London Makers Marks

Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (WS-WZ)

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments

(Note: punch is heart-shaped)	William Street	1720 (registered Jun 1720)	Spoon
	William Scarlett	1721 (registered Jun 1720)	Marrow spoon
	William Shaw I	1730 (registered Jan 1728)	Caster, jug
	William Soame	1739..1741 (registered Jun 1739)	Marrow scoop, spoon
	William Shaw II	1762..1764 (registered Jan 1749)	Cup, mug	Also attributed to William Sampel
	William Skeen	1765..1771 (registered Dec 1755)	Creamer, sauce boat, spoon
	William Skeen	1775 (registered Jun 1775 & 1783)	Creamer, sauce boat, spoon
	William Sumner I	1782..1784 (registered Apr 1782)	Flatware	Sumner is believed to have died in 1807
		1784..1802 (registered Dec 1784 and various dates to 1803)
		1788 (registered Jun 1788)
	William Stephenson	1790..1799	Creamer, flatware	Smallworker (registered Dec 1775 & 1780, 1781, 1787, 1790, 1792)
	William Sutton			Plateworker (registered Aug 1784 & 1784)
	William Sumner I			Spoonmaker (registered c1788)
	William Sumner II			Smallworker (registered May 1787)
	William Stroud	1791..1824	Bowl, chamberstick, cruet, flatware, plate, tea service	Plateworker (registered Jul 1788)
	William Sharp			Plateworker (registered Mar 1817 & 1824)
	William Schofield			Spoonmaker (registered Nov 1820 & 1833)
	William Stroud	1824..1826 (registered Mar 1821)
	William Seaman	1816..1825 (registered Oct 1810 & 1818, 1820)	Flatware
	William Seaman	1820 (registered Feb 1804)	Flatware
	William Southey	1831 (registered Apr 1821)	Spoon
	A B Savory & Sons (William Smily)	1855..1864 (registered Aug 1855)	Flatware, goblet, teapot & stand	William Smily was manager of A B Savory & Sons. He died in 1865 and was succeeded by his son Samuel Smily.
	William Stocker	1863..1885 (registered Aug 1848)	Chamberstick, flatware, teapot
	William Summers	1868..1887 (registered Dec 1863)	Box, cigar cutter, decanter label
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)	W Spurrier & Co	(registered Jul 1883)		Colmore Row, Birmingham
	W S	1929	Trophy cup
	Whitehill Silver & Plate Co	1989..1992	Frame, pepper grinder
	W & C Sissons (Walter & Charles Sissons)	1888..1908 (registered Feb 1887)	Caster, salver, tea caddy, tea & coffee service, tray, vase	Eyre Street, Sheffield; later St Mary's Road, Sheffield Sissons also had London showrooms
	W & G Sissons (William & George Sissons)	1873..1883 (registered Feb 1866)	Caster, salver, tea caddy, tea & coffee service, tray, vase
	W S over H S	1933..1935	Coffee pot, spoon, tea service
	Ws Ltd	1924	Fob medal
	William Stringer Mills	1884 (registered Jul 1875)	Perfume bottle
	William Samuel Norman	1858 (registered Jun 1858)	Mug
	William Sumner & Richard Crossley	1775..1781 (registered May 1775)	Flatware	Worked together from 1775 to 1782
	William Hutton & Sons Ltd (1893..1915)
	William Shaw & William Priest	1745..1762 (registered Oct 1749)	Caster, coffee pot, cup, jug, mug, porringer, sauce boat, tea caddy, teapot	Holloware makers

