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| Rosen & Alexander
| 1900
(registered Feb 1901)
| Watch case
| Simon Rosen & Charles Alexander trading as Rosen & Alexander, wholesale jewellers, Drummond Street, Edinburgh Watch cases probably made for R&A by the Lancashire Watch Company
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| Roberts & Belk
| 1935..1957
(registered Jul 1935)
| Spoons, including multi-hallmark sets for jubilee (1935) & coronation (1953)
| Furnival Works, Sheffield
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| Revell & Co
| (registered c1887)
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| Albert Charles Revell trading as Revell & Co, jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Robinson & Co
| (registered Jun 1904)
| Quaich
| The Square, Shrewsbury
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| 1962
(registered May 1929)
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| Reichenberg & Co
| 1902..1906
(registered Dec 1900)
| Watch holder
| Watch importers, Hatton Garden, London
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| Robinson & McKewan (William Robinson & Arthur George McKewan)
| (registered May 1881)
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| Hockley Street, Birmingham
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| Rickard & Quilley
| (registered May 1906)
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| Arthur William Rickard & David Quilley trading as Rickard & Quilley, manufacturing jewellers, Albermarle Street, Clerkenwell; later Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell
The Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 has Richard & Quilley, but CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 and telephone directories show Rickard & Quilley
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| Reid & Sons
| (registered Aug 1894)
| Cigarette case, compact, jar lid, sauce boat
| Blackett Street & Granger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
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| 1915..1936
(registered Feb 1914)
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| Rotherham & Sons
| (registered Mar 1912)
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| Watch manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry & Holborn Circus, London
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| Reynolds & Westwood
| (registered Aug 1901)
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| Samuel John Reynolds & George Frederick Westwood trading as
Reynolds & Westwood, silversmiths, Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| (registered Aug 1901)
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| R & W Sorley (1933..1936)
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| Richard Adamson
| 1836
| Watch case
| Case maker, Liverpool
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| R A Jones & Sons Ltd
| (registered May 1911)
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| High Street, Southend on Sea, Essex
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| (registered Apr 1925)
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| Richard Burgess
| 1845
| Watch case
| Case maker, Liverpool
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| Harrods Stores Ltd
| 1911..1914
(registered Sep 1911)
| Dressing table set, tea caddy
| Knightsbridge, London SW RB was Sir Richard Burbridge, who was chairman of Harrods
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| R Bond & Co
| (registered Sep 1935)
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| Kings Head Buildings, Darlington
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| Ridley Brothers & Merton
| (registered Dec 1905)
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| Vittoria Street & Frederick Street, Birmingham
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| Rolason Brothers
| 1900..1905
(registered Feb 1901)
| Card case, cigarette case, napkin clip, napkin ring, vesta
| Manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths, Vyse St, Birmingham
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| 1901
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| (registered May 1903)
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| 1906..1911
(registered Feb 1907)
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| Robert Causer
| 1863
(registered 1854)
| Watch case
| Casemaker, Jordan Wells, Coventry
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| Robert Cawley
| 1911..1928
(registered May 1907)
| Imported items: ladle, purse
| Watchmaker, The High Cross, Chester
Cawley registered a similar mark R.C in an oval punch, Aug 1907
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| Robert Edgar Stone
| (registered Jul 1938)
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| Garrick Street, London & Garelochhead, Scotland
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| Richard Fennell
| 1899
(registered Oct 1899)
| Watch case
| Watch manufacturer, Mount Street, Coventry
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| Robert Gravenor
| 1886..1901
(registered c1886)
| Watch case
| Spon Street, Craven Street & The Butts, Coventry
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| R G
| 1906
| Fob medal
| 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
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| Richard George Merrick (probably)
| 1907
| Gold watch case
| Watchmaker, Lever Street, Goswell Road, London
Merrick's mark illustrated in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 has stops between the letters; it was registered Jan 1903
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| Ridley Hayes
| 1887..1891
(registered c1886)
| Watch case
| Icknield Street, Birmingham
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| 1891..1894
(registered c1890)
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| Rowland Hill
| 1888..1898
(registered c1888)
| Watch case
| Rowland Hill trading as Thomas Hill & Co (after 1895)
Spon End, Coventry
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| Robert Harper
| (registered c1889)
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| Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London
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| R H
| 1890..1891
| Watch case
| 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
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| R H
| 1891
| Watch case
| 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 as that of a watchcase maker, but note its similarity to the mark of Robert Harper
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| Robert Hilton
| 1904
(registered May 1896)
| Pin dish
| Artist, Allerford, Somerset
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| R Hovenden & Sons Ltd
| 1907..1909
(registered Apr 1905)
| Cigarette holder case, pipe mount
| General merchants & warehousemen, City Road, Finsbury, London
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| Robert Henry Jones
| (registered c1860)
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| Case maker, Wynyatt Street, Clerkenwell, London
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| Richard Hedley Whittaker
| (registered Oct 1899)
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| Wilton Road, London SW
Listed in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 as Richard Healey Whittaker and in CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 as Richard Hedley Whittaker
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| Richard Richardson I
| 1710
| Spoon
| Silversmith, Eastgate Street, Chester
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| Robert Jones
| 1792..1805
| Decanter label, skewer, spoon
| Watchmaker, case maker, goldsmith & silversmith, Liverpool
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| 1784
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| Jay, Richard Attenborough Co Ltd (1905..1940)
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| John Richard Davies (1912..1914)
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| Reuben Jordan
| 1911
(registered Feb 1910)
| Pipe mount
| Hatfield Road, Bedford Park, London W; subsequently Brackley Road, Chiswick, London W4
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| Robert James Dick
| (registered Apr 1885)
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| Jeweller, Hylton Street, Birmingham
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| Richard James Oliver
| (registered Jul 1882)
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| Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
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| Robert John Pike
| 1889..1890
(registered c1890)
| Watch case
| Watch case manufacturer, Cromwell Street, Coventry
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| 1892
(registered Jan 1873)
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| 1908
(registered Jun 1880)
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| Roland James Taylor
| 1931
(registered Sep 1931)
| Watch fob
| Northampton Street, Birmingham
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| Richard John Wakefield
| 1897..1906
(registered May 1897)
| Brooch
| Tenby Street North, Birmingham
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| Richard Kevitt Rotheram
| (registered c1855)
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| Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
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| Robert Lowe
| 1829
| Tongs
| Silversmith, Preston
An identical mark used by Richard Lucas of Liverpool
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| Richard Lucas
| 1834..1840
| Watch case
| Case maker, Cheapside, Liverpool
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| 1841
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| 1844..1850
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| Rudolf Lichtblan
| 1903
(registered Jun 1904)
| Pipe mount
| Pipe manufacturer, Hanover Court, Milton Street, London EC
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| R L H
| (registered c1882)
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| Name, address & registry date not shown in the Register. RLH could be Richard Loewe Henry, jeweller, Thavies Inn, London (similar London mark) or R L Hector, Miller Street, Glasgow
(similar Glasgow mark).
