British Jewelry Maker's Marks

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Adie Bros.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
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Adie Bros.
e.1879 Cl.1968
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
Designers c.1925
• Fernand Piret
Harold Stabler



Artificers' Guild

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
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Artificers' Guild
1901-1942
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
• Retailers
• Jewelry & Other Metalwork
Designers
Nelsen Dawson & Founder
Edward Spencer



Ashbee, Charles Robert

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
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Charles Robert Ashbee
(1863-1942)
Great Britain
Founder
Guild of Handicraft 1888
• Jewelry and Metalwork Designer
Honorary Member
• Vereinigung bildender Kunstler Osterreich-Secession, Vienna.
1915-1919
• Professor in Cairo
1919-1923
• Palestine



Asprey & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
1903-1908
1906-1907 - Objects
1908
1910-1965
1986
2007
Asprey & Co.
e.1781
Great Britain
• Jewelers
• Silversmiths



Barnard, Edward, & Sons

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Edward Barnard & Sons
e.1829
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
Designers
• Jane Barnard
• Charles Francis Annesley Voysey


Benham & Froud

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Benham & Froud
late 19th century
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
Designer
Christopher Dresser


Benson, William Arthur Smith

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
William Arthur Smith Benson
e.c.1880s
(1854-1924)
Great Britain
• Architect & designer.
• Manufacturers
• Silver, Plate & Other Metalwork (some cast iron work)
Designed for
• Coalbrookdale Co.
• Falkirk Iron Co.



Birmingham Guild of Handicraft

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft
e.1895
Great Britain
• Jewelry & Metalwork Crafts Association working with precious and base metals.
Designers
• Arthur S. Dixon & Founder.
• Claude Napier-Clavering



Blackband, William Thomas

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
William Thomas Blackband
1885-1949
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Jewelers


Boyton, Charles, & Son

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Charles Boyton & Son
e.1934
(1885-1958)
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
• Worked in family firm.
1935
• Opened a silver workshop.
Designer
Charles Boyton


Carr, Alwyn C.E.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Alwyn C.E Carr
(1872-1940)
London
• Silversmith
• Educated at Sheffield School of Art.
1898-1919
• Set up workshop with Omar Ramsden.


Century Guild

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Chiselled Mark
Century Guild
fl.1883-c.1892
Great Britain
• Metalwork Guild
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
• H.P. Horne


Comyns, William, & Sons

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
William Comyns & Sons
e.1848
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers


Connell & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Connell & Co.
c.1839
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
• Jewelers
Retailed for
• William Hutton & Sons
• A.E. Jones



Cooper, John Paul

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
John Paul Cooper
(1869-1933)
London
Birmingham
Westerham
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
• Pioneered the use of shagreen in the English Arts & Crafts Movement.



Courthope, Frederick

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Frederick Courthope
fl.1885-1915
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
Designer
• John Dando Sedding


Cuzner, Bernard

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Bernard Cuzner
(1877-1956)
Birmingham, Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
Studied
• Birmingham School of Jewellery.
Designer for
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
Liberty & Co. c.1900.
Elkington & Co. Ltd.
1910
• Birmingham School of Art, Metalwork Department Head.



Daish, Florence Ada

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Florence Ada Daish
fl.c.1930
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler


Dawson, Nelson

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Nelson Dawson
(1859-1942)
Great Britain
&bull Architect and painter who took up metalwork c.1891.
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
• Metalworker
Enameller
1901-1903
• Designer & Founder Artificers' Guild.
• Enamels by his wife Edith Dawson (m.1893).
1914
• Returned to painting.



