 1810..1815
(registered Jan 1810)
Flatware




WL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Mason (1748)
W L 1749 Box This mark not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990. It may have been recorded in the missing 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register.
Thomas Moore II (1758..1760)
William London 1763..1767
(registered Dec 1762)
Ladle, spoon
William Lestourgeon 1765..1766 Mustard

(image courtesy of www.SilverTeaTongs.com)
William Lord c1770 Tongs Mark not shown in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 but a similar mark without stop registered Feb 1770
William Laver 1790
(registered Aug 1789)
Salver
William Linsley 1800..1805
(registered Mar 1800)
Watch case Case maker, Banner Street, Bunhill Row, London

Mark is "WL, stag over"
1806..1816
(registered Feb 1802 & 1813, 1814)
1818..1825
(registered Oct 1818)
William Lewis 1808..1810
(registered Apr 1809)
Watch case Case maker, Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London
1809
(registered Dec 1798)
1809
(registered May 1809)
William Leuchars 1876..1889
(registered Apr 1876)
Chamberstick, cigar case, creamer, dressing set, collapsible cup, inkwell, ruler, salt, tray Piccadilly, London W
Walter Latham & Son (registered Feb 1903) Brocco Works, Solly Street, Sheffield
William Lund & Son 1904..1912
(registered Dec 1903)
Dish, napkin ring, spoon Retailers, Cornhill, London EC

1911 dish also has the trade mark of Roberts & Belk of Sheffield

William Lister & Sons 1895..1923
(registered Aug 1895)
Coffee pot, creamer, ladle, salver Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
William & Aaron Lestourgeon (1768..1770)
Willmotts Ltd 1906
(registered Nov 1906)
Spectacles case Northampton Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.styles-silver.co.uk)
Will Odell 2011..2012 Bowl, decanter tag Holborn, London

Web site





WM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
W M 1667 Porringer 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 but a similar mark (without mullet below) attributed by the latter as "probably William Mouse the Younger" (free 1664, died c1675)
William Mathew I 1683..1694
(free 1682)
Spoon Attributed as "probably William Matthew" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
1697..1698
(registered Apr 1697)
1703..1706
(registered Apr 1700)

(image courtesy of www.dreweatts.com)
William Middleton 1685
(free 1668, died c1705)
Dish Attributed as "probably William Middleton" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
William Matthews 1737
(registered c1728)
Salver
W M 1747 Skewer This mark not listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
W M 1752..1757 Caster, skewer Listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 as unidentified and unregistered

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
William Mott 1802
(registered Oct 1800)
Vinaigrette
William Mean 1811..1815
(registered Oct 1800)
Watch case Case maker

A similar mark with fleur-de-lys over WM registered Apr 1783

William Moore 1827..1830
(registered Apr 1827)
Fork, spoon
William Moulson 1841..1849
(registered Jul 1840)
Salt, teapot & stand
Walter Morrisse 1843..1859
(registered May 1843)
Candlestick, tea & coffee service Morrisse also registered a mark without pellet Aug 1831:
W M
William Mann 1847..1854
(registered Oct 1843)
Cup, tea service
William Matthews (registered Jan 1889) Case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry
William Moering 1893..1902
(registered Dec 1892)
Box, chatelaine, imported items: jug, salt, spoon "Foreign agent"
William Mark 1914
(registered Mar 1912)
Spoon Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire
Waclaw Makowski 1947
(registered May 1946)
Spoon
Wippell Mowbray Church Furnishers Ltd 1969..1979 Ecclesiastical bottle stopper, pyx box Buller Road, Exeter, Devon
William Matthew II 1712..1718
(registered Mar 1712)
Spoon
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1896..1903)
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1903..1909)
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd (1905)
Mark William Munson (1982..2016)
World Moulded Metal Co Ltd 1945
(registered 1945)
Bracelet Whitby Avenue, London NW10; subsequently Eastern Avenue, Romford & Berkeley Street, London SW1
William Oppenheim 1891
(registered May 1890)
Imported tea strainer Importer, The Dresden China Depot, Farringdon Road, London EC

Also registered a similar mark with a double stop under the M