Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (D)

DB DC DD DF DG DH DJ DK DL DM DR DS DT DW

D&

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Deakin & Francis Ltd	1971..1982	Quaich	Regent Place, Birmingham
	Dick & McPherson	1805..1813	Bowl, decanter label, flatware, mustard, salver	Partners: William Dick & Thomas McPherson, working c1794 - c1812
	Dalman & Narborough Ltd	(registered Jan 1967)		Makers of military & Scottish highland ornaments, military canes, etc, Lombard Street, Birmingham
	Dalman & Narborough Ltd	(registered Jan 1967)
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Dick & Robertson	c1800	Decanter label	Partners: William Dick & William Robertson, working c1796 - c1800

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DB

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
D Blackley	1864	Spoon
Hamish Dawson-Bowman	1959..1962	Brooch	Founder of Celtic Art Industries
Doubar Ltd	1997..2000	Letter opener, money clip	Wholesalers and importers of jewellery, Letchworth, Hertfordshire Ceased trading 2006

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DC

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	David Crichton	1895	Basket, bowl, dish, pepperette, presentation key, tray	Princes Street, Edinburgh
		1895..1897
		1897..1904
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Douglas (or David) Craigie Armstrong	1969	Ladle	Amateur silversmith, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland
(image courtesy of Tony Ellis Antiques)	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art	1972	Candlestick	Dundee College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
	David Crichton Rait	1843	Creamer, salt	Buchanan Street, Glasgow
		1844

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DD

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	David Downie	1782	Ladle, salver
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	David Duncan	1839..1863	Flatware	Cupar, Fifeshire
	David Elder Drummond (1939)
	David Darling & James Bell	1820..1821	Spoon	Newcastle

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DE

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	David Elder Drummond	1939 (registered May 1939)	Bowl	Dunfermline, Scotland

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DF

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Donald Fraser (probably)	1828..1831	Flatware	Inverness

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DG

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
David Gray	1817, 1845..1853	Flatware	Dumfries
D G	1842	Spoon
Donald Gill Swanston	1916 (registered c1908)	Pincushion

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DH

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	David Hodges	1830..1839 (registered 1824)	Flatware	Jeweller, George Street, Edinburgh Died on 4 Mar 1846 Mark seen with HODGES retailer's mark (1830)

Mark

Maker

Dates seen

Seen on

Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)

David Hodges

1830..1839
(registered 1824)

Flatware

Jeweller, George Street, Edinburgh

Died on 4 Mar 1846

Mark seen with HODGES retailer's mark (1830)

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DJ

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Dust Jewellery	1998 (registered Dec 1988)	Earrings	Glenrothes, Scotland
D J Ewing & Co Ltd	1973	Brooch	Edinburgh Company incorporated 1984, dissolved 2010
David John Francis Hodge	1976..1985	Box, caddy spoon
Damian J Miles	2017..2020 (registered Sep 2000)	Decanter label, tie slide	Okehampton, Devon Web site

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DK

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Daniel Ker	1768..1769 (registered 1764)	Sauce boat, spoon

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DL

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Diana Maud Boon Lewin	1959 (registered Sep 1960)	Fork	Described as "student" on registration. Registration probably lapsed 1961.

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DM

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	David Mitchell	1723..1726	Spoon	Died 1744
	David Marshall	1788..1792 (registered 1782)	Spoon	Died 1799
	D M	1790..1807	Flatware
	D M	1808	Ladle
	D M	1815..1828	Flatware	Mark seen (1822,1825) with the mark of James & Walter Marshall
(image courtesy of Tony Ellis Antiques)	David MacGregor D MacGregor & Co	1895 (registered c1876)	Decanter label, medal	Jeweller, silversmith & engraver, George Street, Perth MacGregor died in 1909.
	David McDonald	1813..1818	Spoon, tongs
	Daniel McGraw	1864..1870	Flatware
	Daniel McLean	1820	Flatware	Mark seen (1820) with the mark of Colin Richardson
	D M'L	1821	Ladle
	Da-mar Silverware	(registered Jul 1975)		Chairman: David Shaw; Managing Director: Martin Collins

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DR

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	D R S	2010	Frame

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DS

Mark

Maker

Dates seen

Seen on

Comments

D S

1923..1930

Imported watch case

"Unidentified" by

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)

Tain Silver (Douglas Scott)

1996..1999
(registered 1991; lapsed 2011)

Brooch

Douglas Scott & Rita Scott trading as Tain Silver (see also R.S mark registered by Rita Scott).

A mark with stops registered 1978, lapsed 1989:
D.S.

Business acquired in 2011 by Neil Gordon Forbes using a TS mark.

D-S Design

2007..2013

Bowl, letter opener

Dart Silver Ltd

2013..2018
(registered Jan 2013)

Bookmark, boutonniere, buckle, Christmas decoration, decanter label, drinking straw, egg cup, flask, magnifying glass, money clip, napkin ring, quaich, spoon, toast rack, trophy cup, whistle

Falkirk, Scotland

Web site

2019..2025
(registered Jan 2019)

David Scott-Walker

(registered Dec 1993)

Thimble (one of a set of 4 featuring all Assay Office hallmarks)

Jewellery manufacturer, Sheffield

2002
(registered Dec 1993)

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DT

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	D T	2014	Cuff links

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DW

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Derek Wakeling	1977..1986 (registered Feb 1974; retired 1989)	Cuff links, ladle	Beccles, Suffolk & Aviemore, Scotland
(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)	David William Harkison	1967..1971 (registered 1964)	Spoon	Manufacturing jeweller, Marywood Square, Glasgow Transferred registration from Glasgow on closure of the Assay Office
	D W H	1997	Spoon

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