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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (S)

SA SB SD SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SO SQ SR SS SU SW SY SZ

S&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of David Shallis) 		Smith & Bartlam 1905
(registered Feb 1905) 		Cigarette case, vesta Edward Ernest Smith & William Bartlam trading as Smith & Bartlam, manufacturing jewellers, Caroline Street, Birmingham; subsequently Branston Street, Birmingham
1908..1912
(registered Mar 1905)
Steinhart & Co (registered Jun 1899) Newhall Street, Birmingham
Sydney & Co (registered Aug 1906) Spoon Manufacturing silversmiths, Powell Street, Birmingham; subsequently Summerhill Road, Birmingham
(registered Nov 1906)
(registered Dec 1911)

(image courtesy of Graham Evans) 		Sanders & Co (registered Oct 1913) Brixton Road, London SW
Shipton & Co Ltd 1935..1958
(registered Oct 1935) 		Brooch, caddy spoon, napkin ring (especially Iona silver) Spencer Street, Birmingham
1955..1956
Selfridge & Co Ltd (registered Jan 1909) Oxford Street, London
Steele & Dolphin Ltd 1944..1946
(registered Nov 1944) 		Bracelet, cigarette case Elliot Steele & Benjamin Dolphin trading as Steele & Dolphin Ltd, jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Swan & Edgar (registered Jul 1904) Regent Street, London
Smith & Ewen

Smith, Ewen & Stylic Ltd (after 1926)

1927..1960
(registered Jun 1909) 		Bracelet, watch case Frederick Street, Birmingham
Sharpe & Green (registered Mar 1904) John Hugh Thomas Green trading as Sharpe & Green, manufacturing jewellers, Newhall Street & Vittoria Street, Birmingham
S & G Glass (registered Aug 1898) S G Glass trading as S&G Glass, jewellers, Cathedral Street, Manchester

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd (registered Mar 1896) Tobacconists, Clerkenwell Road, London EC
Stokes & Ireland Ltd (1925..1939)
Stokes & Ireland Ltd (probably) 1895 Bowl This 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; also seen with a Birmingham hallmark (1894)
Sanders & Mackenzie (Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie) (registered Oct 1912) Spencer Street, Birmingham
Sanders & Pedlingham (Sampson Sanders & Bernard Albert Pedlingham) (registered Feb 1923) Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
Smith & Pepper Ltd 1954..1959
(registered Jan 1954) 		Bangle Vyse Street, Birmingham
Samuel & Rogers (Mary Samuel & Arthur Rogers) 1863..1864
(registered Feb 1864) 		Watch case Case makers, Wood Street, Liverpool
Stephenson & Sons (registered Sep 1912) St Ann's Square, Manchester

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SA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Samuel Alexander 1897..1917
(registered Oct 1896) 		Watch case Watch manufacturer, Percy Street, Coventry
1904
(registered Jul 1906)

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SB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Smith Brothers 1889..1905
(registered Feb 1883) 		Brooch, napkin ring, vase Icknield Street, Birmingham
Samuel Beaumont 1891
(registered c1886) 		Watch case Case maker, Croft Road, Coventry

Mark is: 
S·B

S B 1896 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 - possibly Samuel Beaumont
Synyer & Beddoes (Harry Synyer & Charles Joseph Beddoes) 1909..1923
(registered May 1905) 		Frame, jar lid, sauce boat, tea caddy Vyse Street, Birmingham
Simpson Benzie (registered Mar 1913) Herbert Simpson Benzie, Norman Benzie & Karl Theodore Benzie trading as Simpson Benzie, High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight
S Blanckensee & Son (registered Mar 1885) Ashtray, bowl, candlestick, cigar & cigarette cases, mug, pepperette, pincushion, purse, quaich, salt, salver, sauce boat, spoon, tastevin, tea service, trophy cup, vesta Frederick Street & Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
S Blanckensee & Son Ltd 1893
(registered c1890)
(registered Oct 1903)
1907..1924
(registered Jul 1903)
(registered Nov 1910)
1925..1940