	William Toone	1725..1738 (registered Nov 1725)	Spoon
	William Turner	1759..1770 (registered Jun 1754)	Spoon
	William Tuite	1759..1769	Basket, coffee pot, tankard	Largeworker (registered c1755)
	William Taylor	1759..1769	Basket, coffee pot, tankard	Smallworker (registered Oct 1764)
	W T	1762..1764	Spoon	Unregistered mark attributed as probably William Tant by Grimwade, but note that Tant was not made free until 1766.
	W T	1772..1775	Mug, spoon, tankard, teapot stand	A similar mark registered by William Turton, May 1782 & 1783, 1791
	William Turton	1773..1784	Mug, salver, spoon	Smallworker (registered Oct 1773)
	Walter Tweedie	1773..1784	Mug, salver, spoon	Spoonmaker (registered Dec 1775)
	Walter Tweedie	1783 (registered Oct 1781)	Ladle
	William Troby	1822..1823 (registered Mar 1812 & 1821)	Spoon
	William M Traies	1822..1824 (registered Jun 1822 & 1823, 1825)	Flatware, goblet
	William M Traies	1824..1829 (registered Nov 1824)	Flatware, goblet
	William Theobalds	1833..1843 (registered Jan 1834)	Flatware	This mark in registration 1834-1838 & 1840-1843
	Thornhill & Co (Walter Thornhill)	1891 (registered Mar 1878)	Bookmark	New Bond Street, London
	William Tween & Frederick Purnell	1866 (registered Sep 1864)	Box
	William Thomas Imbrey	1905 (registered Mar 1904)	Epergne	Holborn Viaduct, London
	William Theobalds & Lockington Bunn	1835..1836 (registered Jun 1835)	Flatware
	William Taylor Ryley	1872	Watch case	Watch manufacturer, Little Park Street, Coventry This mark not shown in Culme, but registered at Chester Assay Office Nov 1871
	William Theobalds & Robert Metcalfe Atkinson	1838..1840 (registered Jun 1838)	Flatware, knife handle	Flatware makers
	Thomas Whipham & William Williams (1739..1741)
(image courtesy of www.silversugartongs.com)	William Turton & William Walbancke	c1790 (registered Apr 1784 & 1788)	Tongs	Worked together until March 1791

	William Vincent	1770..1790	Basket, tea caddy, teapot	Unregistered mark
	The Vilcar Company (Walter Villa Gilbert)	1908..1909 (registered Apr 1908)	Tongs	Also stamped "VILCAR"
	John Henry Vere & William Lutwyche	1763..1766	Basket, bowl, coaster	Unregistered mark

	William Williams I	1742..1746 (registered Sep 1742)	Coffee pot, mug, salver
	William Woodward	1759..1760 (registered Oct 1743)	Spoon
(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd)	William Withers	1762..1763 (registered Aug 1762)	Spoon
	William Weston	1809..1820 (registered Sep 1810)	Box, spoon
	William Weston	1827..1831 (registered Sep 1822)	Box, spoon
	William Webb	1817..1832 (registered May 1813 & 1833, 1834)	Watch case	Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
	Wakely & Wheeler (1913..1982)
	Walter H Willson Ltd	1929..1977, 2001	Creamer, coffee pot, flatware, napkin ring, plate, salt, sucrier, tea strainer
	Walter H Willson Ltd	1957..1981
	W W	1966..1973	Coffee pot, flatware, salt
	W W	1988..2004	Bowl, claret jug, coaster, frame, napkin ring, pepperette
	Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst Ltd (Walter Walker & Brownfield Tolhurst)	1888..1903 (registered Dec 1885)	Bowl, cruet, flatware, napkin ring, salver, spoon, tray, trophy cup	Aldersgate Street, London EC
		1902 (registered Feb 1903)
		1903..1910 (registered Feb 1903)
	William Thomas Wright & Frederick Davis	1865..1886 (registered Jun 1864)	Box, decanter label, flask, match safe, purse, vanity jar, vesta, vinaigrette
	W W Harrison & Co (William Wheatcroft Harrison)	(registered May 1879)		Montgomery Works, Fargate, Sheffield
	William Shaw & William Priest (1745..1762)
	William Wrangham Williams	1860..1874 (registered Feb 1860)	Beaker, candlestick, salver, teapot

	William Young	1739 (registered Jun 1739)	Spoon

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