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Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (W)

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WD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
W & M Dodge (William Dodge) (registered c1866) Market Place, Manchester
William Dunningham & Co (registered May 1909) Manufacturing jewellers & silversmiths, Diamond Street, Aberdeen
(registered May 1909)

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WE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Ehrhardt; subsequently William Ehrhardt Ltd (registered Feb 1906) Watch manufacturers, Time Works, Barr Street, Hockley, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
(registered Dec 1910)
William Edward Ginder (registered Mar 1935) Manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
W E Patterson & Co (registered Nov 1906) Manufacturing jewellers, Warstone Lane, Birmingham
William Ernest Stallard 1898..1900
(registered Jul 1898) 		Watch case Bridge Street, Birmingham

The Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 quotes this as "W E Stallard or William Edward Stevens"


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WF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Flower 1888..1893
(registered Nov 1883) 		Watch case Case maker, Weston Street, Coventry
William Francis Garrud (registered c1887) Holborn Circus, London
Walter Fraser Gilbert 1926..1934
(registered May 1911) 		Jar lid, napkin ring Watch maker & jeweller, Foregate Street, Leeds

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WG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
W G 1941 Bracelet 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
William Geiger & Co 1906
(registered Jan 1906) 		Imported items: creamer, spoon Paul Arthur Schroepfer & William Geiger trading as William Geiger & Co, manufacturing jewellers, Hatton Garden, London EC
William Griffiths & Sons (registered Feb 1903) Manufacturing jewellers, Northampton Street, Birmingham
(registered Feb 1909)
(registered Aug 1912)
(registered Oct 1913)
William George Hammon 1873..1874
(registered Feb 1866) 		Watch case Case maker, Sovereign Place, Coventry; subsequently Russell Terrace, Coventry & Portland Terrace, Coventry
1874
(registered Apr 1875)
William George Harris 1909
(registered Mar 1907) 		Imported purse Ring manufacturer, President Street, London EC
W G Keight

W G Keight & Co (from 1901)

1908..1909
(registered Aug 1899) 		Buckle, vesta Warstone Lane, Birmingham

The Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 lists this maker as William George Knight

Walter & George Myers 1892
(registered Mar 1878) 		Thimble Northampton Street, Birmingham
Walter George Matthews 1903..1913
(registered Jul 1881) 		Gold ring Jeweller, Hockley Street, Birmingham

A similar mark with sans serif characters registered Jul 1914 by W G Matthews & his son, Walter Ernest Matthews, trading as W G Matthews, manufacturing jewellers


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WH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Hull 1784
(registered c1785) 		Watch case Case maker, Liverpool

Active 1784-1801

William Howard Case maker, Lombard Street, Liverpool; (from 1801) Spon Street, Coventry
William Hammon (registered c1860) Watch case Case maker, Coventry
1882..1889
(registered May 1882)
William Hickman (registered Nov 1881) Case maker, Mount Street, Coventry

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		William Hutchinson (registered May 1885) Belgrave Terrace, Lodge Road, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		William Hands 1912
(registered Oct 1906) 		Fob medal Medallist, silversmith & jeweller, St George's Square, Forest Gate, London
William Harrison (probably) 1927 Gold-mounted cigarette holder Harrison registered several similar marks from 1907 to 1916, but with a stop between the letters, from addresses in North London. All were sent to the Chester Assay Office by the Imperial Tobacco Company
The Wayne Hart Co 1946
(registered Dec 1945) 		Brooch, butter knife, spoon Leslie James Anthony Hartley trading as The Wayne Hart Co, manufacturing & wholesale jewellers, Warstone Lane, Birmingham
William Henry Adams 1902..1903
(registered Oct 1894) 		Watch case Watch manufacturer, Allesley Old Road, Coventry

A similar mark with pellets registered c1886:
W·H·A

William Henry Christie 1885
(registered Oct 1881) 		Watch case Case maker, Bull Ring, Coventry

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		W H Carrington & Co 1896..1909
(registered c1888) 		Cigarette holder mount, pipe mount Tobacconists & fancy goods dealers, Thomas Street, Manchester

A similar mark with serif characters also registered c1888

William Henry Creswick 1953..1956
(registered Jun 1945) 		Fork, spoon, tea & coffee set, tray "Artist in gold & silver", Branscome, Devon
W H Collins & Co 1957 Baby's rattle, crucifix pendant Excelda Works, Handsworth, Birmingham
1959..1961
(registered Jan 1948)
William Hair Haseler; W H Haseler Ltd (after c1910) (registered Mar 1884) Watch case Richmond Street, Birmingham; subsequently Vyse Street & Hylton Street, Birmingham
1890
(registered c1888)
(registered c1894)
William Henry Leather; subsequently W H Leather & Son 1899..1908 Buckle, button hook, crucifix, fob medal, spoon, vesta Pitsford Street, Birmingham
1909..1924
(registered May 1894)
1905
(registered May 1894)
1921..1922
William Henry May (registered Jul 1929) Clumber Street, Nottingham
W H Newman Ltd (registered Mar 1903) Pipe mount manufacturers, Sandpits, Birmingham
William Henry Sparrow (registered Feb 1904) Spencer Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		William Hutton & Sons Ltd 1912
(registered Jun 1911) 		Bowl, box West Street, Sheffield, Hanley Street, Birmingham & Farringdon Road, London
1913
(registered Sep 1913)
William Henry Vince (registered c1892) Tobacconist & fancy goods dealer, Burley Fields, Leeds, Yorkshire

(image courtesy of David Shallis) 		William Harrison Walter 1890..1898
(registered c1888) 		Cigarette holder case, thimble Newgate Street, London
(registered c1888)
(registered Aug 1895)
W H Weston (registered May 1933) Richard Hines trading as W H Weston, Barr Street, Birmingham; subsequently Frederick Street, Birmingham
W H Wilmot Ltd (registered Jan 1945) Gold chain makers, Albion Street Works, Birmingham
William Henry Young (registered Jan 1908) Great Hampton Row, Birmingham

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