Variations of this mark style also seen

1928..1939
(registered Mar 1908)
1939
(registered Sep 1910)
Samuel Boyce (or Boaz) Landeck 1901..1905
(registered Feb 1902) 		Imported items: bowl, jug, spoon Importer of foreign silver, Campden Square, London

Died 1907 (see BML, Boaz Moses Landeck, for later items)

Stone Brothers (Jewellers) Ltd (registered Apr 1959) Market Street, Manchester
Sydenham Brothers 1901
(registered c1892) 		Brooch, fob medal Tenby Street, Birmingham
1909
(registered Apr 1903)
Sheldon Brothers (registered May 1902) Charles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon trading as Sheldon Brothers, manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
S Br[other]s (registered c1886) Brooch "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 but may be Saunders Brothers, Augusta Street, Birmingham

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SD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Sylvain Dreyfus (registered Apr 1933) Moise, George & Sylvain Dreyfus trading as M Dreyfus, watch manufacturers, Moorfield, London EC2
Stewart Dawson & Co

subsequently Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd

(registered Nov 1882) Cigarette case Watch manufacturers & jewellers, Randolph Place, Liverpool, Newgate Street & Hatton Garden, London
1912
(registered Sep 1909) 		Goldsmiths, silversmiths & diamond merchants, Regent Street & Hatton Garden, London
Sharman Dermott Neill

Sharman D Neill Ltd (from 1913)

1904..1935
(registered Mar 1903) 		Badge, basket, bowl, condiments, salver, sauce boat, teapot, tray, trophy cup Donegall Place, Belfast

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SF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Freeman 1877 Watch case Case maker, Trafalgar Street & (later) Hertford Terrace, Coventry

Note: this mark was registered at the London Assay Office, but does not seem to have been registered at Chester, although Freeman did register a different mark c1860 at Chester:
S F

Samuel Foskett (registered c1886) Thimble maker, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC

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SG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Garside (registered Dec 1884) Silver chain maker, St Paul's Square, Birmingham
Samuel Greenough & Sons 1904
(registered Apr 1895) 		Watch case George & Samuel Greenough trading as Samuel Greenough & Sons, watch manufacturers, jewellers & silversmiths, Newport Street, Bolton, Lancashire
The Sheffield Goldsmiths Co Ltd 1914
(registered Oct 1914) 		Brooch Fargate, Sheffield
Sussex Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd 1937
(registered Jan 1937) 		One of a set of teaspoons with all 6 British Assay Office marks - manufactured by Roberts & Belk, Sheffield Pavilion Buildings, Castle Square, Brighton, Sussex

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SH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Hope 1935
(registered Apr 1934) 		Gold ring Manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Stanley George Hill (1945..1962)
Solomon Henry Schwersee (registered c1890) Jeweller, Bevis Marks, London EC & Birmingham
(registered Feb 1895)

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SI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Stokes & Ireland Ltd (William Henry Stokes & Arthur George Ireland) (registered c1891) Bookmark, box, buckle, caster, chamberstick, cigarette case, coaster, condiments, cup, decanter label, dish, flatware, frame, mug, napkin ring, pincushion, tea caddy, tea service, trophy cup, vanity jar top, vase, vesta Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
1896..1924
(registered c1891)
1906
(registered Sep 1904)
1925..1939
(registered Jan 1931)

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SJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Jackson 1871..1873
(registered Nov 1871) 		Watch case Case maker, Albert Street, Coventry; later Meadow Street, Coventry
Samuel Jackson & Edward Hickman 1865..1868
(registered Nov 1865) 		Watch case Case makers, Spon End, Coventry

