Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (R)

R/R& RA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX RY RZ

RR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
R R 1767..1768 Ladle, spoon

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
Richard Rugg I 1756..1769
(registered May 1754)
Candlestick, salver This mark, though similar to that of Robert Rew is smaller. Rugg's mark with hallmark for size comparison:
Robert Rew 1761
(registered Aug 1754)
Sauce boat This mark, though similar to that of Richard Rugg is larger. Rew's mark with hallmark for size comparison:
Richard Rugg I (probably) 1766 Salver This mark, not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 may have been recorded in the lost 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.
Richard Rugg I (probably) 1770..1774 Salver Noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990, but may have been in the missing largeworkers' register for 1758-1773. This mark is larger than Rugg's mark with pellet. Note that the date range fits between the ranges for the 2 marks registered in the name(s) of Richard Rugg:
Richard Rugg II 1774..1784
(registered Mar 1775)
Salver This mark, registered by Richard Rugg, is almost certainly that of the son of Richard Rugg I, who is believed to have died in March 1775.
Richard Redrick 1770
(registered Apr 1762)
Spoon Redrick registered similar marks with pellet between, 1763 & 1768
Robert Ross 1774
(registered Oct 1774)
Spoon
Robert Rutland 1807..1821
(registered Aug 1807)
Flatware
1826
(registered Oct 1822)
1825
(registered Aug 1825)
Robert Rowlands 1860
(registered Mar 1833)
Watch case Case maker, Meredith Street, Clerkenwell, London
R R 1929..1938 Preserve jar lid, tea strainer There is a similar Birmingham mark for the same period. The Sheffield mark of Richard Richardson is also similar.
R R 1973..1974 Armada dish, goblet, tastevin
R R 1974..1975 Imported items: box, figurine
Robert Reid & Co (probably) 1922 Buckle Jewellers, Dean Street, Bristol
Robert Roskell, Alan Roskell & John Mortimer Hunt 1882..1887
(registered Jun 1882)
Chalice, coffee pot, creamer, salver, tea kettle burner & stand, toast rack
Robert Richard Prout 1943..1945 Bowl, napkin ring, spoon Wholesale jeweller, Bricknell Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire
Pippa Ramsay Rae (1991..2005)
R R W 1979 Candle holder




RS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(Image is a composite)
R S 1658..1673 Porringer, tankard Described by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 as "RS between mullets"
Richard Scarlett (1723..1736)
R S 1758 Spoon Mark not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990. It may have been recorded in the lost 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register or the 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.
Robert Sallam 1766..1771
(registered Nov 1765)
Spoon
Robert Sharp 1788..1797
(registered Jan 1788)
Chamberstick, dish, plate, salver, tea kettle & burner, tray Note: this mark is a cut-down version of "DS over RS" (Daniel Smith removed)
Richard Sibley I 1816..1834
(registered Jul 1812)
Chamberstick, cruet stand, entree dish, spoon, teapot, toast rack, tray Died 1836
Ralph Samuel 1844..1847
(registered Jan 1843)
Watch case Case maker, Wood Street, Liverpool
Richard Sibley II 1847..1873
(registered Jun 1839)
Brandy saucepan, flatware, salt, sauce boat, tea service, toast rack, tray Son of Richard Sibley I
Robert Stebbings 1883..1912
(registered Sep 1882)
Caster, flatware, napkin ring, pepperette, salt Myddleton Street, London
1888..1911
(registered Dec 1891)
Robert Stocker 1887..1917
(registered Jan 1886)
Bowl, candlestick, decanter label
Richard Spencer (probably) 1888 Masonic medal This mark not shown by CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 (only marks without pellet noted for Richard Spencer)
Robert Stewart 1901..1913 Cupholder, dish, mug, napkin ring, quaich, salver, spoon, tea service, yacht club trophy Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow; subsequently Buchanan Street, Glasgow

R Stewart Ltd from c1926

1913..1934
(registered Sep 1898)
R S 1939..1949 Candlestick, trophy cup
R Spencer & Co 1931
(registered Jul 1911)
Badge Masonic manufacturers, Great Queen St, London WC

