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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (M)

MA MB MD ME MF MG MH MJ MK MM MN MS MW MY

M&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Marston & Bayliss (registered Oct 1900) Branston Street, Birmingham; subsequently Icknield Street, Birmingham
Marples & Beasley 1903
(registered Jun 1902) 		Cigarette case, souvenir spoon Albion Street, Birmingham
(registered May 1905)
Marks & Cohen (Walter Henry Marks & Samuel Tobias Cohen) 1906..1913
(registered Dec 1904) 		Spoon, thimble Camden Street, Birmingham

A similar M&C mark but with triangular, pointed ends registered May 1904

Marples & Co 1907..1909
(registered Aug 1907) 		Box, goblet, tea caddy Ludgate Hill, Birmingham
Marion & Co Ltd 1902
(registered Jul 1902) 		Button hole holder, pencil holder Manufacturers & fancy goods warehousemen, Soho Square, London W
Munsey & Co Ltd 1936
(registered Oct 1928) 		Bowl Market Hill, Cambridge
Matthews & George 1918
(registered Mar 1909) 		Gold locket Walter Hudson George & Henry Matthews trading as Matthews & George, jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Morton & James (registered c1899 & Aug 1903) Morton Britton & James Phelps trading as Morton & James, stick mounters, Britannia Street, London
Male & Jones 1900..1911
(registered Nov 1902) 		Brooch, napkin ring, salt, spoon Frederick Male trading as Male & Jones, jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham
M & J 1905 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
Minshull & Latimer (registered Nov 1885) Vyse Street, Birmingham
Manton & Mole (registered Jul 1880) Henry Manton & James Henry Mole trading as Manton & Mole, gold chain makers, Edmund Street, Birmingham; (from 1898 with partners being James Woodward & Wilfred Bernard Mole) Warstone Lane, Birmingham
Moritz & Simon Lotheim (registered Oct 1894) Vittoria Street, Birmingham
Maxfield & Sons Ltd (registered Apr 1909) Enterprise Works, Sheffield & Upper John Street, London
Mappin & Webb Ltd 1895..1902
(registered Sep 1904) 		Box, spoon (part of a set featuring all assay offices), vesta Royal Works, Queens Road, Sheffield and Queen Victoria Street, Oxford Street & Regent Street, London

For other Mappin & Webb marks see Mn&Wb

1912
(registered Sep 1904)
1952, 1958, 1962
(registered Jan 1953)

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MA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Marc Alfred Holland 1920..1921
(registered Sep 1909) 		Imported watch case Watch manufacturer, Holborn Viaduct, London

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MB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Marcus Beaver

M Beaver Ltd

(registered Nov 1909) Jeweller & silversmith, St Ann Street, Manchester
Murrle Bennet & Co (Ernst Mürrle and J B Bennett) 1902..1908
(registered Jul 1901) 		Imported box, thimble Charterhouse Street, London
Mappin Brothers 1896..1899
(registered Mar 1897) 		Salt, spoon, vase William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman trading as Mappin Brothers, Queens Works, Sheffield; & retailers at Regent Street, London W and Cheapside, London EC
Miller Brothers 1898
(registered Nov 1896) 		Pencil holder Newgate Street, London
(registered Jul 1916)
Meyers Brothers 1879 Gold ring Caroline Street, Birmingham

Also known as Mayers Brothers

Mayers' registered mark (registered Oct 1877) has a pellet between M and B:
M·B S


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MC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Margaret Clara Spence 1947
(registered May 1948) 		Caddy spoon Art metalworker, City School of Art, Liverpool

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MD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of Graham Evans) 		Marcus David Loewenstark 1888
(registered c1886) 		Fob medal The Strand, London WC

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ME

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
M Emanuel 1938
(registered Dec 1926) 		Sauce boat High Street, Southampton

Business founded by Michael Emanuel who died in 1911, being continued by his sons, Leon and Frederick

Note: the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 gives business and private addresses for M Emanuel as Northampton. This is incorrect (verified via telephone directory entries)


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MF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

Listed as "Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004, but is almost certainly Friedlander & Co as it is identical to a mark registered by them at Glasgow Assay Office 		M Friedlander & Co (registered c1889) Bowl, box, spoon, table centrepiece Montague Friedlander trading as M Friedlander & Co, wholesale tobacconists & silver mounters, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow

An identical mark registered March 1896 by Michael Fack, jeweller & silverplate beater, Grafton Street, Dublin 		1896..1898
(registered Mar 1896)
1904..1908
(registered Oct 1915)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Maurice Freeman 1901..1904
(registered Aug 1899) 		Imported box, kiddush cup Clerkenwell Road, London
Maurice Flixher (registered Mar 1910) Fancy goods importer, Ropemaker Street, London SE

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MG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		Maurice Gratz & Co (registered Oct 1881) Jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
M G Collingwood & Son (registered Feb 1899) Watch manufacturers & jewellers, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
(registered Jan 1902)

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MH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
M H Meyer Ltd (registered Jun 1909) Bracelet Clerkenwell Road, London
(registered Jun 1923)
1940
(registered Nov 1937)

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MJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Michael Joseph Goldsmith 1880..1881
(registered Dec 1880) 		Locket Vittoria Street, Birmingham

This mark not in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 		1880..1881
Matthew John Jessop (registered c1887) Hatton Garden, London
(registered Aug 1900)

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MK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Michael Klean & Co (registered Jan 1881) Watch manufacturers, Myddleton Street, Clerkenwell, London
Maurice Krumm 1898
(registered Feb 1898) 		Purse mount Silver mounter & leather goods manufacturer, Falcon Square, Aldersgate Street, London

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MM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
M M Henderson Ltd 1936
(registered Nov 1934) 		Sauce boat Argyle Street, Glasgow

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MN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Marion & Co (registered May 1896) Napkin ring, thimble Silversmiths & fancy goods dealers, New Oxford Street, London W; subsequently Soho Square, London W
1900..1906
(registered Jul 1900)
Mappin & Webb Ltd 1904..1926
(registered Jun 1912) 		Ink stand, matchbook holder, pepperette, salt, tongs Oxford Street, London W & The Royal Works, Sheffield

For other Mappin & Webb marks see M&W

(registered Jun 1912)

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MS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Max Steyerman (registered c1887) Watch manufacturer, Holborn Viaduct, London & Vyse Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of Graham Evans) 		Morris Spiro (registered May 1912) Hockley Hill, Birmingham

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MW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Matthews (1891..1900)
M W & Co 1911 Vesta This mark not registered at Chester; it has been seen on Birmingham-assayed silver, but has not yet identified
M Wachenheimer & Co Ltd 1943
(registered Jan 1944) 		Great Marlborough Road, London

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Matthew Wilcox & Son (registered Sep 1909) Spencer Street, Birmingham

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MY

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Myers Brothers 1904
(registered Jan 1905) 		Souvenir spoon Vyse Street, Birmingham

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