This section lists the hallmarks used by a number of London Silversmiths. Please note that this list of silver makers hallmarks is by no means exhaustive & we recommend that you obtain a book of silver hallmarks – we have included a list of excellent hallmark books in our recommended books section.
London Silver Makers Hallmarks:
A B S Adey B Savory
A&CoLtd – Asprey & Co Limited
AB – Alexander Barnet
AB GB – Alice & George Burrows
AB over GB – Alice and George Burrows
ABS – A.B. Savory
AC – Alexander Crichton
AC – Augustine Courtauld
AC over MC – The Alexander Manufacturing Company Limited
AD – Alfred Dunhill
AF Alexander Field
AF SG Andrew Foglebert & Stephen Gilbert
AP – Abraham Peterson
AS Thomas Ash
AS over JS over AS – Adey, Joseph and Albert Savory
AsGd over Ld – The Artificer’s Guild Limited
AZ JZ – Arthur Zimmerman & John Zimmerman
BB – Benjamin Bickerton
BC Benjamin Cooper
BHM – Berthold Hermann Muller
BM – Benjamin Mountigue
BM – Berthold Muller
BS Benjamin Smith
BS – Benjamin Smith
BS over IS – Benjamin & James Smith
BU Thomas Burridge
BW – Benjamin Wilson
C&Cd – Carrington & Co Limited
C&Co – Collingwood & Co
C&WPt – Charles Padgett & Walter Padgett
CA – Charles Asprey
CA & GA – Charles Asprey & George Asprey
CA over CA Charles Asprey & Charles Asprey junior
CB – Charles Belk
CB – Charles Boyton
CB over S – Charles Boyton & Son
CB TB – Christopher Barker & Thomas Wilkes Barker
CE
CE – Charles Eley
CF Charles Fox or Crispin Fuller
CF – Charles Faberge
CF – Charles Thomas Fox
CF – Crispin Fuller
CFH – Charles Frederick Hancock
CFH&Co – Hancocks & Co
CG – Carlo Giuliano
CG over AG Carol Giuliano & Arthur Giuliano
CH – Charles Hougham
CH – Christian Hillan
CK Charles F Kandler (star below)
CM – Charles Mappin
CN DM – Charles Neale & Daniel May I
CO Augustin Courtauld (fluer-de-lys above)
CR Charles Rawlins
CR Christian & David Reid
CR Charles Reilly
CR over A – Charles Ashbee
CR over GS – Charles Reily & George Sorer
CR over WS – Charles Rawlings & William Summers
CR WS Charles Rawlins & William Summers
CS FS – Cornelius Saunders & Frank Shepherd
CS over H – C S Harris & Sons Ltd
CS*FS – Cornelius Saunders & James Shepherd
CSH – Charles Stuart Harris
CSH & S – As above
CTF over GF – Charles Thomas Fox & Gorge Fox
D&J over W – D&J Welby Limited
DH David Hennell
DM Dorothy Mills
DPW Dobson, Prior & Williams
DR
DS BS Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith
DS over BS – Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith
DS over RS over IS – Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith & James Smith
DS RS Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp
DU NH – Duncan Urquhart & Napthali Hart
DU over NH – Duncan Urquhart & Naphtali Hart
DW JW – As above
DW over JW – Daniel & John Welby
DWI – William & John Deane
E&Co – Elkington & Co Limited
E&Co&Ld – Elkington & Co Limited
EBS over Ld – Edward Barnard & Sons Limited
EC Ebenezer Coker
EE – Elizabeth Eaton
EE over JE – Elizabeth Eaton & John Eaton
EF Edward Feline
EF – Edward Fairbrother
EF – Edward Farrell
EF – Edward Feline
EH Edward Hutton
EKR Edward Reid
EL – Edward Lees
EM over JM – Edward Mappin & Joseph Mappin
ET Elizabeth Tuite
ET – Elizabeth Taylor
EW Edward Wigan
EY Edward York
FBT – Francis Boone Thomas
FC Francis Crump
FE – Frederick Elkington
FH – Francis Higgins
FH & S over Ld – Francis Higgins & Sons Limited