Deakin & Francis

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Deakin & Francis
1786 - present
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
Designer
Arthur Edward Harvey


Dixon, Arthur S.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Arthur S. Dixon
(1865-1929)
Birmingham
• Silversmith
• Architect
1895
• Founder Birmingham Guild of Handicraft



Dixon, James & Sons

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
James Dixon & Sons
e.1806
Sheffield, Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
c.1879
• Executed designs for Christopher Dresser



Dresser, Christopher

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signatures
Christopher Dresser
(1834-1904)
London
Silver & plate designs executed by
Dixon & Sons
Elkington & Co.
Heath & Middleton
Hukin & Heath
Metalwork
Benham & Froud
• Chubb & Co.
• Deakin & Moore
• Hardman & Co.
Liberty & Co.
Perry, Son & Co.
Cast Iron
• Coalbrookdale Co.



Dryad Metal Works

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Dryad Metal Works
e.1912
Great Britain
• Metalwork
Designer
• William Pick


Dunhill, Alfred, & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Alfred Dunhill & Co.
fl.20th century
Great Britain
• Retailers of Gold & Silver Lighters, Boxes & Accessories"


Elkington & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Elkington & Co.
e.1836
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
• Metalwork
• Silver and Plate
Founder
• George Richard Elkington, inventor of Electroplating.
1875-1885
• Executed designs for Christopher Dresser
1935
• Executed modern designs for
• Reginald Hill
• Frank Neville
• John Walker



Fisher, Alexander

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Alexander Fisher
(1864-1936)
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
• Studied Enamelling in Paris.
• Taught at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, London.
1896
• Established his own school.



Gaskin, Arthur Joseph

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Engraved Initials
Arthur Joseph Gaskin
1862-1928
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
Designer for
Liberty & Co.


Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
e.1898-1952
London
• Silversmiths
• Goldsmiths
• Manufacturers
• Retailers
c. 1930s Executed designs for
Bernard Cuzner
Arthur Edward Harvey
• S.J Day
• Leslie Durbin



Guild of Handicraft

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Guild of Handicraft
e.1888-1907
London
Chipping Campden
• Guild
• Jewelry
• Metalwork
Founder & Designer
C.R. Ashbee
Members
George Hart
Frederick James Partridge
John Pearson
John Williams



Hart, George

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
George Hart
b.1882
Chipping Campden, Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Designer
Membership in
Guild of Handicraft
• Worked with Huyshe and Warmington following the closure of Guild of Handicraft.



Harvey, Arthur Edward

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Arthur Edward Harvey
1893-1978
Birmingham
• Designer
• Head of the School of Industrial Design, Birmingham.
c.1930s Designed for
Deakin & Francis (Silver & Plate)
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
Hukin & Heath
Mappin & Webb



Haseler, W.H., & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
W.H. Haseler & Co.
e.1850
Birmingham
•Manufacturers
•Silver
•Jewelry
1899 - 1927
• Manufactured 'Cymric' for Liberty & Co.



Heath & Middleton

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Heath & Middleton
1887-1909
Great Britain
• Manufacturers (Silver & Plate)
• Metalwork
Designer
Christopher Dresser


Hislop, DavidW.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
David W. Hislop
e.1904-05
Glasgow
• Jeweler
• Watchmaker
• Stone dealer
Retailer for
• C. R. Mackintosh



Hodel, Joseph

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signature
Joseph Hodel
fl.1890-1915
Great Britain
• Metalwork
• Associated with Bromsgrove Guild


Horne, Herbert Percy

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Egraved Initials
Herbert Percy Horne
1864-1916
Great Britain
• Designer
• Metalwork Designs for Century Guild


Horner, Charles, & Son

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Charles Horner & Sons
fl.1900-1920
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturing
• Jewelers


Hukin & Heath

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Hukin & Heath
e.1855-1953
Birmingham
• Manufacturers
• Silver and Plate
Executed designs for
• Metalworker Christopher Dresser c.1878.
• Metalworker Arthur Edward Harvey c.1930s.



Hunt, Geoge

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signature
George Hunt
fl.1910-40
Great Britain
• Jeweler


Hutton, William, & Sons

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
William Hutton & Sons
e.1800-c.1925
Birmingham
London
• Manufacturer - Silver & Plate
• Metalwork
Designer
• Kate Harris (produced items for 1900 Paris Exhibition.)



