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Silver Makers' Marks - Newcastle Assay Office (A to H)

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A

AC AH AK AR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Alexander Cameron 1829 Ladle Dundee

Recorded using Newcastle 1828 to 1831

Anthony Hedley c1800 Spoon York; subsequently Durham

Active 1789 to 1810; died 1810


(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Alexander Kelty 1804..1810 Fork, salver, skewer, spoon Dean Street, Newcastle

Active 1802 to 1812

Ann Robertson 1804..1811 Basket, coffee pot, creamer, mug, mustard, spoon, tray Widow of John Robertson I. Ann Robertson ran the business from John's death in 1801 until she retired in 1811.

Dean Street, Newcastle


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B

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Batty II 1707 Spoon

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C

CA CD CG CJ CR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Alexander Cameron 1827..1831 Flatware Worked from about 1818 to c1840, but only used Newcastle Assay Office from 1828 to 1831. "Dundee" mark is not always present.

Overgate, Dundee

Christopher Dinsdale I c1800 Spoon An identical mark was also used by Christopher Dinsdale II (registered 1831) & Cuthbert Dinsdale (registered 1837) - both were sons of Christopher Dinsdale I
Clement Gowland I 1846..1856
(registered 1845) 		Flatware High Street, Bishop Wearmouth, County Durham

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Reid & Sons (Christian John Reid) 1869..1882 Flatware Grey Street, Newcastle
Christian Ker Reid 1806..1818 Flatware, teapot Dean Street, Newcastle
1806..1810
Reid & Son (Christian Ker Reid & David Reid) 1820..1826 Flatware Dean Street, Newcastle

(image courtesy of Keith Saville) 		1822
1828..1832
Reid & Sons (Christian Ker Reid, David Reid & Christian Bruce Reid) 1834..1845

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D

DC DD DL DR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
David Darling & James Bell (1820)

(image courtesy of Matt King) 		David Crawford c1770 Mug, mustard, sauce boat, spoon, teapot, tongs Trading as a goldsmith, jeweller and watch-maker from 1768 until 1784

The Side, Newcastle

1774..1781
David Darling 1798..1813 Decanter label, spoon, teapot, tongs Dean Street, Newcastle
1799..1807
(registered 1798)
David Darling & James Bell 1816..1822 Flatware, mustard Partnership lasted from 1816 until Darling's death in 1822

Dean Street, Newcastle

1820
Dorothy Langlands 1805..1813 Brush, chalice, cup, decanter label, ladle, mug, spoon, teapot Active 1804-1814 following death of her husband, John Langlands II

(image courtesy of Keith Saville) 		D R 1821 Spoon Possibly David Reid but there is no evidence of a DR mark of his being used by itself outside his partnership with his father Christian Ker Reid (see CR over DR)
Reid & Sons (David Reid I) 1848..1867 Flatware Grey Street, Newcastle

Mark appears in Newcastle Punch Book in 1845. Succeeds CR/DR/CD mark

A later mark also registered by Reid & Sons:
D R


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E

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Eli Bilton I c1690 Beaker, spoon Seen with Newcastle town marks only
c1695

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F

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Batty II 1720..1728 Mug, tankard Died 1728
Francis Somerville II 1815..1827 Decanter label, flatware Active 1815 to 1831

Collingwood Street, Newcastle


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G

GG GL GM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Gowland Brothers (George Hay Gowland & Clement Gowland) 1852..1865 Flatware High Street, Bishop Wearmouth, County Durham
1866
George Samuel Lewis 1824..1833 Flatware, salt Active on sole account 1824 to 1845

Mosley Street, Newcastle

George Samuel Lewis & John Wright c1821 Coaster, decanter label, flatware Partnership active 1812 to 1824

Dean Street, Newcastle; subsequently Mosley Street, Newcastle


(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		1817..1823
George Murray 1810..1811 Decanter label, salt, spoon Active 1805 to 1816

The Side, Newcastle

1812..1814

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H

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of Matt King) 		Hugh Breckenridge (undated) Ladle, spoon Active 1805 to 1811

(image courtesy of Matt King) 		1810

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