Similar marks registered from 1896 onwards

R S & S 1920..1931 Condiments set, flatware Possibly Robert Stebbings & Sons Ltd, Myddleton Street, London EC1 or R Smart & Son, Vyse Street, Birmingham
C Shapland & Co (1977)
Rhiannon S Evans 1977..1993 Brooch, napkin ring Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
R S J 1994 Ear ring
Ross Somerville Morgan 1995..1997 Shell sculpture
Stainsby & Coupland 1888
(registered Jun 1887)
Purse mount Richard Stainsby & William Coupland trading as Stainsby & Coupland, jewellers, silver purse lock and general mounters, Willmington Square, Clerkenwell, London EC

This mark not shown by CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 but is the same as a mark registered at Chester by the company
1894
R & W Sorley 1900..1939
(registered Aug 1897)
Dish, flatware, mustard, salver, tea service, toast rack, vase William Sorley & William Steele trading as R & W Sorley, St Vincent Street & Renfield Street, Glasgow; also at Buchanan Street, Glasgow

Minor variations in letter spacing, etc. also seen

1911..1935
(registered Mar 1908)




RT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Robert Timbrell 1691 Tankard Timbrell was also in partnership with Joseph Bell (see TiBe)

(mark is Ti between 2 mullets (stars) in a plain shield)
1709
(registered Apr 1697)
Robert Tyrrill 1742..1749
(registered May 1742)
Coffee pot, kettle
R T 1791 Fish slice
Richard Turner 1807..1819
(registered Oct 1783 & 1801)
Flatware

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
1810
(registered Nov 1809)
R T 1976, 1994 Cuff links, spoon
Richard Gurney & Thomas Cook (1740..1749)
Richard Gurney & Thomas Cook (1735, 1748..1761)
R T-H 1991 Coaster
Richard Turner & John Shea 1807..1809
(registered Apr 1808)
Flatware
Royal Touch London 2019 Flatware, mug Web site
R T M 1984 Box
Roy Thomas Wood 1974 Medallion




RU

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Ruslen 1697..1707
(registered Apr 1697)
Caster, porringer, tankard
Robert Urquhart 1800
(registered Feb 1801)
Skewer, teapot, wine funnel




RV

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Raoul Vigier 1882
(registered Feb 1882)
Watch case Watch manufacturer, Clerkenwell Road, London EC

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
R V W 1984..1991 Darts tournament trophy




RW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Richard Walker 1801
(registered Jun 1800)
Watch case Case maker

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Robert Wallis 1838..1853
(registered Nov 1836)
Flatware
1843..1845
(registered Mar 1843)
1845..1852
(registered Oct 1845)
Robert Williams 1841
(registered Sep 1841)
Spoon Bristol

Also registered a mark without pellet same date:
RW

Robert Woodhouse 1893..1915
(registered Oct 1890 & 1894, 1906)
Bowl, tazza
Roland Ward 1897..1904
(registered Oct 1888)
Candlestick, silver-mounted horse tail
Robert Welch 1971..1974 Decanter label, goblet, spoon, tea service, tumbler Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Web Site

1977..2000
2003
R W 1981 Box
R W 1991 Brooch
Harrods Ltd 1919..1977 Bowl, box, caster, decanter label, ink stand, match box holder, mug, napkin ring, pepperette, salver, sauce boat, toast rack Knightsbridge, London SW

RWB was Richard Woodman Burbridge, who was chairman of Harrods (cf RB mark)

1965
Robert Walter Birch 1979..1982
(registered c1968)
Box, commemorative spoon, paperweight Web site
Rone Watch Co 1960 Gold watch case
Richard William Elliott 1842
(registered Jan 1842)
Toast rack Compton Street, Clerkenwell

R W Elliott was William Elliott's son

R W Ltd 1927 Mounted deer hoof
William & Robert Peaston (1756..1759)
Loebl & Co 1913
(registered Jan 1912)
Jar lid Robert Wadman Stilby trading as Loebl & Co, leather goods manufacturers, Old Street, London EC
R & T Washbourne Ltd 1909..1914
(registered Oct 1906)
Chalice, pyx box Publishers & church furnishers, Paternoster Row, London EC
R W W 1925 Spoon




RZ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Richard Zouch 1737..1738
(registered Mar 1735)
Creamer, mug, sauce boat
1742..1743
(registered Jun 1739)