Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (R)

RA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RR RS RT RV RW

R&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Roberts & Belk 1935..1957 Decanter label, mug, quaich, spoons (including multi-hallmark sets for jubilee (1935) & coronation (1952)), tray Furnival Works, Sheffield
1971..1986
R & D 1809..1810 Spoon, tongs Listed as "unidentified" by Edinburgh Goldsmiths Incorporation
Robert & Henry Bruce Kirkwood 1873 Buckle, cup, fob medal, napkin ring, quaich, spoon Thistle Street, Edinburgh
1882..1900
Romanes & Paterson 1910 Clan badge John Paterson & John Paterson Brown trading as Romanes & Paterson, Princes Street, Edinburgh
R & R Keay 1828..1838 Flatware Perth.

Robert Keay I & Robert Keay II, uncle & nephew; in partnership 1825 to c1839


(image courtesy of David Mercer)
Rettie & Son 1832..1850 Flatware, tea service Aberdeen

May be seen with an Aberdeen mark also:

Rotherham & Sons 1927
(registered Aug 1926)
Imported watch case Watch manufacturers, Spon Street, Coventry & Holborn Circus, London
Robb & Whittet 1837..1853 Decanter label, flatware, mug, tea service
R & W Sorley (registered c1909) William Sorley & William Steele trading as R & W Sorley, St Vincent Street & Renfield Street, Glasgow; also at Buchanan Street, Glasgow
(registered c1905)
1937




RA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Allison

Robert Allison & Son (from 1954)

1957..1965
(registered Mar 1954)
Brooch, clan badge, dirk mount, spoon Robert Allison & James Allison, trading as Robert Allison & Son. Ceased trading 1982.
(registered Mar 1954)

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Robert Alexander Harvey Fothergill 1985
(registered Apr 1981; lapsed 1991)
Box Callander, Scotland
D C Rait & Son 1869 Tea service Glasgow

(image courtesy of Matt King)
Ronald Arthur Somervell 1971..1977
(registered 1969)
Coffee set, spoon Amateur silversmith, Levens, Westmoreland

Died 1978


(image courtesy of Mark Ashcroft)
R A S Cowper 1975..2004
(registered Jan 1959)
Ladle, spoon, pendant Robert Andrew Scott Cowper, listed in telephone directories as a dental surgeon, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland




RB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Bowman 1793 Spoon Working dates c1780-1796

(image courtesy of SilverfingerTheSilverStacker)
Riverbank Silver 2024 Cast silver bullion Web site




RC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Clark 1767..1774 Salver, spoon
R C 1808 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.leopardantiques.com)
Robert Chisholm 1832..1834 Ladle
William Comyns & Sons Ltd (Richard Comyns) (registered Dec 1988; lapsed 1998) Manufacturing silversmiths, London SE16
Carr's of Sheffield Ltd 2002 Book mark, flask, frame, money clip, napkin ring, quaich Holbrook Avenue, Sheffield

Web site

2002..2012
2005
R C S 1854..1857 Spoon




RD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Robert Dickson III (probably) 1789 Spoon Perth

The illustrated mark is overstamped on an Edinburgh silversmith's mark

R D 1850..1851 Ladle, spoon
Mithril Jewellery (Russell Dougal Caldwell) 1994..2004
(registered Aug 1985)
Brooch, spoon Manufacturing jeweller, Battlefield Road, Glasgow




RE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Ronald Everett Couch 1970
(registered Nov 1970)
Mug Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

Died 1984

Rosa Edith Morley 1965
(registered Dec 1948)
Candle holder
Robert Edgar Stone 1971..1972
(registered Oct 1938)
Spoon Garrick Street, London & Garelochhead, Scotland




RF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Fraser c1820 Decanter label Working c1809 to c1844
Rita Ferguson 1983..1984
(registered Feb 1934)
Spoon Rita Ferguson died in 1987




RG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Gordon 1746..1758
(registered 1741)
Spoon
Robert Gray 1785..1791 Flatware Glasgow
1791..1804
Robert Greig (possibly) 1837..1852 Flatware, teapot Perth
R G 1848..1859 Coffee pot, spoon, teapot
Robert Gray & Son 1807..1847 Box, cup, flatware
Robert G Lawrie Ltd (registered Mar 1964 after Glasgow Assay Office closure; lapsed 1986) Bagpipe makers & Highland ornament manufacturers, Glasgow




RH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Richard Haxton 1816..1822 Box
Richard Lawton Ltd (Richard Hugh Lawton) (registered Mar 1979)




RI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
RIX 2000 Tumbler cup




RJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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R J 1840 Fork "RJ" mark registered by Richard Jack (working dates 1812-1845) but he is known for "mostly medals and brooches" and his mark is not illustrated by the Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths
Richard Jarvis 2000
(registered Oct 1989)
Goblet Pall Mall, London SW1
Robert John Bett 1989
(registered Oct 1989)
Brooch Silversmith & jeweller, Kilmartin by Lochgilphead & Grimsby, Lincolnshire

(image courtesy of Graham Evans)
R J N 1894 Fob medal
Robert James Napier 1945..1947
(registered Oct 1939)
Bookmark, medal, napkin ring Manufacturing silversmith, Thistle Street, Edinburgh

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
1949..1951
(registered Dec 1947)




RK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Keay I 1802..1808 Spoon Perth

Died in 1839, uncle of Robert Keay II. In partnership with his nephew 1825 to 1839.