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| Richard Llewelyn Benson Rathbone
| 1928..1932
(registered Feb 1899)
| Box
| "Designer & maker of artistic metalwork", Northumberland Terrace, Everton, Liverpool
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| Russells Ltd
| (registered c1922)
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| Watch makers, Church Street, Liverpool
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| Rodenic Manufacturing Co
| (registered Jun 1929)
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| Warstone Lane, Birmingham; later Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall)
| 1908..1909
(registered Jul 1907)
| Box, dish, salt
| Shrewsbury Works, Sheffield
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| Richard Nevill
| 1922
(registered Mar 1917)
| Cigarette case
| Walter A Nevill (proprietor), Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Thomas Robinson
| 1711..1716
| Spoon
| Goss Lane, Chester
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| Robert Over
| 1859, 1872
| Watch case
| Case maker, Highfield Street, Liverpool; in business 1858-1879. An apparently identical mark registered 1867, 1882 & 1883 by Richard Oliver, case maker of Galway Street, St Luke's, London. Watch movements by watchmakers from Blackburn (1859) & Liverpool (1872) imply that these sightings are of Over's mark.
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| Robert Pringle & Sons
| 1898..1910
(registered c1887)
| Basket, box, buckle, button, candlestick, caster, cigarette case, flask, ink well, mug, mustard, napkin ring, stamp holder, thimble, vesta
| Clerkenwell Road, London EC1
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| 1901..1918
(registered c1894)
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| 1910..1938
(registered Mar 1907)
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| Richmond Parker
| 1903
(registered Feb 1899)
| Vesta
| Vyse Street, Birmingham
Another mark in a rectangular punch with cut corners registered Feb 1896:
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| Richard Pattenden
| 1900..1906
(registered Mar 1899)
| Vesta
| Meredith Street, Clerkenwell, London Registered as a pipe mounter with Chester Assay Office; as a gold & silver worker with London Assay Office
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| R P
| 1941
| Gold ring
| 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. A similar mark registered Sep 1929 by R Parke & Co, manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham, but with serifed letters.
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| Richard Richardson II
| 1762..1777
| Chamberstick, marrow scoop, skewer, spoon, tumbler cup
| Eastgate Street, Chester
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| 1776
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| Richard Richardson IV
| c1785
| Spoon
| Eastgate Street, Chester
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| Richard Richardson
| 1906
(registered Jun 1905)
| Footed bowl
| Cornwall Works, Scotland Street, Sheffield
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| Ryf & Marchand Ltd
| 1930
(registered Sep 1930)
| Imported watch case
| Watch importers, Hatton Garden, London EC1
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| Ralph Samuel
| 1849..1858
(registered c1843)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Wood Street, Liverpool
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(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
| Robert Stebbings
| (registered Nov 1911)
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| Myddleton Street, London
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| R S Horne
| 1923
(registered Mar 1946)
| Bowl
| Corporation Street, Manchester
Similar mark with serif letters registered Oct 1905
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| Stainsby & Coupland
| 1894
(registered Sep 1894)
| Purse mount
| Richard Stainsby & William Coupland trading as Stainsby & Coupland, jewellers, silver purse lock and general mounters, Willmington Square, Clerkenwell, London EC
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| R & W Sorley
| (registered Oct 1908)
| Toast rack
| William Sorley & William Steele trading as R & W Sorley, St Vincent Street & Renfield Street, Glasgow; also at Buchanan Street, Glasgow
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| 1933..1936
(registered Oct 1908)
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| Richard Tarleton
| 1866
(registered May 1864)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Ray Street, Liverpool
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| Richard Turner
| 1889
(registered c1887)
| Watch case
| Tobacconist, cigar merchant & fancy goods dealer, Fishergate & Church Street, Preston, Lancashire
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| Ralph Wakefield
| 1793..1799
| Watch case
| Case maker, Dale Street, Liverpool
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| Ralph Walker
| 1800
| Watch case
| Silversmith, Liverpool
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| Robert Waddington
| 1888
(registered c1887)
| Watch case
| Case maker, Earlsdon, Coventry
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(image courtesy of Winsor House Antiques)
| R W Hewett & Co (Reginald Walter Hewett)
| (registered Jan 1883)
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| Vyse Street, Birmingham
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| Jay's (Robert William Jay)
| 1927..1930
(registered Nov 1909)
| Box, match book holder
| King's Road, Brighton, Sussex, Essex Road & Charlotte Street, London
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