Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (D)

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DL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Denis Langton 1732..1737
(registered Jun 1732)
Salver
David Lark 1842..1845
(registered Dec 1842)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
1846..1875
(registered Aug 1846)
Schindler & Co 1909..1924
(registered Jan 1904)
Condiments, scent bottle, vase rim David Loebl trading as Schindler & Co, fancy goods importers, Aldermanbury Avenue, London
1921
(registered Nov 1899)
D L 1965 Vase
D L 1993 Spoon
David Linley 2011..2012 Box, plaque Also seen (2006) with serifs
David Lewis Davis (registered Nov 1907) Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester
Daedalus Ltd 1975
(registered 1970)
Necklace Listed in telephone directory as Daedalus (Manufacturing & Wholesale) Co Ltd, Silver Jewellery, Smiths Court, London W1
Douglas Lorie Inc 1950 Fork Retailer, Palm Beach, Florida
De La Rue Ltd 1907..1919
(registered Dec 1904)
Box, pen, pen holder, purse mounts Bunhill Row, London
D L S 1962..1972 Goblet




DM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Dorothy Mills 1752..1753 (registered Apr 1752) Salver
William Cafe (1758..1767)
William Cafe (1759..1761)
William Coles (1739..1746)
David Mowden 1751..1765
(registered Mar 1739)
Creamer, ladle, salt, sauce boat
Munsey & Co (David Munsey) 1905..1921
(registered Jun 1901)
Candlestick, fish servers, goblet, napkin ring, salver, standish, tea caddy, trophy cup, vesta Market Place, Cambridge
Danbury Mint 1978 Engraved Great Britain counties map Cox Lane, Chessington, Surrey
D M 1985 Coffee pot

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
Dorothy May Budd 1986..1997 Bowl, cheese dish, condiments, fork, goblet, jewellery, jug, ladle, preserve pot, spoon, tea caddy
D M D 1983..1993 Box, spoon
D M M 1971..1972 Bowl, spoon
Denis McQuoid 1972 Goblet
D M R 1967 Chalice & paten
D M R 1977 Novelty napkin ring
Da-mar Silverware 1976..1977 Caddy spoon, candelabra, decanter label, tray Chairman: David Shaw; Managing Director: Martin Collins

(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)
Daisey Mabel Tomkins 1971..1974 Salad servers, tea strainer Liphook, Hampshire
Dorothy Mills & Thomas Sarbitt 1747..1755
(registered c1746)
Creamer, mug, punch ladle, salt




DN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Hennell I (1739..1755)
Desiré Narcisse 1845 (registered Sep 1842) Badge
D N 2000 Presentation award
Deykin & Harrison (William Redfern Deykin & Walter Andrew Harrison) (registered Mar 1897) Jennens Row, Birmingham
D G N R (2001..2003)
D N L 1984 Quaich




DO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Downes 1702..1709
(registered Apr 1697)
Mug, tazza




DP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Hennell I (1739..1755)
Daniel Piers 1750..1753
(registered Nov 1746)
Coffee pot, jug
Daniel Pontifex 1794..1810
(registered Sep 1794)
Coffee pot, dish, mustard, salt, salver, sucrier, teapot
David Phillips 1835..1838
(registered Mar 1834)
Flatware
1843
(registered May 1839)
D Pennellier & Co (Desiré Pennellier) 1900..1904
(registered Oct 1900)
Imported items: dish, inkwell, spoon Holborn Circus, London EC; (from 1897) Grays Inn Road, London WC
Dunstan Pruden 1954..1972 Dish, plaque Ditchling, Sussex

Pruden was christened Alfred Charles Pruden (see his earlier mark at ACP) but changed his name on converting to Roman Catholicism. He was head of silversmithing at Brighton School of Art and his pupils included Gerald Benney, Michael Murray, and Anthony Elson. He died in 1974.

Douglas Pell Silverware 1989..1990 Bookmark, box, coaster, condiments, cuff links, frame, letter opener, menu holder, napkin clip, pepper grinder, vesta, watch holder Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire

Web site

1989..2012
2007..2021
Edward Dobson, William Pryor and James Williams 1754
(registered Feb 1755)
Marrow scoop, spoon Partnership dissolved July 1755




DQ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
D Quilley & Sons 1924..1938 Masonic medal, presentation key Manufacturing jewellers, St John Street, London EC1




DR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Daniel Rutty 1663 Chalice, tankard Attributed as "probably Daniel Rutty" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
1667..1672
Reid & Sons (David Reid) (registered Jun 1846) Newcastle
David Randle 1890
(registered Mar 1890)
Watch case Case maker, The Butts, Coventry
David Richards & Sons 1984..1991 Bookmark, coaster, frame New Cavendish Street, London W1

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
D R C 1995..2013 Decanter label, grape scissors
D & R Hennell (1759..1771)
David R Mills 1984..2003 Bottle collar, candle snuffer, coaster, napkin ring, pepper mill, surprise egg, wine funnel Previously in partnership with Michael Hersey (see M&H mark)
D R S M 1975 Caddy spoon
Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp (1768..1777)