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Silver Makers' Marks - Sheffield Assay Office (H)

H& HA HB HC HD HE HF HG HH HI HJ HK HL HM HN HO HP HQ HR HS HT HU HV HW HX HY HZ

H&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Horton & Allday (registered Sep 1903) Warstone Lane, Birmingham & Poland Street, London W

(image courtesy of Gary Rooney) 		Hardy, Bell & Co 1833
(registered Mar 1831) 		Fruit knife Plate Workers, Union Lane, Sheffield
Hamilton & Co
(of Calcutta) 		1909..1911
(registered Mar 1909) 		Claret jug, spoon, salver, vase Eastcheap, London & Calcutta, Delhi & Simla
1923..1933
Hayes & Finch 2005 Chalice Manufacturers & suppliers of church furnishings, Hanson Road, Aintree, Liverpool
Howard & Hawksworth 1835..1848
(registered Mar 1835) 		Chamberstick, covered dish, salver, teapot, tureen, wine cooler William Howard and John Smith Hawksworth, Plate Workers, Hartshead, Sheffield
Hukin & Heath Ltd 1912..1925 Flatware, trophy cup
Hamilton & Inches (registered Feb 1895) Fish knives & forks, spoon Princes Street, Edinburgh
1898
(registered Oct 1897)
1966

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		H & S 1854 Fruit knife This mark not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911. It may be an unidentified Birmingham mark as Birmingham makers are known to have had their marks put on fruit knives by their Sheffield suppliers
Hilliard & Thomason (probably) 1850..1873 Fruit knife This mark not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Hilliard & Thomason (probably) 1894 Fruit knife This mark not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911
Hilliard & Thomason 1896
(registered Nov 1896) 		Spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham

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HA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Henry Atkin 1845..1851 Basket, box, butter dish, candlestick, caster, coffee pot, condiments, cup, decanter label, egg cup, flatware, fruit knife, grape scissors, moustache guard, mug, napkin ring, salver, tankard, tea caddy, tea service, toast rack, tray, trophy cup, vase Howard Street, Sheffield

Also with stop between letters registered Mar 1841 as shown in Sheffield Register of marksWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		1850
Atkin Brothers 1854..1953 Truro Works, Matilda Street, Sheffield

Marks registered by Harry Wright Atkin from c1853 until his death in 1896, and then by his son Harry Atkin

Atkin Brothers was in business from 1853 until 1958 when they were taken over by C J Vander Ltd.

1900..1957
(registered Oct 1853)
H A A 1958 Spoon

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HB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Harrison Brothers (probably) 1960..1991 Knife handle
H B 1962 Hot water jug
Howard, Battie & Hawksworth 1822..1833 Chamberstick, coaster, jar lid, salver, toast rack William Howard, William Battie and John Smith Hawksworth, silver platers, Sheffield

Previously trading as Battie, Howard & Hawksworth (see B H over & H). Partnership dissolved Feb 1834 and the business continued as Howard & Hawksworth.

H B & S 1985 Frame
Henry Birks & Sons Ltd (probably) 1932..1955 Fork, spoon
H (B A) Ltd 1920..1924 Ash tray, cup, flatware Note a similar Birmingham mark
Harrison Brothers & Howson Ltd 1989..2003 Bookmark, box, "collectable" caddy spoon, paperweight, pepperette The Chase, London SW4

Also seen laser-marked but otherwise identical

Hardy Brothers 1910..1934, 1968
(registered May 1905) 		Cup holder, spoon, tea service, tray Charterhouse Street & West Smithfield, London. Also in Sydney & Brisbane, Australia.
H Brs 1966..1995 Decanter label, souvenir tastevin (Cunard line) Possibly Hill Brothers (Silversmiths) Ltd, Suffolk Road, Sheffield

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HC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Henry Cook 1872
(registered Nov 1879) 		Fruit knife Richard Street, Birmingham
Hugh Crawshaw 1988..2020 Bookmark, box, buckle, decanter label, dish, flatware, grape shears, letter opener, penknife, quaich Trinity Street, Sheffield

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		H C A 1996 Spoon

(image courtesy of the Peartree Collection) 		Harry Charles Hall 1920..1921
(registered 1915) 		Jar, teapot Taught at the Swansea Municipal School of Arts and Crafts from 1909 to 1936

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HD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
H D 1836 Box

(image courtesy of Keith Saville) 		Hugh Dunsheath & Co 1905..1920
(registered Sep 1907) 		Salver, spoon Arundel Street, Sheffield
H D 1969..1990 Beaker, box, coaster, matchbox cover

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HE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Hawkesworth, Eyre & Co (Charles Hawksworth & John Eyre) 1837..1865
(registered Jul 1833) 		Basket, bowl, candlestick, condiments, cruet, cup holder, decanter label, flask, flatware, fruit knife, ink pot, knife blade, knife rest, pincushion, salver, snuffer tray, spoon, standish, tea service, toast rack, wick trimmer Plate workers, White Rails, Sheffield
1867
(registered Jul 1867) 		Nursery Street, Sheffield
Hawksworth, Eyre & Co (James Kebberling Bembridge, Thomas Hall & George Woodhouse) 1870
(registered Nov 1869)
Hawksworth, Eyre & Co (James Kebberling Bembridge) 1885..1891
(registered Mar 1873)
Hawksworth, Eyre & Co Ltd (registered Dec 1892) Rockingham Street, Sheffield

Taken over 1932 by Ellis & Co (a subsidiary of Barker Brothers Ltd) of Birmingham

1894..1931
(registered Mar 1894)
Barker Brothers (Herbert Edward Barker & Frank Ernest Barker)

Barker Brothers Ltd (from 1925)

1926..1936 Knife handle Constitution Hill, Birmingham & High Holborn, London

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HF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Rowlands & Frazer (Henry Frazer) (registered Jul 1897) Regent Street, London
Harrison Fisher
(subsequently Harrison Fisher & Co) 		1898..1907
(registered Sep 1898) 		Coffee pot, condiments set, dish, flatware, fruit knife, mug, napkin ring, salver, tea service Trafalgar Works, Trafalgar Street, Sheffield
Harrison Fisher & Co 1908..1981, 2001
Hugh Foulerton 1982..1984 Flatware

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