FO Thomas Folkingham
FS – Frances Stamp
G imposed on L – George Lambert
G of H – George Henry Hart (Guild of Handicraft)
G of H Ltd – Guild of Handicraft Limited
G&S Co Ld – Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Limited
GA George Adams
GA – George Angell
GA – George W Adams
GB – George Brasier
GB – George Burrows I
GC – George Collins
GD – George Day
GF – George Fox
GG – George Gray
GJ over DF – George Jackson & David Fullerton
GM – Gilbert Marks
GMCo – Gorham Manufacturing Company
GMJ – George Maudsley Jackson
GN – George Nangle
GN over RH – George Nathan & Ridley Hayes
GRE – George Richards Elkington
GS George Smith
GS & Geroge Storer
GS
GS – George Smith II
GS – George Smith III
GS – George Smith IV
GS TH – George Smith & Thomas Hayter
GS WF George Smith & Willaim Fearn
GS WF – George Smith & William Fearn
GU – George Unite
GW George Wintle
GW – George Wintle
GW – George Wintle
H&Co over Ltd – Hemming & Co Limited
H&H – Hukin & Heath Ltd
H&R over Ltd – Hunt & Roskell Limited
HA Pierre Harache
HA over & over S – Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater
HB Hester Bateman
HB – Hester Bateman
HC Henry Chawner
HC – Henry Chawner
HC IE Henry Chawner & John Emes
HE
HGM – Henry George Murphy
HH – Henry Hall
HH – Henry Holland
HJL – Henry John Lias
HJL over JW – Henry John Lias & James Wakely
HL – Herbert Lambert
HL over HL – Henry John Lias and Henry John Lias
HN Hannah Northcote
HN – Hannah Northcote
HN over RH – Henry Nutting & Robert Hennell
HS – Harold Stabler
HV over AV – Henry Vander & Arthur Vander
HW over & Co – Henry Wilkinson & Co
IA – Jospeh Ash I
IB James Bult
IB – James Bult
IB – John Baker II
IB – John Blake
IB – John Bourne
IB – John Bridge
IB IB – John Beedall & John Bennett
IB TM – John Bourne & Thomas Moore
IC John Carter
IC – Joshua Cooper
IC over WR – Joseph Craddock & William Reid
ICP – John Cook Pettit
ID – James Darquits junior
IE – John Edwards III
IF – John Figg
IF – John Fisher
IF – John Foster II
IF GL – John Faux & George Love
IF- John Faux
IG John Gould
IG – John Girdler
IG – John Gurney
IH John Hyatt
IH – John Hawkins
IH – Jonathan Hayne
II IC – John Jones & John Chadwick
IJK – John James Keith
IK – John Keith
IK – John Kohler I
IK over RS – John Keith & Richard Stiff
IL – John Lambe
IL – John Lampfert
IL – John Lias
IL HL John & Henry Lias
IL HL – John & Henry Lias
IL HL CL John, Henry & Charles Lias
IL HL CL – John, Henry & Charles Lias
IL over HL – John & Henry Lias
IL over HL over CL – John & Henry & Charles Lias
IM over ISH- John Mortimer & John Samual Hunt
IMF – John McFerlan
IP John Pollock
IP – James Plumpton
IP – John Priestman
IP GP – Josiah & George Piercy
IP IP – Jonathan & Jonathan Perkins
IS John Swift or
IS – John Steward
IS – Joseph Savory I
IS – Joseph Scammell
IS – Joseph Steward II
IS IB – James Sutton & James Bult
ISH – John Samuel Hunt
IT – James Tookey
IT – John Tweedie
IW – John Warren
IW IT John Walcelon & John Taylor
IWS over WE – J W Stoey & W Elliott
J imposed on B – Jes Barkentin
J over ASH over E – Joseph, Albert, Horace & Ethelbert Savory
J over EBW over J – John, Edward, Walter & John Barnard
JA Joseph Angell
JA – Joseph Angell
JA JA J & J Aldous
JA over IA – Joseph & John Angell
JA over JA – Joseph Angell & Joseph Angell
JA over JS – James Aldwinckle & James Slater
JA over TS – John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater
