Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (C)

C& CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ

C&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Cawdell (1586..1617)
William Cawdell (1592)
C R (C enclosing R) (1597)
C & A 1917..1927 Box, brooch, dressing table set Possibly Corke & Apthorp (successors to Corke Brothers), Northampton Square, London EC1
Collett & Anderson 1927..1935 Box, dressing table set, mustard, vanity jar top Manufacturing silversmiths, Legge Lane, Birmingham
Cohen & Charles 1898..1936
(registered Sep 1898)
Ashtray, box, cigarette case, compact, cufflinks, flask, imported purse, matchbox cover Albert Cohen & Charles Solomon trading as Cohen & Charles, Thavies Inn, Holborn Circus, London
1917..1926
(registered Mar 1913)
1949..1953
1963..1967
Cohen & Charles (probably) 1927..1933 Imported items (box, cigarette case, compact, menu holder)
Clive & Clarissa Cooke 1986..1991 Box, dish, figurine, novelty salt & pepper, place card holder, thimble Note a very similar Sheffield mark

(image courtesy of Richard Peach)
Carley & Clemence Ltd 1914
(registered Mar 1905)
Imported watch case
Carrington & Co 1906..1925
(registered May 1906)
Box, candelabrum, candlestick, caster, coffee pot, covered dish, crucifix pendant, dish, fork, salver, tankard, tea kettle & burner/stand, tea service, tray, trophy cup Regent Street, London
1934
1963..1977
Collingwood & Co 1922 Bowl, box, caster, decanter label, dish, goblet, matchbox holder, mug, napkin ring, tea & coffee service, trophy cup Conduit Street, London
1929..1957
1929..1937, 1958..1966
(registered Jul 1912)
Collis & Co 1935 Trophy cup Cambridge Street, Birmingham
Cropp & Farr 1928 Gold cuff links Manufacturing jewellers, Hatton Garden, London EC
Cooke & Kelvey 1910 Letter opener Old Court House Street, Calcutta, India & Leadenhall Street, London EC

Similar marks (no spaces) registered Jun 1902 & Jul 1902

C & L 1981 Decanter label
Crate & Mansell 1907
(registered Jun 1901)
Communion paten
Charles & Richard Comyns (1916..1926)
Connard & Son Ltd 1981..1985 Buckle, commemorative box Jewellers, goldsmiths & silversmiths, Lord Street, Southport, Lancashire
Robert James Chaplin & Sons 1891..1898
(registered Mar 1890)
Bowl, box, brooch, caster, creamer, dish, flatware, napkin ring, spoon, tongs, trophy cup Aldersgate Street, London
1895
(registered Jun 1894)
1896..1921
(registered Mar 1890)
C & T 1976 Gold pendant
Clifford & Tull Ltd 1977..1979
(registered 1973)
Ingot pendant Manufacturing jewellers, Clerkenwell Road, London EC1
Catchpole & Williams Ltd 1904..1958
(registered Jan 1900)
Box, dish, mug, mustard, salt, tea service Retailers, Oxford Street, London (1927)
Grafton Street, London (1952)
Clarke & Ward 1912..1919
(registered Jun 1910)
Watch case Thomas Samuel Clarke & Alfred Ward trading as Clarke & Ward, case makers, Kensington Road, Coventry
C & W 1972 Decanter label Possibly Catchpole & Williams
Charles & Walter Padgett 1897..1907
(registered Oct 1897)
Frame, novelty toothpick holder




CA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
C A conjoined 1640 Bowl Mark not shown in JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997
Abraham Chair (1664)
Christopher Canner I 1699..1701
(registered Apr 1697)
Bowl, candlestick, caster Noted as a caster maker; died 1708
Christopher Canner II 1718..1720
(registered May 1716)
Caster, coffee pot, teapot Son of Christopher Canner I
1722
(registered Jul 1720)
Charles Alchorne 1733..1737
(registered Oct 1729)
Caster
Charles Aldridge 1789..1795
(registered Sep 1786)
Basket, ewer, salver, tankard, tea caddy, tea service
Charles Alfred Alston 1919..1925
(registered Nov 1912)
Ink stand, spoon, teapot
C A 1941..1944 Mug, salver

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
Tessiers Ltd 1987
(registered c1977)
Place card holder Clive Aston, Anthony Parsons & Richard Parsons trading as Tessiers Ltd, New Bond Street, London

For other marks of this company see APFP, APRP and HPLP

C A C 1938 Place card holder
Charles Asprey & Charles Asprey junior 1879..1890
(registered Feb 1876)
Box, flask, jar lid
Faraday & Davey (Charles Arthur Faraday) 1897..1906
(registered May 1895)
Box, condiments Charles Adkins Faraday, Charles Arthur Faraday, Warren Faraday & Henry Rowe trading as Faraday & Davey, Hatton Garden, London
C A G 1988 Bookmark
Charles & George Asprey 1892..1909
(registered Feb 1891)
Caster, cigarette case, decanter label, dresser set, flask, flatware, frame, ink stand, pencil holder, tea strainer, toast, rack, vanity jar top, vase
Charles Aldridge & Henry Green 1769..1785
(registered Aug 1775)
Box, butter shell, coaster, cruet, flatware, goblet, ink stand, knife handle, lemon strainer, mustard, teapot, toast rack This mark was probably originally registered in the now missing Largeworkers' Register of 1758-1773
C A M P 1979 Box
C A P 1980..1983 Box, caddy spoon
Camden Arts School 1969..1978 Box, ladle, spoon
C A T 1921 Crucifix mount for prayer book
C A T 1977, 1993 Box, butter knife, ladle




