Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (I)

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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Millington (1720..1724)
James Morson (1725)
John Millington (1730)

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John Montgomery c1725 Andiron tongs Registered a similar mark with serif letters Nov 1721
James Manners 1734..1736
(registered Apr 1734)
Creamer, cruet, mug, tea kettle
1741
(registered Jun 1739)

(image courtesy of Matt King)
John Mackfarlan 1737
(registered Feb 1734)
Spoon Smallworker

A similar mark registered by John Mansfield, smallworker Sep 1731

Jesse McFarlan (1739..1741)
Jacob Marsh 1743..1745
(registered Apr 1744)
Candlestick, mug
James Morison 1746..1761
(registered May 1740)
Candlestick, salver
John Muns 1754..1767
(registered Mar 1753 & 1757)
Coffee pot, creamer, salt, spoon Died 1768
John Moore (1759..1761)
I M 1761..1770 Coffee pot, mug, sauce boat, salt, tankard
John Muns (probably) 1765 Salt
Jacob Marsh
or
John Moore
1766..1778 Coffee pot, creamer, cup, sauce boat, skewer, spoon, tankard, teapot Noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
James Marson
or
James Macklin
1777 Watch case James Marson, case maker, registered Jun 1775

James Macklin, case maker, registered Aug 1777

James Mince 1790..1803
(registered Feb 1790)
Fish slice, mustard, pepperette, teapot
John Mewburn 1793..1822
(registered Oct 1793)
Chamberstick, covered dish, plate, pounce pot, salver
1823..1826
(registered Mar 1823)
Jonah Mince 1802
(registered Nov 1793 & 1800)
Watch case Case maker, Norman Street, St Luke's, London
John Merry (probably) 1804..1815
(registered Jul 1789 & Nov 1799)
Caster, creamer Registered as smallworker

Also registered a mark without pellet Jan 1782

John Marsh 1816
(registered Nov 1814)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell Green, London
Jeremiah Mince (1818..1819)
Isaac Manheim 1899..1903
(registered Nov 1895)
Imported items: bowl, scent bottle, spoon, vase
I over M 1983 Imported box
John Mortimer & John Samuel Hunt 1839..1843
(registered Dec 1839)
Chamberstick, dish, egg cup, epergne, plate, salt, tea service
1839..1842
(registered Dec 1839)
I over M B 1931 Spoon
John McFerlan 1783..1787
(registered Mar 1762)
Flatware

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John MacGregor 1842
(registered Jan 1817)
Badge Charterhouse Square, London
John Martin Harding 1824..1839
(registered Jan 1825 & 1830, 1836)
Watch case Case maker
I M H 1985..1987 Box
I M J 1993 Box
I M O 1984..1986 Imported items: frame, sugar scoop
Spink & Son (John Marshall Spink) 1890..1891
(registered May 1887)
Box, caster, cigarette case, dish, flatware, fob medal, knife handle, matchbox holder, pepperette, tray Piccadilly & Gracechurch Street, London
1894..1925
(registered Mar 1892)
I M V 1995 Napkin ring
John Marriott Wintle 1843
(registered Sep 1842)
Mustard
Isaac Millar Wilkinson 1898
(registered Nov 1894)
Salver
James Mince & William Hodgkins 1780..1789
(registered Nov 1780)
Caster, goblet




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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Newton 1727..1728
(registered Apr 1726)
Caster, tea caddy
1739..1750
(registered Jun 1739)
Joseph Newcomb 1782..1783
(registered Oct 1775)
Spoon
John Nevill 1791..1802
(registered Nov 1786 & further dates to 1806)
Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
1820
(registered May 1815)

(image courtesy of Tony Ellis Antiques)
I N 1804..1812 Flatware Mark not illustrated in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990, but he notes IN marks registered by John Nixon, bucklemaker, Apr 1789, Nov 1802, Sep 1807 & Oct 1815; only the 1789 mark described as having cut corners
I N 1810..1816 Flatware, mug
V over I N & T H (1792)




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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Lawrence Jones (1701..1713)

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Glover Johnson 1713
(registered Aug 1712)
Kitchen dredger
George Greenhill Jones 1720..1723
(registered Dec 1719)
Bowl, caster, creamer, ladle, mug, pounce pot, sauce boat, saucepan, spice caster