Instone, Bernard

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Bernard Instone
b.1891
Birmingham
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
Enamellist



Jones, Albert Edward

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Albert Edward Jones
1879-1954
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler


Jones & Crompton

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Jones & Crompton
fl.c.1900
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Manufacturers


Keswick School of Industrial Art

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Keswick School of Industrial Art
e.1884
Keswick
• Metalwork - Silver
• Small objects in the Arts & Crafts style.
Designers
• Herbert T. Maryon
Harold Stabler



Knox, Archibald

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Archibald Knox
(1864-1933)
Isle of Man
London
• Painter & designer
Designer c.1899-1906
Liberty & Co. 'Cymeric' silver and 'Tudric' pewter.


Krall, Charles

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Charles Krall
e.1881
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
• Jewelers
Designer
• John Dando Sedding


Legros, Alphonse

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Cast Signature
Alphonse Legros
1837-1911
Great Britain
• Medallist


Liberty & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Liberty & Co.
e.1875
London
Founder
• Sir Arthur Lasenby Liberty.
• Retailers & Organizers of Jewelry Design & Production
• Cymric Silver 1899-1927
• Tudric Pewter
Manufacturers
W.H. Haseler & Co.
Designers
• Oliver Baker (1859-1938)
Bernard Cuzner
Christopher Dresser
Arthur Joseph Gaskin
Albert Edward Jones
• J.M. King
Archibald Knox


Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1868-1928
Glasgow
• Architect
• Designer
• Jewelry and flatware made by Elkington & Co..
• Often marked David Hislop.


Mackintosh, Margaret MacDonald

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Engraved Signature
Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
1865-1933
Great Britain
• Jeweler
• Metalworker


Mackmurdo, Arthur Heygate

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Hammered Initials
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
1851-1942
Great Britain
• Designer
• Metalwork


McNair, J. Herbert

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Engraved Signature
J. Herbert McNair
1868-1953
Great Britain
• Jewelry
• Metalwork
• Designer


Mappin & Webb

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Mappin & Webb
e.1869
London
Sheffield
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
1774
• Jonathan Mappin opened a small cutlery workshop in Sheffield.
1775
• The first Mappin Silver Maker's Mark was registered.
1849
• First London showroom was opened.
• Jonathan's four great grandsons took over the company.
1860
• John Mappin (the youngest grandson) broke away and formed Mappin & Company.
1868
• John Newton Mappin joined with George Webb to establish Mappin & Webb.
Noted for
• Fine silver, jewelry, watches and clocks.
1897
• Royal Warrant granted by Queen Victoria in the year of her diamond jubilee.
1903
• John Newton Mappin purchased Mappin Brothers.
Designer
• A. Hatfield (until 1935)
c.1930s Executed designs for
Arthur Edward Harvey
• Keith Murray
• James Warwick
1990
• Joined the Asprey group.
Currently
• Privately owned by the retail group Aurum Holdings.
• Hold a Royal Warrant as Sliversmiths to the Queen and The Prince of Wales.


Marks, Gilbert Leigh

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Engraved Signature & Stamped Mark/Initials
Gilbert Leigh Marks
(1861-1905)
e.1885
London
• Silversmith
• Metalworker
• Studied under Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst.
1885
• Set himself up as a silversmith.
1896
• Registered his Mark.



Murphy, Henry George

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark & Initials
Henry George Murphy
(1884-1939)
e.1913
London
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
• Studied and taught at the Central School of Arts Crafts, London.
1913
• Opened his own shop.



