Silver Makers' Marks - Sheffield Assay Office (G)

GA GB GC GD GE GF GG GH GI GJ GL GM GP GS GT GU GW GY

G&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Goldsmiths Company (1915)
G & C 1920..1939 Spoon, tongs
Gibson & Co Ltd 1900..1919
(registered Feb 1896)
Cigarette case, inkstand, salt, spoon, tray Donegal Place, Belfast

Variations of this mark also seen


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G & Co Ltd 1945 Napkin ring, spoon
Garrard & Co Ltd 1958..1991 Flatware, salver, tankard, tea service Regent Street, London
Gowland & Grant 1934 Salver Fawcett Street, Sunderland
Green & Green Ltd 1899
(registered Dec 1896)
Cigar cutter Mitre Works, Gibralter Street, Sheffield
Gee & Holmes 1959..1984 Flatware, knife handle
G & J W Hawksley 1894
(registered Apr 1889)
Box, flask Carver Street, Sheffield
1901..1936
(registered Mar 1900)
G & S 1929 Flatware
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd 1901..1947
(registered Jan 1900)
Flask & cups, flatware, ink stand, salver, sauce boat, tea service Regent Street, London
1917..1950
Gilmour & Watson 1889, 1901 Tongs Mark not registered until Mar 1897 but may have been in use for Glasgow before this date and hence in Sheffield without formal registration

Mitchell Street, Glasgow





GA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Ashforth & Co (George Ashforth, Ellis, Hawksworth & Best) 1778..1815
(registered Sep 1773)
Caster top, chamberstick, coaster, coffee pot, egg cup, mustard, salt, tea service, teapot stand, toast rack, wick trimmer Plate workers, Holy Street, Sheffield
G A A 1940 Spoon

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G A Ladell 1982..1983 Spoon Shrewsbury
George Alex Mossie 1977 Decanter label




GB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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G B 1911..1922 Knife ferrule, knife handle
G B & Co 1928..1931 Spoon
George Butler & Co 1968..1977 Knife handle, souvenir spoon
George Bishop & Sons 1923..1938 Flatware Globe Works, Penistone Road, Sheffield
George Butler & Co Ltd 1899..1924
(registered Mar 1894)
Flatware, knife rest, pen knife Trinity Works, Eyre Street, Sheffield




GC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of Mark Ashcroft)
G C 1979 Box Possibly Graham Crimmins of Edinburgh




GD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G Deakin & Co 1853
(registered Aug 1849)
Fork Eyre Street, Sheffield
George David Rattray (registered Nov 1907) Nethergate, Dundee




GE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Edwards 1862
(registered Nov 1861)
Tongs Gordon Street, Glasgow
George Ellis 1902..1921
(registered Mar 1902)
Flatware Charles Street, Sheffield
George Eadon & Co (George Eadon, George Kibbles & John Weaver) 1796..1806
(registered Jun 1795)
Candlestick, chamberstick, cup, dish ring, ladle, salt, teapot Plate workers, Hollis Croft, Sheffield
George Edward & Sons (George Edward & Arthur Edward) 1920 Fork, knife Buchanan Street, Glasgow
G E C (or G E G?) 1923 Trophy cup




GF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
C F B (or G F B?) (1926..1929)




GG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Gordon & Son 1902..1907
(registered Jan 1898)
Dish, presentation trowel, spoon Casket Works, Norfolk Lane, Sheffield
George Gill & Sons 1929..1931 Penknife St Philips Road, Sheffield
G G & S 1944..1946 Napkin ring, tea service
Geoffrey Guy Bellamy 1959..1961 Spoon
Sutherland & Roden (George Guirren Rhoden) 1898
(registered Mar 1898)
Buckle, flatware, fruit knife, knife handle, napkin rings, spoon Carver Street, Sheffield
1899..1924
(registered Aug 1899)




