Silver Makers' Marks - Birmingham Assay Office (F)

F/F& FA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZ

F&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F 1904..1912 Box, candlestick, condiments, creamer, frame, mirror, spoon, sucrier, vase
Joseph Foxall & Co 1849..1853
(registered Feb 1850)
Box, card case, decanter label, knife blade, spoon, vinaigrette Jewellers & silversmiths, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Fraget & Co 1900..1913
(registered Mar 1901)
Bell, box, bread fork, buckle, card case, frames, napkin ring, salt, shoehorn, spoon, tea service, vesta Wholesale jewellers, Gresham Street, London EC; and (from 1902) Holborn Bars, London EC.

Company closed in 1915

F & D 1903..1906 Basket, jar top, spice shaker, spoon, standish, tray, vesta

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Friedman & Gottliffe Ltd 1912..1920 Napkin ring, vesta Manufacturing jewellers, Leeds & Birmingham
Fowmes & Greaves 1919
(registered Mar 1919)
Cigarette case

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
F & G 1920 or 1945 Napkin ring, spoon & tongs set
Ferguson & MacBean (probably) 1902 Rim of wooden quaich Inverness

Mark also includes "INVSS". A similar mark with serifs registered by Ferguson & MacBean for Sheffield, 1892.

Fortnum & Mason Ltd 2012 Cigar cutter Piccadilly, London W1
Fattorini & Sons Ltd 1890..1892, 1942..1970
(registered Jun 1888)
Condiments, crucifix pendant, fob medal, fruit knife, medal, sauce boat, souvenir spoon, tea service, trophy cup & plaque, watch case Bradford, London, Birmingham & Glasgow.

Retailers specialising in "medals, shields, trophies, cups & badges"


Note: some minor variations seen
1897..1969
Fergenbaum & Son 1920..1925
(registered Mar 1920)
Candlestick, chain bag, cigarette case, swift, tazza, tea service, vesta
F & S 1970 Button
Franks & Tuffley 1903..1904
(registered Jan 1903)
Salt, scent bottle holder




FA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F A Barrett 1898..1925
(registered Mar 1873)
Baptismal spoon, chalice, paten, pyx box Similar mark in sans serif font registered Feb 1930
Francis Arthur Edwardes 1923..1932 Moorcroft vase mount, statuette Formerly manager of the metalwork section of the Duchess of Sutherland's Cripples Guild (see Birmingham MS mark)




FB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F B 1898..1899 Purse mount
Frank Banks 1912..1921
(registered Aug 1909)
Box, cigarette case, compact, napkin ring, sovereign holder, vesta Regent Place, Birmingham
F Bushell 1920
(registered Jan 1920)
Cigarette case

(image courtesy of David Maber)
F Brady & Co 1923
(registered Oct 1922)
Jar lid A similar mark with serif characters registered Apr 1916
F B Bros 1925..1928 Napkin ring
F Burton Crosbee 1931..1946
(registered Jan 1929)
Box, cigarette case, flask, vanity jar top
F B H 1960..1964 Brooch, ladle, spoon
F Bros 1975 Locket
F Bros 1974..1977 Locket
F Bs & Co 1933 Fob medal
Fenton Brothers Ltd 1901 Toast rack South Moor Works, Earl Street, Sheffield




FC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Clark 1827..1849
(registered Aug 1826)
Box, butter knife, caddy spoon, decanter label, fruit knife, spectacles, spoon, vinaigrette Newhall Street, Birmingham
1828..1833
(registered Jul 1826)
1847
(registered Dec 1840)
Frank Cobb & Co 1920, 1960 Badge, compact Howard Street, Sheffield
Frederick Charles Berkeley (registered May 1889) Pencil case maker, Carver Street, Birmingham
F C Parry & Co 1951..1955 Fob medal, masonic medal, perfume atomiser Regalia makers, Regalia House, Frederick Street, Birmingham
F C Parry Ltd 1957..1991, 2004
(registered May 1957)
F C Richards 1923..1937
(registered Nov 1923)
Ashtray, basket, bowl, caster, flask, mug, mustard, salver, sifter spoon, tankard, toast rack, tray, trophy cup




FD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F D 1881 Vesta
Frederick Davis 1881
(registered Nov 1881)
Locket
F D 1919..1921 Cigarette case, purse
F D 1941 Cigarette case
Frank Daykin 1997..2002
(registered 1956)
Bracelet, cuff links, pendant Most work done since 1991
F D F 1923 Bookmark
F D Long 1917..1929
(registered May 1916)
Cigarette case, mug, purse, vesta




FE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Elkington & Co (Frederick Elkington) 1868..1888
(registered Nov 1868)
Cruet stand, cup, fork, goblet, jug, mug, napkin ring, spoon, tea service, trophy cup Newhall Street, Birmingham
F E 1887 Napkin ring
F E H 1972 Candle snuffer
F E L 1922..1924 Jar lid
F E Woodward 1919
(registered Jul 1919)
Cigarette case




FF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Frederick Field

subsequently Frederick Field Ltd

1919..1964 Box, card case, cigarette case, compact, match book holder, napkin ring, vesta Warstone Lane, Birmingham
1923..1961
Fetter, Forbes & Co 1907..1909 Fob medal, matchbook holder, watch chain T-bar Walter Fetter & Walter Hickman Forbes trading as Fetter, Forbes & Co, manufacturing jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham
1910..1921
1922
F Fattorini & Son Ltd 1946..1952
(registered Dec 1945)
Fob medal
Frank Fincher London 1930..1938 Masonic jewel Queens Road, Brighton, Sussex