Robert Keay I (probably) 1812..1828 Flatware Perth

Partnership mark of R & R Keay seen from 1828 so first partnership mark may have been that of Robert Keay I

Robert Keay II 1839..1853 Flatware, salver Perth

Nephew of Robert Keay I (who died in 1839). In partnership with his uncle 1825 to 1839.





RL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
R L Christie (Robert Livingstone Christie) 1857..1881, 1922 Decanter label, fob medal, napkin ring, spoon R L Christie listed in 1909-1984 telephone directories as a watchmaker, Bank Street, Edinburgh

Shop closed 2007 [ref: Edinburgh Goldsmiths Incorporation]

1883..1886

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1900..1933

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1989




RM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Rachel Louise Mackie 1978
(registered Aug 1978; lapsed 1988)
Napkin ring Jeweller, North Berwick, East Lothian

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Robert Mathieson 1981
(registered Sep 1981; lapsed 1991)
Spoon

Livingston, Scotland

Consignia PLC (Royal Mail) 2002..2003
(registered Jun 2002; lapsed 2012)
Stamp box, stamp case
Robert McGregor 1843
(registered 1825)
Medallion Perth

McGregor died in 1848 but the business was continued by his widow Magdelen McGregor using the same mark until her death in 1865 and then by their son Albert McGregor until 1868





RN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Naughten 1820..1843 Flatware Inverness




RO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Robert Hendry Goodenough Ogilvie 1975..1998
(registered Jan 1974; lapsed 2006)
Dirk mount, ring Albert Street, Dundee
William Robb (1902..1913)
William Robb (1893)




RP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Mulfa Products (Ronald Barrington Price) 1977..1978 Box Polegate, Sussex
Robert Paton Marshall 1847..1848
(registered 1826)
Spoon, tongs Died 1857
Robert Pratt Hastewell 1997
(registered Mar 1987)
Candlestick Kendal, Cumbria




RR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Robert Robertson 1860 Spoon Cupar

This mark not shown as an Edinburgh-registered mark by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths, but it matches exactly a Cupar mark of his including the flaw on the right hand side.

1876 Cupar

This mark not shown as an Edinburgh-registered mark by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths, but it matches a Cupar mark of his.

Robert R Henderson 1977
(registered Nov 1977)
Presentation shield for Dollar Academy Dollar, Clackmannanshire




RS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Swan (probably) 1790 Spoon, wine funnel In partnership with James Hewit 1786-1789 (see H&S mark); left Scotland 1794

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Robert Scott (probably) 1812..1813 Ladle Greenock

Mentioned in Edinburgh records 1812-1825. An identical mark noted with Glasgow hallmarking after the 1819 reopening of the Glasgow Assay Office

Robert Smeaton 1813..1820 Fork, spoon Leith

Mark seen with J&WM (1816,1817,1819,1820)

R S 1870..1871 Spoon, tongs Note: 1870 & 1871 spoons seen in a box marked "R Stewart"
Robert Sawers (possibly) c1890 Medal
Robert Sawers

Robert Sawers Ltd

1904..1938 Bowl, fob medal, quaich, sauce boat, teapot Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
1919
Robert Sawers (possibly) 1911 Trophy
R S 1965 Box
Tain Silver 1991
(registered Jun 1982)
Brooch Rita & Douglas Scott trading as Tain Silver
Ronald Arthur Somervell (1971..1977)
R S K 1998 Button




RT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
R T 1809..1813 Spoon
R T 1810..1834 Flatware

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R T 1816 Punch ladle
R T 2000 Box
R T 2004 Button polishing guard
Robert Thomson Shepherd 1998
(registered May 1996)
Bagpipe fittings Bagpipe maker, Cardenden, Fife

Also trading as R T Shepherd & Son





RV

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
R Vernon 1828 Ladle, spoon Seen with the mark of James & Walter Marshall. Attributed as "possibly R Vernon" by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths




RW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Wilson 1798..1800 Flatware
Robert Welch 1994 Brooch Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire

Probably not an Edinburgh-registered mark - seen on a Shetland Silver (SS) brooch, so most likely used as retailer's mark.

Ralph Weston 1995..2000 Spoon, thimble Ralph Weston trading as Kells Gold & Silversmiths, Isle of Mull, Scotland; from 2006: Grape Lane, Whitby, Yorkshire
R W Forsyth Ltd 1908 Buckle, clan badge "Highland accessory makers"

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1913
Robert Walter Moody 1980..1991
(registered Jul 1975)
Box, salad servers, spoon Dalry, Ayrshire

Last known working date 1998. Husband of Margaret Kay Moody (see MKM)