Silver Makers' Marks - Chester Assay Office (J)

J& JA JB JC JD JE JF JG JH JI JJ JK JL JM JN JO JP JQ JR JS JT JU JV JW JX JY JZ

JT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Gaskins Tayton & Sons 1867
(registered Feb 1866)
Watch case Watchcase makers, Trafalgar Street, Coventry
John Troup & Sons (registered Feb 1880) Napkin ring, thimble Hatton Garden, London
1890..1913
(registered c1887)

Note: Letters are in conjoined circles
John Thompson & Sons 1907
(registered May 1907)
Napkin ring, sovereign case, thimble Clerkenwell Road, London
1909..1913
(registered Apr 1904)
James Thomas White (registered Feb 1864) Case maker, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London




JU

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
James Usher & Son 1912..1916
(registered Jun 1913)
Lincoln Imp souvenir spoon Jewellers & silversmiths, High Street, Lincoln




JV

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Vincent (registered Sep 1916) Silversmith & goldsmith, St Mary's Street, Weymouth, Dorset




JW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Joseph Walley 1785 Spoon Water Street, Liverpool

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John Woodman (registered Nov 1881) Case maker, Smith Street, Clerkenwell, London
James Widmer (probably) 1881 Watch case Case maker, Holborn Viaduct, London

Note: this mark not recorded in Chester Assay Office Register, but Widmer registered a mark in 1882. This mark is identical to one registered by him in London.

Joseph Whitten (probably) 1895
(registered Nov 1882)
Spoon Jeweller, Spencer Street, Birmingham
J Weir & Sons 1901..1915
(registered Nov 1901)
Cigarette case, napkin ring, salt Wicklow Place, Dublin
John William Barrett 1920
(registered Oct 1910)
Spoon Jeweller, Warstone Lane, Birmingham
James William Benson 1913
(registered c1886)
Mirror Ludgate Hill, London
J W Benson Ltd (registered May 1911)
John William Caldicott (registered Jan 1898) Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler 1884..1908
(registered 1884)
Basket, butter dish, decanter label, cup, egg cup, flatware, mustard, napkin ring, salt, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy Hatton Garden, London & Forde Street, Dublin
John William Guyton 1945
(registered Feb 1946)
Box Gold & silversmith, Hawarden Road, Caergwle, Wales
J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan) 1901..1904
(registered c1886)
Cigarette case, thimble, vesta Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London
(registered c1892)
James Walker Ltd 1928
(registered Nov 1927)
Thimble High Street, Streatham
1928..1929
(registered Nov 1927)
James Walter Tiptaft

J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd
(from c1918)

(registered Apr 1904) Fob medal Northampton Street, Birmingham




JY

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Yeomans Cowlishaw (registered Mar 1906) Market Street, Sheffield




JZ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
J Zeving (or Joseph Zweig) 1913..1920
(registered Jul 1913)
Judaic silverware (cup, goblet, plate) CulmeCulme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1987 lists this as Joseph Zweig; the Chester CompendiumRidgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962,  Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 has it as Samuel Zeving trading as J Zeving, Great Garden Street, London