Silver Makers' Marks - Newcastle Assay Office (P to Z)

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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Pinkney & Scott (Robert Pinkney & Robert Scott II) c1785 Spoon Partnership active 1778 to 1790

The Side, Newcastle

Peter James 1759 Sauce boat
Peter Lambert 1832..1839 Spoon Active 1816 to 1851

Hide Hill, Berwick Upon Tweed





R

RD RM RP RS RU RW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Richard Duncan 1833..1845 Flatware Used Newcastle Assay Office from 1833 to 1848

Crown & Anchor Lane, Market Place, Carlisle; subsequently English Street, Carlisle


(image courtesy of Matt King)
Robert Makepeace I c1730 Mug, spoon Active c1720 to 1755; died 1755

The Side, Newcastle


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1753
Robert Pinkney c1795 Sauce boat, spoon Active on his own account 1790 (dissolution of partnership with Robert Scott) to 1797

The Side, Newcastle

Robert Pinkney & Robert Scott II 1778..1788 Flatware, mug, mustard, tankard Partnership active 1778 to 1790

The Side, Newcastle

Robert Scott II c1790
(registered 1790)
Skewer, spoon, tongs This mark in use from 1790 to 1793; died 1793

Dean Street, Newcastle


(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
R U c1725 Spoon Mark not shown by GillGill, Margaret A.V. - A Handbook of Newcastle Silver, Frank Graham, 1978. Seen attributed to Robert Makepeace I but it does not seem to match Makepeace's gothic letter mark.
Robert Wilson 1794
(registered 1794)
Spoon In business for 6 months only 1794-1795 before moving to Scotland




S

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Sarah Crawford c1796 Spoon Widow of James Crawford - continued his business from 1795 to c1799
Simeon Joel 1875 Spoon Westgate Street, Newcastle

(image courtesy of David Mercer)
Samuel Thompson 1758 Spoon, tongs Elvet Bridge, Durham

Working 1751 to 1785

1770




T

TH TM TR TS TW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

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Thomas Huntington 1821 Spoon English Street, Carlisle

Used Newcastle Assay Office 1820 to 1822


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Thomas Makepeace I 1732 Tankard The Sandhill, Newcastle

Active c1730 to 1739; died 1739

Thomas Partis I 1724
(registered 1720)
Mug High Street, Sunderland

Murdered 1747

Thomas Robinson I 1826..1831 Spoon, tongs Active 1826 to 1846. A similar mark (without pellet) used 1839 to 1843 by Thomas and Michael Ross of Carlisle

Oakwellgate Chare, Gateshead

1831..1836
Thomas Sewell I 1847..1879 Flatware The Side, Newcastle; subsequently Dean Street, Newcastle

Active 1846 to 1883; died 1883. From 1872 he was in partnership with his son and the firm was known as T Sewell & Son.


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
1850..1875
1875
Thomas Watson 1793..1842 Flatware The Side, Newcastle

Active 1793 to 1845; died 1845

Also a mark with pellet (seen c1798):
T·W

1794..1798
Thomas Wheatley 1823..1859 Box, decanter label, flatware, goblet, mustard, salt Newcastle records show items received for assay 1826 to 1860

Castle Street, Carlisle; subsequently English Street, Carlisle

Thomas Wheatley (probably) 1837 Spoon




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WB WD WL WP WS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Beilby 1752 Mug In partnership with Jonathan Bainbridge 1738-1741 (WB over IB). Active on own account 1741 tol 1757. Moved to Gateshead when made bankrupt in 1757.

Framwellgate, Newcastle

William Dalton 1750
(registered 1738)
Mug, tankard The Side, Newcastle

Active 1724 to 1768; died 1768

William Lister I 1822..1840
(registered 1821)
Flatware, mug, teapot Active on own account 1821 to 1840 when his firm became Lister and Sons

Mosley Street, Newcastle

Lister & Sons (William Lister I, Clement Lister & William Lister II) 1841..1865 Flatware Mosley Street, Newcastle

Active 1840 to 1884 (Assay Office closure)

William Partis 1740..1755 Salver, spoon Tyne Bridge, Newcastle; subsequently The Side, Newcastle

Active 1733 to 1759; died 1759


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William Stalker & John Mitchison 1774..1782 Coffee pot, flatware, mug, salt, salver, sauce boat, skewer The Side, Newcastle

Partnership active 1774 to 1784


(image courtesy of Matt King)
c1780




Y

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Younghusband 1712 Spoon