Murrle Bennett & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Murrle Bennett & Co.
1884-c.1914
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
• Jewelry Importers
• Associated with Liberty & Co. Jewelry Maker's Mark and Theodore Fahrner


Napper & Davenport

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Napper & Davenport
fl.1920-40
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers


Newlyn Industrial Class

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signature
Newlyn Industrial Class
1890-1939
Great Britain
• Metalworkers
• Jewelers
Enamelists
Designer
• J.D. Mackenzie
John Pearson



Ogden & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Ogden & Co.
fl.1920-40
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
Designer
Harold Stabler



Partridge, Frederick James

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signature
Frederick James Partridge
1877-1942
Great Britain
• Jeweler
• Associated briefly with Guild of Handicraft


Pearson, John

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
John Pearson
fl.1895-1925
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Metalworker
Associated with
Guild of Handicraft
Newlyn Industrial Class


Perry, Son & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Perry, Son & Co.
1876-83
"
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
• Metalwork
Designer
Christopher Dresser


Powell, James, & Sons

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
James Powell & Sons
e.1834
Great Britain
• Silver Mounts for their own Glassware



Omar Ramsden

Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Omar Ramsden

(1873-1939)
e.1898
closed 1939
London

1887
• Apprenticed at a Sheffield silversmith.
1888
• Won prizes and awards a the Sheffield School of Art.
• Met Alwyn Carr.
1898
• Ramsden and Carr registered their mark at Goldsmith's Hall, London.
• Designed Art Nouveau jewelry, influenced by medieval and contemporary designs.
1919
• Firm dissolved and Ramsden continued in a more traditional style.
1939
• Death of Ramsden.


Ramsden & Carr

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Ramsden & Carr
1898-1919
Great Britain
Omar Ramsden and Alwyn C.E. Carr


Rathbone, Richard Llewellyn Benson

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Monogram with Signature
Richard Llewellyn Benson Rathbone
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Designer
• Jeweler
• Metalworker


Reynolds, William Bainbridge

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
William Bainbridge Reynolds
1864-1939
Great Britain
• Silversmith
Designer for
Starkie Gardner & Co.


Roberts & Belk

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Roberts & Belk
e.1809
Sheffield
• Manufacturers of Silver & Plate
Designer c.1920s-30s
• Walter P. Belk



Shiner, Cyril James

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Cyril James Shiner
b.1908
Birmingham
• Silversmith
• Trained with Bernard Cuzner.
• Studied a the Royal College of Art, London.
Designer for
Wakeley & Wheeler



Spencer, Edward

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Signature
Edward Spencer
(1872-1938)
London
• Designer
• Metalworker
1903
• Chief Designer Artificers' Guild.
Materials
Shagreen
Ivory
Mother-of-Pearl



Stabler, Harold

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials & Signature
Harold Stabler
(1872-1945)
London
• Designer
• Metalworker
Keswick School of Industrial Art.
• Director 1898-1899.
• Sir John Cass Technical Institute, London.
• Teacher and Art Department head.
Designer for
Adie Bros.
• Firth Vickers
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
Ogden & Co.
Wakeley & Wheeler



Starkie Gardner & Co.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Starkie Gardner & Co.
fl.1875-1940
Great Britain
• Manufacturers
• Metalworkers
Designer
William Bainbridge Reynolds



Thew, Mary

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Hammered Initial
Mary Thew
fl.1900-30
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Jeweler
Enamelist


Wakeley & Wheeler

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Wakeley & Wheeler
e.1791
London
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers
Executed designs for
• R.M.Y. Gleadowe
Cyril James Shiner
Harold Stabler



Walker & Hall

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Mark
Walker & Hall
e.1843
Great Britain
• Silversmiths
• Manufacturers


Wallis, Hugh

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Hugh Wallis
fl.1895-1935
Great Britain
• Metalworker


Williams, John

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
John Williams
fl.1890-1915
Great Britain
• Silversmith
• Metalworker
Member
Guild of Handicraft



Wilson, Henry J.

Jewelry Maker's Mark Name/Period Location Specialty
Stamped Initials
Henry J. Wilson
(1864-1934)
e.1895
London
Borough Green
• Jeweler
• Metalworker
Designer for
• Longden & Co.
1901
• Teacher - Metalwork & enamelling - Royal College of Art.
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