(Image is a composite)
1724..1738
(registered Feb 1726)
GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 notes that there was probably an earlier sterling mark unentered as he is unlikely to have continued to work so long in the [Britannia] Standard. It appears that this is the mark in question.
1739
(registered Jun 1739)
Orlando Jackson (1771..1775)
I O (or possibly O I) 1773 Spoon
John Orme II 1802..1811
(registered Apr 1796)
Flatware, knife blade
Im Obersteg & Co 1907..1915
(registered Mar 1908)
Imported watch case Forwarding agents & continental carriers, Aldersgate Street, London




IP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Israel Pinkney 1696 Spoon
John Pero 1732..1733
(registered Nov 1732)
Box, coffee pot, mug
1740
(registered Jun 1739)
John Pollock (1739..1754)
John Payne (1750..1774)
John Preist 1750..1751
(registered Jun 1748)
Candlestick
John Perry 1758
(registered Mar 1757)
Candlestick, taperstick
1758 Noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990. Mark presumably recorded in the missing 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register
James Phipps I 1775..1776
(registered May 1767)
Decanter label, spoon, tea caddy
1785..1786
(registered Feb 1772)
I P 1777 Mustard An identical mark registered by Joseph Preedy Jan 1800, but he may have re-used a pattern originally registered by him in the lost 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register
Joseph Preedy 1786..1791
(registered Feb 1777)
Creamer, teapot
John Priestman 1785
(registered Feb 1786)
Spoon Listed by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 as a spoon maker, but this mark could also be Joseph Preedy
I P (see Comments) 1797, 1821 Spoon This mark, not found in GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 or JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, seen with apparent 1797 and 1821 London hallmarks. Inconsistencies noted in the hallmarks lead to the conclusion that they are pseudo-marks and that IP is probably a Chinese export silver maker.
John Pritchard 1799..1803
(registered Oct 1788 & 1780, 1789, 1799)
Buckle, spoon First marks registered as bucklemaker; 1799 mark registered as smallworker

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I P 1799 Basket GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 attributes this mark to John Parker II, but notes it as a doubtful attribution.

A similar mark, but without pellet, registered Apr 1796 by John Prosser, smallworker

Jonathan Perkins I 1800..1801
(registered Aug 1800)
Spoon
John Page 1816
(registered Jan 1813)
Teapot Plateworker
Joseph Pritchard 1825
(registered Feb 1825)
Knife blade
John Phillips 1839..1840
(registered Apr 1838)
Watch case Case maker

Note: similar marks registered by John Phillips Jr, gold worker, 1837 & 1839

John Philip Acklam 1834
(registered Sep 1832 & 1837)
Masonic jewel
John Parker I & Edward Wakelin 1761..1774
(registered c1759)
Basket, cup & cover, jug, plate, salver, sauce boat, saucepan, skewer, tea kettle & burner
Pierre Gillois (1757..1781)
Josiah & George Piercy 1811..1818
(registered Jan 1812)
Flatware
Jonathan Perkins I & Jonathan Perkins II 1795..1799
(registered Aug 1795)
Spoon, tongs Father & son
I P M 1973 Dish
Pittway Brothers (John & William Pittway) 1859..1863
(registered May 1860)
Box, dish, jar lid




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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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I R 1680 Tankard
I R 1693 Tankard Possibly John Ruslen; attribution by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997
Edward Ironside 1702
(registered Sep 1702)
Covered cup
Isaac Ribouleau 1733
(registered Jul 1724)
Spoon
John Robinson II 1738
(registered Feb 1738)
Cup, jug, mug, salver, tray
1741..1765
(registered Jul 1739)
John Romer 1764..1771 Epergne, salver, vase Noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990

A similar mark (same punch shape, but with pellet) registered Feb 1762 by John Radburn

John Robins 1775..1806
(registered Oct 1774)
Cup, coffee pot & stand, goblet, jug, mustard, plate, salt, tea caddy, teapot This (or very similar mark) registered by:
  • James Reasey (Oct 1769)
  • John Robert (Oct 1795)
  • John Rotton (Mar 1797)
John Rich 1789..1810
(registered Jun 1765)
Decanter label
John Reily 1801..1822
(registered Feb 1801)
Box, decanter label, inkwell, nutmeg grater, teapot
1823..1825
(registered Jun 1823)
James Richards 1793..1809
(registered Jan 1762 & 1774, 1784)
Watch case Case maker
1804..1819
(registered Feb 1790 & 1798, 1802, 1813, 1816)
John Robert Harris 1843..1848
(registered Dec 1842)
Flatware, teapot