JB – James Beebe
JB – James Beebe
JBC – Carrington & Co
JBC – James Bodman Carrington
JBH – James Barclay Hennell
JC John Cafe
JC – Jacques Cartier
JCV – John Collard Vickery
JD over WD – John & William Deakin
JD&S – James Dixon & Sons
JE John Emes
JE – John Emes
JG – James Garrard
JH over * – Joseph Heming
JL John Lias
JL – John LInnit
JNM – John Newton Mappin
JNM over GW – John Newton Mappin & George Webb
JP – Jonathan Perkins I
JPC – John Paul Cooper
JR – Joseph Ridge
JR & Sn Ld – John Round & Son Limited
JS – Josiah Snatt
JS over AS – Joseph & Albert Savory
JSH – Joseph & Horace Savory
JTH over JHM – John Heath & John Middleton
JV Joshua Vander
JV over JH – John Vander & John Hedges
JW – James Wintle
JW – James Wintle
JW – John James Whiting
JW over FCW – James Wakely & Frank Wheeler
JWB – J W Benson
JWB Ld – J W Benson Ltd
JWD – James Dixon & Sons Limited
JWH over JTH – Hukin & Heath
LA Paul De Lamerie
LAC – Lionel Alfred Crichton
LO Nathaniel Lock
LP Lewis Pantin
Ly & Co – Liberty & Co
MB – Moses Brent
MC Mary Chawner
MC – Mary Chawner
ME Louis Mettayer
Mn Wb over & – Mappin & Webb Limited
MS Mary Sumner
MS – Mary Sumner
MS ES – Mary & Eliza Sumner
N over BROS – Nayler Brothers
Ne Mary & Elizabeth Sumner
NH – Napthali Hart
NS Nicholas Sprimont
Ot & Bd – Ollivant & Botsford
PB – Philip Batchelor
PB AB Peter & Anne Bateman
PB AB – Peter & Ann Bateman
PB AB WB Peter, Anne & William Bateman
PB AB WB – Peter, Ann & William Bateman
PB IB Peter & Jonathan Bateman
PB IB – Peter & Jonathan Bateman
PB over WB – Peter & William Bateman
PB WB – Peter & William Bateman
PD – Phineas Daniel
PL Pierre Plate
PL Paul de Lamerie
PR – Phillip Rundell
PS Paul Storr
PS – Paul Storr
Py Benjamin Pyne (rose and crown above)
R&B – Robert & Belk Limited
RB – Richard Britton
RB&R – Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
RC Richard Crossley
RC – Randall Chatterton
RC – Richard Crossley
RC GS Richard Crossley & George Smith
RC GS – Richard Crossley & George Smith
RC over GS – Richard Crosley & George Smith
RD – Richard Devonshire
RE EB Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard
RE over EB – Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard
RE WE Rebecca & William Emes
RFF – Robert Frederick Fox
RG Robert Garrard
RG – Robert Garrard
RH Robert Hennell
RH – Robert Hennell
RH DH Robert & David Hennell
RH DH Robert & David Hennell
RH DH SH Robert, David & Samuel Hennell
RH over DH over SH – Robert, David & Samual Hennell
RH over SH – Robert & Samuel Hennell
RH SH Robert & Samuel Hennell
RM Robert & Thomas
RM – Richard Mills
RM over EH – Martin Hall & Co Limited
RM RC Robert Makepeace & Richard Carter
RN & Cr – Omar Ramsden & Alwyn Carr
Ro Philip Rolles
RP – Robert Peppin
RR Richard Rugg or Robert Rutland
RR – Robert Rutland
RR over AR over IAH – Hunt & Roskell
RS Robert Swanson
RT – Richard Turner
RT JS – Richard Turner & John Shea
SA – Stephen Adams
SA – Stephen Adams I
SA – Stephen Adams II
SA WI Stephen Adams & William Jury
SB IB – Sarah & John William Blake
Sc William Scarlett
SC – Simeon Coley I
SG Samuel Godbehere
SG – Samuel Godbehere
SG – Sebastian Garrard
SG EW Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan
SG EW – Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan
SG EW IB – Samuel Godbehere, Edward Wigan & James Bult
SH – Solomon Hougham
SH over SR over IED – Solomen Hougham, Solomen Royes & John East Dix