CB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Barnabus Gregory (1606..1630)
C B 1767..1770 Chamberstick, mug, teapot "Unidentified" by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997
"Not traced" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
Cornelius Bland 1789..1798
(registered Mar 1772 & Sep 1788)
Box, coffee pot, tureen, vinaigrette
1789
(registered Dec 1788)
Charles Boyton (I) 1825..1834
(registered Nov 1825)
Beaker, buckle, caster, claret jug, flatware, goblet, inkwell, mug, mustard, napkin ring, tastevin, tray, vase rim, vesta
Charles Boyton (I)

Charles Boyton (II) (from 1849)

1830..1875
(registered Sep 1830)
Charles Boyton (II) 1859..1864
(registered Dec 1854)
Charles Boyton (II) 1856..1900
(registered May 1855)
Charles Boyton (III) 1900..1903
(registered May 1900)
Charles Boyton 1933..1947 Bowl, cup, salt, spoon, trophy cup

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Catherine Brew 1966 Toddy ladle
Clive Edward Burr 1981..2006
(registered 1976)
Bangle, frame, spoon, thimble, tumbler
Corke Brothers & Co 1904..1912
(registered Aug 1904)
Ashtray, bookmark, brooch, brush, inkwell, jar lid, napkin ring, purse mount, scent bottle, vase, vesta, whisky noggin William Richard Corke, Arthur George Apthorp & Harry Ernest Apthorp trading as Corke Brothers & Co, Northampton Square, London EC & Warwick Street, London W

For an earlier mark of this company see WC (William Richard Corke) and for a later mark see C&A (possibly Corke & Apthorp)

1913..1915
(registered Aug 1913)
Charles Boyton & Son Ltd 1904..1928
(registered Sep 1904)
Bowl, caster, flatware, goblet, mug, napkin ring, sauce boat, tea service, trophy cup, vase Manufacturing silversmiths, Upper Charles Street, London EC
1915..1937
(registered Jul 1914)
C B & S 1924..1929 Box
Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd 1975 Bowl Don Plate Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield & Holborn Viaduct, London
Cornelius Brook Holliday 1839
(registered May 1832)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
1840..1851
(registered Feb 1840)
1849..1856
(registered Dec 1850)

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Clare Rose Brooke Harte 1977 Spoon
Corke Brothers & Co (1913..1915)
Cole Brothers 1915..1938
(registered Jan 1914)
Box, jar lid, scent bottle Dressing case makers, Covent Garden, London WC
C Brs 1922 Mug Possibly Corke Brothers
Roy Charles Bleay Tomlinson (2004..2010)
Christopher & Thomas Wilkes Barker 1800..1804
(registered Oct 1800)
Flatware Father & son
Christopher Brenton West 1978
(registered 1977)
Goblet




CC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
GG (rose above, roundlet below) (1637)
Christopher Canner II (1722)
Charles Chesterman I 1752..1753
(registered Oct 1752)
Basket, creamer, mustard, pap boat, sauce boat, spice caster Died c1775 (AC mark registered by his widow Ann Apr 1775)
1768..1778
(registered Jul 1741 & Nov 1771)
C C 1753 Watch case Possibly Charles Chesterman I, but he is not recorded as a watch case maker
Charles Chesterman II 1785..1796
(registered Feb 1780)
Basket, cruet, mug, mustard, salt, teapot
1804..1810
(registered Mar 1801)
Clement Cheese 1823..1830
(registered Jun 1823)
Spoon
Clement Cheese (probably) 1825..1826 Spoon

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Charles W Chilcott 1846
(registered Mar 1843)
Catheter
Charles Cooke 1873
(registered Dec 1873)
Watch case Case maker, Thomas Street, The Butts, Coventry
1875..1892
(registered Dec 1873)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Child & Child 1887..1892 Box, candlestick, plate, spoon A retailer's mark, not a registered maker's mark (see WC over HC for registered mark)
Charles Cooke 1916..1928
(registered Jan 1888 and 1898, 1912)
Stick mount Frith Street, London until 1899; other London addresses subsequently

Supplied stick mounts, etc. to Thomas Brigg & Sons:

C C 1993 Decanter label
C C 2001..2002 Figurine, napkin clip, spoon
C D / C D (1990..1995)
Chelmsford College of Further Education 1979..1988 Candelabrum, decanter label, letter opener Chelmsford, Essex
Chelmsford College of Further Education (probably) 1996 Salt Seen (1996) with mark of AJG:
Collingwood & Co (1922)
Collingwood & Co (1929..1957)
Sibray, Hall & Co Ltd (Charles Clement Pilling) 1899..1913
(registered Feb 1900)
Basket, bowl, caster, coffee pot, condiment set, cup, dish, dish ring, epergne, jug, inkwell, mug, mustard, salt, salver, spoon, tazza, tea caddy, tongs Fitzwalter Works, St Mary's Road, Sheffield
1900..1910
(registered Feb 1900)
Chamberlain Clarke Partnership 1991, 1999..2000 Bookmark, cherub figurine with miniature thimble, drinking straw, letter opener, napkin clip, stamp case Company wound up c2007
1994
1995..2001
C C P 1995..1999 Napkin clip, strawberry servers