Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (T)

TA TB TC TD TE TJ TK TM TP TR TS TT

T&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T & E c1800 Tongs Possibly Turnbull & Easton of Glasgow

Tongs only had thistle & duty marks

Thomas Smith & Sons (1898..1907)




TA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Thomas Anderson 1767 Spoon
Thomas A Finlayson 1831..1837 Flatware Glasgow
Benjamin Tait 1768 Spoon




TB

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Buchanan 1992
(registered Aug 1974)
Pot pourri box lid Cardenden, Fife, Scotland
Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd 1936
(registered Nov 1935)
Arundel Street, Sheffield

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
T Bartie 1824..1827 Spoon Retailer's mark. Mark seen with Alexander Edmonstoun III's maker's mark (1824)




TC

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Cooper (probably) 1840..1858 Flatware Mark not illustrated by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths but Cooper was working from 1840 and died in 1863
The Thimble Collectors' Guild 1989..1990
(registered Oct 1988; lapsed 1998)
Thimble Biggar, Scotland




TD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Drysdale (probably) 1828..1829 Ladle, tongs Mark not illustrated by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths but Drysdale was working from 1826 to 1831
T D 2010 Napkin ring




TE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of David Mercer)
Thomas Kerr Ebbutt

subsequently T K Ebbutt Ltd

1900..1969
(registered 1903)
Brooch, buckle, chamberstick, chatelaine, clan badge, dagger mount, decanter label, egg cup, kilt pin, quaich, spoon, thimble, whisky tot Manufacturing jeweller, St David's Square, Edinburgh

Ebbutt started work in 1896 and died in 1921. His company continued in business until 1977 when it was bought by Hamilton & Inches. H&I continued to use the TE mark until c2000. Registration remains current.

1971..1985
(registered 1962)
1984..1999
(registered Aug 1977)
1987..1998
(registered 1961)




TJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Johnston 1900 Dirk mount
T J Skelton 1937
(registered Sep 1937)
Fob medal Percy James Skelton & Elicia Millicent Skelton trading as T J Skelton, manufacturing jewellers, Vyse Street, Birmingham




TK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Ker 1682 Spoon
T K P 1847 Tongs




TM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T McD 1945 Spoon
Tony Michael Holland 1986..1993
(registered Oct 1985)
Bookmark, brooch, ladle, spoon, tumbler Achnasheen, Ross-shire

Previously trading as Highland Line (see HL mark)

Thomas McPherson (probably) 1812 Goblet Until 1812 McPherson was in partnership with William Dick (see their D&M mark)




TP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T P 2001 Cuff links
Thomas Patterson Burlison 1961
(registered Nov 1959)
Creamer, sucrier Head of Craft Department, Felling Heworth Modern School (see mark at "FHMS"), Gateshead




TR

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T R & Co 1895 Napkin ring
Thomas R Brodie 1972..1973
(registered Jul 1972)
Imported box Importer & wholesaler, Glasgow

A later registration of this mark (Aug 1980) in the name of Mentor jewellers, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh





TS

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Semple (probably) 1796 Creamer Working dates 1791-1799
T S 1823..1824 Spoon, tongs
T S 1892 Butter knife
Tianguis Jackson 2006..2008 Bracelet Andover, Hampshire

Web site

undated
Thomas Smith & Sons (probably) 1891..1909 Bookmark, fob medal, medal, quaich
Thomas Smith & Sons 1898..1907 Centrepiece bowl, plaque, quaich Princes Street, Edinburgh
T S Cuthbert Buchanan Street, Glasgow

Mark previously registered in Glasgow. Registered in Edinburgh after closure of Glasgow Assay Office.





TT

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
T T 1806..1807 Spoon Mark illustrated by Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths but marked as "Unidentified"




TW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Travis, Wilson & Co Ltd 1956..1965 Napkin ring, spoon (from sets with all assay office marks) Clarence Works, Bath Street, Sheffield
T W & J H 1809 Decanter label Identical to Thomas Wallis & Jonathan Hayne's London mark