Silver Makers' Marks - Newcastle Assay Office (I to O)

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Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments

	John Brown	1822..1826	Flatware	Active 1822 to 1826 English Street, Carlisle

	Isaac Cookson	1732..1737	Coffee pot, cup, flask, mug, porringer, salver, sauce boat, spoon, tankard	Active 1728 to 1754; died 1754
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)	Isaac Cookson	1740..1753		Active 1728 to 1754; died 1754
	James Crawford	1769..1783	Mug, sauce boat, spoon	Active 1761 to 1795; died 1795 The Side, Newcastle
	James Crawford	1769	Mug, sauce boat, spoon	Active 1761 to 1795; died 1795 The Side, Newcastle
(image courtesy of Matt King)	I C	c1797	Spoon	Seen with maker's mark, lion passant and duty mark (or double duty mark for 1797) only. May be James Crawford, but none of his documented marks have a pellet between the initials and he died in 1795
	John Cook	1832..1835	Spoon	Active 1832 to 1850 Nun's Field, Newcastle; subsequently Rackett Court, Newcastle

(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com)	John Dowthwaite	c1670	Tankard	Note: the Newcastle Assay Office opened in 1702 so Dowthwaite's mark is normally only accompanied by a lion passant and a single castle mark. Working 1666 to 1673; died 1673
	John Deas	1825	Spoon	Active 1825 to 1826

(image courtesy of Matt King)	John Hutchinson	c1767	Spoon	Active (items sent for assay) 1767 to 1770; died 1770 Sadler Street, Durham

	John Jobson	c1775	Mustard	Active on own account 1773 to 1776 Groat Market, Newcastle
	John Jobson & James Hetherington	1771..1772	Mug, spoon	Partnership active 1771 to 1773 Groat Market, Newcastle

	James Kirkup (c1725)
	James Kirkup (1728..1751)
	John Kirkup	1754..1759	Mustard, salver	Active on own account 1753 to 1774 The Side, Newcastle

	John Langlands I	1757	Caster, coffee pot, cup, mug, sauce boat, skewer, spoon, tankard, teapot, tray	Active on his own account 1757 to 1778 (then in partnership with John Robertson I)
	John Langlands I	1757..1774
	John Langlands II	1796..1803	Brush, cup, flatware, mug, tea caddy	Active from 1793 to 1804; died 1804
	John Langlands II	1796..1802	Brush, cup, flatware, mug, tea caddy	Active from 1793 to 1804; died 1804
	John Langlands I & John Goodrick	1754..1756	Coffee pot, cup, mug, sauce boat, tankard	Partnership active 1754 to 1757 (Goodrick died 1757)
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)	John Langlands I & John Robertson I	1778..1779	Coffee pot, cup, mug, mustard, tankard, sauce boat, spoon, tea caddy	Partnership active 1778 to 1795
		1779..1791
		1778..1780
		1782

	John Mitchison	1783..1788	Cup, spoon	Active on his own account 1784 to 1792; died 1792 The Side, Newcastle

	James Kirkup (c1725)
	John Robertson I	1795..1797	Basket, coffee pot, flatware, mug, tongs, tray	Active until his death in 1801 (in partnership with John Langlands I 1778-1795 & David Darling 1795-1796) Dean Street, Newcastle
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)		1797
		1798..1800 (registered 1796)
	John Robertson I & David Darling	1795..1796 (registered 1795)	Flatware, mug, mustard, salver, teapot	Partnership lasted 15 months 1795 to 1796 Dean Street, Newcastle
(image courtesy of Matt King)	John Robertson I & David Darling	c1796	Flatware, mug, mustard, salver, teapot
	John Robertson II & John Walton	1811..1820	Basket, creamer, flatware, tea service	Partnership lasted from 1811 (retirement of Ann Robertson) until dissolved in 1820 when Robertson went bankrupt Dean Street, Newcastle

(image courtesy of Matt King)	John Thompson	c1740	Spoon	Elvet Bridge, Durham Died in 1751.
(image courtesy of Matt King)	John Thompson (probably)	c1740	Spoon	Note: this spoon did not have a discernible Newcastle mark but the lettering style and workmanship implies that it is by Thompson

	John Walton	1821..1861	Flatware, teapot	Active 1821 to 1866 Painter Heugh, Newcastle A similar mark without pellet used by John Wright from c1831 to c1845
(image courtesy of Keith Saville)	John Walton	1844	Flatware, teapot
	John Wright	1824..1825	Flatware	Active 1824 (dissolution of partnership with George Samuel Lewis) to 1845 Dean Street, Newcastle; subsequently Royal Arcade, Newcastle and Grey Street, Newcastle
	John Wright	1831..1838	Flatware

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JB JH JJ JL JM JR JS JT

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments

James Bell	1823..1832	Decanter label, flatware, teapot	Active on own account from 1822 (dissolution of partnership with David Darling) until his death in c1838. Dean Street, Newcastle
James Bell	1828..1830	Decanter label, flatware, teapot

James Hamilton	1825	Spoon	Active 1821 to 1826, died 1827 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle

John Jobson (c1771)

John Langlands I (1757)
John Langlands I & John Goodrick (1754..1756)

Joseph M Latimer	1827..1838	Decanter label, flatware	Market Place, Carlisle

John Robertson I (1797)

T S (c1750)
John Sutter			Williamson Street, Liverpool Used Newcastle Assay Office 1832-1833

John Thompson (c1740)
John Thompson (probably) (c1740)

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Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments

James Kirkup	1718	Ladle, marrow scoop, mug, spoon	Active c1713 to 1753; died 1753 The Side, Newcastle
	c1725
	1728..1751

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Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
John Langlands I & John Robertson I	c1790	Tongs	Partnership active 1788 to 1795

John Langwith			A York silversmith; used Newcastle Assay Office from closure of York Assay Office in 1716 until 1721

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Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Mitchell & Russell (probably)	1812..1813	Salver, tea service	M&R mark on tea service overstamped on what appears to be TW (Thomas Watson) Edinburgh

(image courtesy of Matt King)	Mercy Ashworth	c1785	Spoon	Used Newcastle Assay Office 1785-1801 Market Place, Durham
(image courtesy of Matt King)		c1795
(image courtesy of Matt King)		c1795
		1797

	M W	1781	Spoon	Mark not shown by GillGill, Margaret A.V. - A Handbook of Newcastle Silver, Frank Graham, 1978

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