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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (I)

IA IC ID IE IF IG IH IJ IL IM IR IS IW

IA

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	John Adamson	1794	Watch case	Watch case maker & silversmith, North Street, Liverpool; (from 1790) Johnson Street, Liverpool

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ID

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	I D	c1770	Spoon	Mark not shown in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 and hallmark date illegible but the Chester town mark is of the form used prior to 1779

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IC

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Israel Cohen & Son	1891 (registered c1890)	Watch case	Manufacturing jewellers, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham and Vyse Street, Birmingham A similar mark with stop instead of pellet registered Jan 1894.

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IE

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(Mark has a cross-shaped pellet)	John Ellison	1801..1806	Creamer, watch case	Watchcase maker, gold & silversmith, Crosshall Street, Liverpool The 1801 creamer on which this mark was seen had a watchcase hallmark (4 marks in cross formation without duty mark)
	John Ellison & Co (probably)	1838	Watch case	Watchcase makers, gold & silversmith, Crosshall Street, Liverpool

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IF

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Israel Freeman & Son Ltd	(registered Nov 1927)		Hatton Garden, London
	Isabel Florence Hooper	1936 (registered Jun 1937)	Box	Allerton Drive, Liverpool

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IG

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Ivor Gordon Ltd	(registered Dec 1952)		Manufacturing jewellers & goldsmiths, Hatton Garden, London EC1

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IH

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	John Harris	1873..1883 (registered Jun 1866)	Watch case	Case maker, York Street, Coventry; later (1886) Hertford Place, Coventry Note: may be 2 different watchcase makers of the same name
	John Hammon	1886..1903 (registered Jan 1869)	Watch case	Case maker, York Street, Coventry
	I Harris & Son	1916 (registered Apr 1907)	Imported purse	Lewis Harris, Isaac Harris & Alfred Solomon trading as I Harris & Son, manufacturing jewellers, Bold Street, Liverpool
	Joseph Harris Elliot	1857..1859 (registered c1852)	Watch case	Case maker, Skinner Street, London (1852); Butts, Coventry (1854)

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IJ

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Isaac Jabez Theo Newsome	1886..1919 (registered Jul 1884)	Watch case	Watch manufacturer, The Butts, Coventry
	Isaac Jabez Theo Newsome	1884 (registered Nov 1884)	Watch case	Watch manufacturer, The Butts, Coventry

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IL

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Isadore Leapman	1899..1906 (registered Feb 1899)	Dish, spoon	Victoria Street, London
	J L Samuel & Co (probably)	1840	Watch case	Goldsmith & watchcase maker, Liverpool Not a registered mark
	John & Thomas Lowe	1840	Spoon	Mark in use from c1839 Bridge Street Row, Chester

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IM

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	I M Hutchfield	1920 (registered Mar 1920)	Box	Harford Works, Harford Street, Birmingham
	Spink & Son (John Marshall Spink)	1899..1900 (registered Nov 1895)	Buckle, spoon	Piccadilly & Gracechurch Street, London

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IO

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of Keith Saville)	John Ollivant	1786	Spoon	Manchester

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IR

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	John Richards	1859	Watch case	Case maker, Liverpool
	John Richards (probably)	1864..1866	Watch case	Case maker, Liverpool (Chester Assay Office Register shows several of Richards's marks, but the only incuse one has a stop between I and R although it is in sans-serif font)
	Israel Rosenthal & Co	(registered Aug 1900)		Regent Place, Birmingham
	I R C	1891 (registered c1890)	Watch case	"Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 due to a missing register

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IS

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Isaac Summers	1897 (registered Feb 1898)	Salt	Wholesale jeweller, Frederick Street, Birmingham
	Isaac Silverston & Co	(registered c1886)		Summerhill Terrace, Birmingham Other similar marks registered 1880 to 1906
	I S Greenberg & Co (Israel Sigmund Greenberg)	(registered Oct 1882)		Frederick Street, Birmingham; subsequently Great Hampton Street, Birmingham

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IW

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of Feng Shui Brit)	Joseph Walley	1785	Spoon	Water Street, Liverpool
	John Widdowson	1824	Watch case	Case maker, Edmund Street, Liverpool
	Illinois Watch Case Co Ltd	1914 (registered Mar 1915)		Gold & silver watchcase makers, Holborn Viaduct, London EC & Elgin, Illinois, USA
(image courtesy of Matt King)	John Wyke & Thomas Green	1777	Watch case	Watch & watchcase manufacturers, Wykes Court, Dale Street, Liverpool

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