GH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Hardisty 1829..1835
(registered May 1828)
Fruit knife & fork Norfolk Lane, Sheffield
Harrison Brothers & Howson (George Howson) 1898..1955
(registered Apr 1896)
Ashtray, butter shell, candlestick, coaster, cruet set, flatware, goblet, ink well, knife rest, plate, salver, sauce boat, standish, tea & coffee service, toast rack, tray Norfolk Street, Sheffield; subsequently Carver Street, Sheffield

Taken over by Viners Ltd in 1959

1905..1912, 1927..1928
George Harding & Sons Ltd 1912..1914
(registered Oct 1907)
Spoon & tongs set, tea service Long Lane, Borough, London SE
Alfred Biggin & Son (George Henry Biggin) 1898..1918
(registered Dec 1893)
Ferrule, fork handle, knife handle Arundel Street, Sheffield
George Henry Hulley (probably) 1892..1903 Creamer, salt, spoon, teapot This mark not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911
George Henry Hulley 1901..1902
(registered Mar 1899)
Ornament, sauce boat, vase Cambridge Street, Sheffield
George Henry Hulley (probably) 1933..1934 Spoon
George Harry Whitaker
subsequently George H Whitaker & Co
1893..1899
(registered Jan 1883)
Flatware, tea service Pool Square, Fargate, Sheffield




GI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G Ibbotson 1909..1910
(registered Jul 1904)
Flatware Livingstone Works, Holly Street, Sheffield
George Ibberson & Co 1911..1954
(registered Aug 1900)
Dish, knife handle, pen knife, spoon Central Works, West Street, Sheffield; subsequently Violin Works, Rockingham Street, Sheffield
G I P 2002 Box




GJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Charles James Allen (1927..1937)
Georg Jensen Ltd 2017 Cup Danish manufacturer & importer, New Bond Street, London




GL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Leonard Allen 1905
(registered Mar 1906)
Spoon Lichfield Road, Cricklewood, London NW
1906
(registered Jan 1907)
G L N 1977 Ingot pendant
Gladwin Ltd 1923..1951 Ashtray, condiments set, dish, flatware, mug, napkin ring, salver, sauce boat, spoon, sucrier, toast rack, trophy Rockingham Street, Sheffield




GM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G M 1995..2000 Imported box, ingot pendant
G M & S 1932..1938 Coaster, dish, flatware, salver
G M & S Ltd 1913 Spoon




GP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G P 1977 Ingot pendant
G P & S 2008 Necklace
Edwin Blyde & Co 1907..1909
(registered May 1907)
Spoon Charleston Works, Orange Street, Sheffield
George Pragnell Ltd 1993..2003 Cafetiere, place card holder Jewellers, Wood Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon & Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1




GS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G S 2004 Ingot pendant




GT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Travis & Co 1896..1905
(registered Jan 1895)
Bowl, teapot Clarence Works, Bath Street, Sheffield
George Tarratt Ltd 1964 Bowl Market Street, Leicester




GU

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Unite & Sons 1837..1891 Fruit knife, folding fork Caroline Street, Birmingham

George Unite before c1873

1870
(registered Jul 1861)




GW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
George Warriss 1895..1929
(registered Oct 1885)
Butter knife, christening set, napkin ring, spoon, tongs Howard Street, Sheffield
George Wish; George Wish & Co Ltd 1900..1911 Cake stand, napkin ring, tea kettle & stand, tea service Denmark Works, Norfolk Lane & Burgess Street, Sheffield
1897, 1910..1932
(registered Oct 1879)
G Wheeler & Co (George & Mary Wheeler) 1858 Fruit knife Bartletts Buildings, Holborn, London

Note: this mark registered 1856 in Birmingham and not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911

G W Harvey & Co 1906..1912
(registered Aug 1904)
Spoon & tong set Frederick Street, Birmingham
G W Shirtcliffe & Son (George William & Percy Shirtcliffe) 1939..1948 Flatware, knife, salver Cutlers, Arundel Street, Sheffield




GY

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
G Y 1953 Bowl