SH SR IED – Solomon Hougham, Solomon Royes & John East Dix
SJP – Solomen Joel Phillips
SL Gabriel Sleath
SM Samuel Merton
SM – Samuel Marshall
SM – Samuel Meriton II
SM over &Co – as above
SM -S. Morden & Co
Sp Thomas Spackman
SR – Solomon Royes
SR IED – Solomon Royes & John East Dix
SR over CR – Roberts & Belks Limited
SS – Stephen Smith
SS over WN – Stephen Smith & William Nicolson
SW – Samuel Whitford I
SW – Samuel Wintle
T & W Turner & Williams
TB – Thomas Barker
TB – Thomas Bradbury & Sons
TC – Thomas Chawner
TC WC Thomas & William Chawner
TC WC – Thomas & William Chawner
TCS – T. Cox Savory
TD – Thomas Dicks
TE – Thomas Evans
TE IL – Thomas Evans & Jacob Levi
TF – Thomas Freeth
TH Thomas Heming
TH – Thomas Harper I
TH – Thomas Hayter
TH – Thomas Heming
TH GB – Thomas Northcote & George Bourne
TH GH – Thomas & George Hayter
TH IC Thomas Hannam & John Crouch
TH over GH – Thomas & George Hayter
TH RM – Thomas Hannam & Richard Mills
TK – Thomas Kirkham
TL – Thomas Liddiard
TM Makepeace
TN Thomas Northcote
TN – Thomas Northcote
TO Thomas Oliphant
TP AH – Thomas Pratt & Arthur Humphreys
TP EF – Thomas Purver & Edward Furnice
TP ER Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson
TP ER JP Thomas Phipps, Edward Robinson & James Phipps
TP IP Thomas & James Phipps
TP over ER – Thomas Phillips & Edward Robinson
TR Thomas Robins
TR – Thomas Richards
TS – Thomas Shepherd
TS – Thomas Streetin
TS over WS over HH – Thomas, Walter & Henry Holland
TT – Thomas Tookey
TW – Thomas Wallis
TW – Thomas Wallis I
TW – Thomas Wallis II
TW – Thomas Whipham
TW JH – Thomas Wallis II & Jonathan Hayne
W&H – Walker & Hall
WB William Burwash
WB – Wilkes Booth
WB – William Bateman
WB – William Burch
WB – William Burwash
WB over DB – William Bateman & Daniel Ball
WB over RS – Wiliam Burwash & Richard Sibley
WB -William Bateman I
WBJ – Walter & John Bernard
WBJ over MS – Edward Barnard & Sons
WC William Cafe
WC – William Cattell
WC – William Champion
WC – William Chatterton
WC – William Chawner
WC – William Chawner II
WE – William Eaton
WE – William Eley II
WE CE William, Charles & Henry Eley
WE GP William Eley & George Pierrepont
WE over WF – William Eley & Robert Fearn
WE over WF over WC – William Eley, Robert Fearn & William Chawner
WE Robert Eley
WE WF – William Eley I & William Fearn
WE WF WC – William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner
WF William Fearn
WF – William Fearn
WF – William Fountain
WF IF – William & John Fisher
WF PS William Frisbee & Paul Storr
WG William Grundy
WG – William Goslee
WG over JL – William Gibson & John Langman
WHS – Searle & Company
WI David Willaume
WK SK – William & Samuel Knight
WP William Peaston or William Plummer
WP – William Pinder
WP WW – William Playfair & William Wilson
Wr & Hl – Walker & Hall
WRS – W R Smiley
WS – William Seaman
WS – William Stroud
WS – William Sumner
WS – William Sumner I
WS over CS – Walter & Charles Sissons
WS over GS – Walter & George Sissons
WS RC – William Sumner & Richard Crossley
WS WP William Shaw & William Priest
WT William Tweedie
WT – Walter Thornhill
WT – William Turton
WT over RA – William Theobalds & Robert Atkinson
WT WW – William Turton & William Walbancke
As stated earlier, this list of London Silver makers is not exhaustive & you may need to buy a silver hallmarks book if the mark you are looking for is not listed here.