Silver Makers' Marks - Birmingham Assay Office (S)

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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Sanders & Aguilar 1898..1903 Jar lid, perfume bottle, vase E F Sanders & Harold Felix Aguilar trading as Sanders & Aguilar, silversmiths, cut glass manufacturers, matchings etc, & manufacturers of smelling bottles, fancy leather & silver-mounted goods, Furnival Street, London EC

Company wound up 1903

S & A 1898..1905 Card case, cigarette case, vesta
S & A 1902 Vesta
Synyer & Beddoes (1897..1900)
Synyer & Beddoes (1898..1910)
Synyer & Beddoes (1900..1949)
S & B 1901..1902 Cigarette case, vesta
S & B 1912 Purse
S & B 1979..1980 Locket

(image courtesy of David Shallis)
Smith & Bartlam 1902..1905 Box, caster, cigarette case, compact, napkin ring, vesta Edward Ernest Smith & William Bartlam trading as Smith & Bartlam, manufacturing jewellers, Caroline Street, Birmingham; subsequently Branston Street, Birmingham
1905..1947
Sloane & Carter 1902 Button Jewellers, Spencer Street, Birmingham

Partnership dissolved Mar 1906

S & Co 1862 Chalice
Spurrier & Co 1897
(registered Aug 1886)
Box, claret jug, napkin ring, salt, tray Holland Street, Birmingham; subsequently George Street then James Street, Birmingham
1896..1900
(registered Sep 1890 & Mar 1901)
Steinhart & Co 1904..1929 Imported items: box, cigar cutter, cigarette case, lorgnette, purse, wallet mount; nail buffer, salt Newhall Street, Birmingham
1911
Sydney & Co 1901..1916 Badge, bookmark, buckle, button, cigarette case, card case, frame, napkin ring, page turner, souvenir spoon, sovereign case, trophy cup, vesta, whistle Manufacturing silversmiths, Powell Street, Birmingham; subsequently Summerhill Road, Birmingham

Sydney & Co were in business until at least 1973

1904..1915
1924
(registered Mar 1917)
1926..1935, 1965
(registered Jan 1920)
S & Co 1906..1909 Napkin ring, spoon
S & Co 1908 Miniature
Shepheard & Co 1911..1913 Box, cigarette case Regent Street, London W
S & Co 1922..1927 Bowl, box, brush, candlestick, clock, napkin ring, stamp case

(image courtesy of Graham Evans)
Sanders & Co 1926..1932 Fob medal Brixton Road, London SW
S & Co 1926..1934 Fob medal
S & Co 1946 Box
Shipton & Co Ltd 1947..1976 Brooch, spoon Spencer Street, Birmingham
Sydney & Co (probably) 1978..1980 Pendant, salver, sweet dispenser (imported) Manufacturing silversmiths; address in 1975: Powell Street, Birmingham
Selfridge & Co Ltd 1912..1942 Box, caster, condiments, dish, napkin ring, sauce boat, tea service, toast rack Oxford Street, London
S & D 1966 Gold ring
Swan & Edgar 1905 Cup Regent Street, London
Smith & Ewen (Thomas Smith & Albert Ewen) 1909..1911
(registered 1894)
Enamelled jewellery: necklace, pendant Frederick Street, Birmingham

N.B. this mark often erroneously attributed to the London company Schaverien & Eastmead. Smith & Ewen identification verified by Birmingham Assay Office.

Somers & Eccles 1920
(registered Jul 1919)
Napkin ring
Smith, Ewen & Stylic Ltd (probably) 1946..1971 Bangle, box, napkin ring Frederick Street, Birmingham
S & G 1881..1885 Finger ring, locket
Sharpe & Green (probably) 1898..1901 Brooch
Sharpe & Green 1903..1906 Brooch, spoon, vesta John Hugh Thomas Green trading as Sharpe & Green, manufacturing jewellers, Newhall Street & Vittoria Street, Birmingham
S & G Glass 1897 Tea caddy S G Glass trading as S&G Glass, jewellers, Cathedral Street, Manchester

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd 1895 Pipe mount Tobacconists, Clerkenwell Road, London EC
Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd (probably) 1901 Match striker
Sanders & Hill 1907..1910
(registered Sep 1907)
Cigarette case, knife rest, napkin ring, pepperette, tongs Warstone Lane, Birmingham
Stokes & Ireland (William Henry Stokes & Arthur George Ireland)

Stokes & Ireland Ltd

1880..1892
(registered Sep 1878)
Box, card case, caster, cigarette case, cup, flask, flatware, napkin ring, salt, tea caddy, teapot, tongs, vinaigrette Great Hampton Street, Birmingham

Started in 1872; became a limited company in 1892; wound up 1925 and taken over by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd.

1892
1894..1895
(registered Jul 1892)
(registered Jan 1926)
Stokes & Ireland Ltd (probably) 1894 Box
Smawley & Lewis 1921
(registered Mar 1919)
Spoon & tongs set Vittoria Street, Birmingham

Listed as Smawley & Co in 1925-1929 telephone directories

Smith & Langdell 1945..1946
(registered Jul 1945)
Compact, mug, napkin ring
Sanders & Mackenzie (Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie) 1911..1979
(registered Sep 1911)
Ash tray, bowl, box, button hook, candlestick, condiments set, frame, inkwell, manicure set, menu holder, mug, mustard, napkin ring, tea strainer, trophy cup, vase, vesta Spencer Street, Birmingham
1911..1944
1927..1949
Sanders & Pedlingham (Sampson Sanders & Bernard Albert Pedlingham) 1924..1926
(registered Jul 1920)
Bowl, coffee pot, pepperette, salt, trophy cup Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
Smith & Pepper Ltd 1935..1972 Bangle Vyse Street, Birmingham

The Smith & Pepper factory is now the Birmingham Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

S & R 1902 Cigarette case
S & R 1928 Spoon
S & R 2012 Trophy
T Simpson & Son 1809..1824
(registered Aug 1809)
Box, flatware, vinaigrette
Stephenson & Sons 1910..1913 Candlestick, dish, spoon, tray St Ann's Square, Manchester
Smith & Vernon (Thomas Smith & Edward Vernon) 1828..1829
(registered Feb 1829)
Box Charlotte Street, Birmingham
Spiers & Wordsworth 1904
(registered Mar 1905)
Box Alphonse Spiers & John Thorne Wordsworth trading as Spiers & Wordsworth, Hylton Street, Birmingham

Partnership dissolved 1905

S & W Ltd 1936..1938 Brooch, fob medal




SA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
S A 1897 Fob medal
S A 1912 Gold locket
Stratford Applied Arts Studio 1920 Punch bowl

(image courtesy of Ray Nimmo)
S A H 1975 Thimble
S A M 1899..1908 Fob medal
S A R 1979..1983 Letter opener, spoon A similar mark without stops seen 1992