Silver Makers' Marks - Sheffield Assay Office (J)

J& JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ

JL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
J L 1817 Knife blade This mark is not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911
J L 1870..1880 Fruit knife This mark is not shown in the Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911.

The flaws in the lettering are exactly the same over the 1870-1880 period.

John Lodge Ltd (probably) 1966..1972 Knife handle, tea service Trafalgar Street, Sheffield
James Lewis & Sons 1895..1896
(registered Jan 1896)
Candlestick, flatware, mustard, salt London Road, Sheffield
1897..1909
(registered Jan 1897)
J L 150 2014 Frame




JM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Joseph Mappin & Son 1831..1841
(registered Jan 1833)
Fork, fruit knife, knife Plate Workers, Pepper Alley, Sheffield
J M 1848 Fruit knife
Mappin & Son (probably) 1849..1850 Knife The Sheffield RegisterWatson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register,  Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911 shows Mappin & Son's mark (registered Mar 1848) with a central pellet rather than a stop as here.
Christopher Johnson & Co 1895..1897
(registered Nov 1890)
Butter knife, spoon Western Works, Portobello, Sheffield
James Moir 1897..1900
(registered Jul 1897)
Flatware Howard Lane, Arundel Street, Sheffield
J M 1926..1928 Fork

(image courtesy of Sterling Choice)
J M 1977 Ingot pendant
J M 1986 Napkin ring
J M 1992..1997 Bowl, vase
John Milner & Sons 1898
(registered Nov 1895)
Flask Allen Street, Sheffield
John Millward Banks (registered Mar 1903) Northampton Street, Birmingham
J M K 1976..2000 Spoon




JN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Nowill 1827..1874
(registered Jun 1825)
Flatware, fruit knife, salver Scotland Street, Sheffield
J Nowill & Sons 1883..1900
(registered Mar 1881)
1901..1930
(registered May 1901)
J N Lowe (Sheffield) Ltd 1973..1992 Box, coffee pot, dish, flatware, frame, goblet, grape shears, mustard, salver, thimble
Mappin & Webb (John Newton Mappin & George Webb) 1875..1881
(registered Jul 1876)
Bowl, coffee pot, creamer, flask, flatware, goblet, knife blade, knife handle ferrule, mug, napkin ring, presentation trowel, salt, sauce boat Royal Cutlery Works, Norfolk Street, Sheffield
Mappin & Webb (John Newton Mappin) 1881..1891
(registered Jan 1882)




JO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Ogden's of Harrogate Ltd (probably) 1996..2010 Flatware, frame, knife handle




JP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Pinder & Co
(subsequently James Pinder & Co)
1891
(registered Jan 1874)
Goblet
John Pinches Ltd 1977 Limited edition collector's spoon

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
John Pound & Co 1911
(registered Jul 1899)
Fruit knife Leadenhall Street, London, Piccadilly, London & Strand, London




JR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
John Rodgers & Co (John Rodgers, James Cam, Samuel Froggatt & Joseph Bower) 1811..1833
(registered Dec 1805)
Fork, knife blade Plate Workers, Pond Street, Sheffield
John Roberts 1850
(registered Mar 1844)
Knife Low Street, South Street Park, Sheffield
Joseph Rodgers & Sons

(subsequently J Rodgers & Sons Ltd)

1862..1890
(registered Oct 1843)
Bowl, carving set mount, decanter label, epergne, flatware, frame, fruit knife, jar top, mug, salt, salver, smoker's tool, tea service Norfolk Street, Sheffield

Sponsor's mark often accompanied by the company's star & cross trade mark in various punch shapes such as

1891..1920
(registered Oct 1843)
1895
(registered Oct 1858)
1923..1939
John Round & Son Ltd 1876..1880
(registered 1874)
Candlestick, claret jug, coffee pot, flatware, fruit knife, funnel, glass holder, grape scissors, napkin ring, pincushion, salver, sauce boat, tazza, tea caddy, tea service, tray, vesta Tudor Works, Tudor Street, Sheffield

Company managed from c1886 by Joseph Ridge after a merger of John Round & Son Ltd and Joseph Ridge & Co

1875..1933
(registered Jul 1874)
1895..1936
Joseph Ridge & Co 1884
(registered Mar 1881)
Beaker, spoon Lion Works, Eyre Lane, Sheffield

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
James Ramsay 1903..1939
(registered Mar 1900)
Ladle, napkin ring, quaich, salver, tazza, teapot High Street, Dundee; subsequently Reform Street, Dundee
Joan Ruxton 1965..1986 Box, cake slice, dish, goblet Kendal, Cumbria
J R 1978..1980 Caddy spoon, goblet
James Robinson Inc 1984..1986 Salver Retailer, Park Avenue, New York

Web site


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
J R & W Laing 1929..1939 Hot water jug, salver Gordon Street, Glasgow
Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd 1908..1945
(registered Jun 1904)
Candlestick, grape scissors, salver, spoon, tea service, toast rack Oxford Street, London
Howell & James Ltd (James Rossiter Behenna) 1885..1888
(registered May 1886)
Butter shell, caster, dish, fish server, napkin ring, spoon Regent Street, London
James R Biggins 2007..2011 Model fox, stirrup cup Web site
John Round & Son (John & Edwin Round) 1869..1870
(registered Sep 1867)
Fish slice, teapot
J R G 1991 Caddy spoon
J R Gaunt & Son 1974 Limited edition plate

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Joyce Rosemary Himsworth 1936..1965 Condiments set, napkin ring, spoon b1905, d1990
J R H 1961..1977 Dunhill smoker's tool, penknife
James R Ogden & Sons Ltd 1935 Cup Harrogate & London
John R Watts 1897..1924
(registered Mar 1896)
Fruit knife, smoker's tool, spoon Lambert Street, Sheffield