(image courtesy of John Child) 		Sydney James Hall 1931
(registered Feb 1922) 		Medal Branston Street, Birmingham
Sydney J Hall 1946..1947
(registered Jan 1946) 		Pepperette Ralph Stanley Walker trading as Sydney J Hall, manufacturing jeweller & silversmith, Northampton Street, Birmingham
Stephen J Rose (registered Mar 1921) Tottenham Court Road, London WC1; subsequently Ridgemount Street, London WC1
S J Rose & Son (registered Nov 1952)

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SK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Keswick School of Industrial Arts (1905..1960)

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SL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Solomon Lyon (registered Oct 1883) Watch manufacturer & jeweller, Frederick Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Sydney Latimer (registered May 1929) George Street & Lothian Road, Edinburgh
William Suckling Ltd (registered May 1930) Albion Street & Vyse Street, Birmingham

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SM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd 1899..1913
(registered Feb 1899) 		Ash tray, bookmark, box, brush, card case, cigar piercer, coaster, decanter label, etui, fruit knife, funnel, menu holder, paper knife, pencil, pincushion, sovereign case, tea strainer stand, vesta City Road & Regent Street, London
1903..1914
(registered Jan 1904)
Samuel McLardy (registered c1890) Pipe manufacturer, Shudehill, Manchester; subsequently Swan Street, Manchester
Souvenir Manufacturing Co Ltd 1929..1933
(registered Apr 1919) 		Souvenir spoon Vyse Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		Stylic Manufacturing Co Ltd 1920..1921
(registered Nov 1920) 		Watch case Case makers, Branston Street, Birmingham
Samuel M Levi 1910..1913
(registered Jun 1900) 		Frame, sovereign case Frederick Street & Vyse Street, Birmingham

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SO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Oppenheimer, Seckel & Co (registered Sep 1901) Louis Seckel & Sina Oppenheimer trading as Oppenheimer, Seckel & Co, pipe merchants & manufacturers, New Zealand Avenue, London EC; subsequently Barbican, London EC

A similar mark with pellet rather than stop registered Aug 1898

Sothers, Orchard & Co (registered Jan 1907) Spencer Street, Birmingham

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SQ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Quillam 1842..1866 Watch case Case maker & watch manufacturer, Elizabeth Street, Liverpool
1873..1879
(registered Jul 1872)

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SR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
S R Williams & Co 1911 Horn spoon mount Samuel Roger Williams & Francis Robert Jones trading as S R Williams & Co, manufacturing silversmiths, Vyse Street, Birmingham

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SS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Selim Samuel (registered c1860) Case maker, Oxford Terrace, Chapel Fields, Coventry
S S 1891
(registered c1890) 		Spoon "Unidentified" in the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004
Samuel Smith (registered May 1898) Watch case Jewellers, Strand, London

Samuel Smith & Son Ltd from 1899

1905
(not registered at Chester, but registered in London 1898)
W H Carrington & Co 1892
(registered Nov 1901) 		Watch case Sydney Squire Carrington trading as William Henry Carrington & Co, tobacconists & fancy goods dealers, Thomas Street, Manchester
William Hutton & Sons Ltd
William Hutton & Sons Ltd (1913)

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SU

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Usher (registered Mar 1881) Jeweller, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Samuel Usher Ltd 1905
(registered May 1905) 		Gold ring Manufacturing jewellers & goldsmiths, Vyse Street, Birmingham
(registered Nov 1911)

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SW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
S W Goode & Co 1920..1922
(registered Jun 1909) 		Cigarette case, vesta Prescot Street, Birmingham
Samuel William Read 1893..1895
(registered Apr 1897) 		Watch case Watch manufacturer, Craven Street, Coventry
Samuel Walton Smith (registered c1889) Cambridge Street, Birmingham

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SY

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Samuel Yeomans (registered Aug 1874) Watch case Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
1883..1906
(registered c1886)

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SZ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Sigmund Zyto (registered Nov 1902) St Mark's Street, Goodman's Fields, London

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