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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (I)

IA IB IC ID IE IF IG IH II IJ IK IL IM IN IO IP IQ IR IS IT IU IV IW IX IY IZ

IE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Edward Jennings 1721
(registered Jun 1720) 		Flatware
1720..1726
(registered Jul 1720)
1727..1738
John East 1722..1725
(registered May 1721) 		Mug, salt
John Eckford (or Eckfourd) I 1724
(registered c1720) 		Spoon
John Edwards II 1725..1732
(registered Apr 1724) 		Basket, jug, salt, salver Note: GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990's illustration is without the pellet
1730
(registered Apr 1724)
John Eckford (or Eckfourd) II 1726..1736
(registered Jun 1725) 		Mug, salver
1744
(registered Jun 1739)
John Edwards III 1789..1810
(registered Nov 1788 & 1792, 1797) 		Basket, box, chamberstick, covered dish, kettle, salt, sauce boat, teapot & stand, tongs
Innocent Ekins 1799
(registered Mar 1799) 		Watch case Casemaker, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London
John Eley 1844
(registered May 1844) 		Creamer, teapot
1845
(registered Jul 1845)
James Ede & Alexander Hewat 1808..1811
(registered Dec 1808) 		Chamberstick, flatware, teapot
Edward Aldridge & John Stamper (1754..1758)
John & Edward Edwards (John Edwards III & his son) 1813..1815
(registered Jun 1811) 		Teapot
J E Terrey & Co (John Edward Terry) 1821..1847
(registered Jan 1816 & 1828, 1835) 		Basket, dish, salver, tea service
John Edwards III & William Frisbee 1791
(registered Apr 1791) 		Salver
I E over W F 1816..1843 Basket, bowl, cruet, cup, ladle, mug, mustard, salt, salver, tea service Note: mark appears to be identical to that of Edwards & Frisbee, but the dates are not in accord with the partnership dates given by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 (Apr 1791 to Jan 1792). Frisbee died in 1820.

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IF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Feake 1618 Spoon Attributed as "probably John Feake" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
1638..1640
John Farnell (1725)
John Fossey 1732..1736
(registered Jan 1733) 		Chocolate pot, coffee pot, mug, salver, saucepan, tankard
1739..1740
(registered Jun 1739)
John Fray 1751, 1766
(registered Jan 1748 & 1756) 		Mug, sauce boat
John Faux (c1780)
I F 1796..1807 Decanter label, dish, tongs This (or very similar) mark registered by:
  • John Fountain, plateworker (Feb 1797)
  • John Fisher, smallworker (Feb 1799)
  • John Fuller, smallworker (Jan 1804)
John Foskett 1809
(registered Oct 1808) 		Sauce boat
John Fells (1814)
John Fry II 1825..1827
(registered Apr 1826) 		Cruet, mug, spoon

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		John Wilmin Figg 1837..1882
(registered Jul 1834 & 1838) 		Bowl, caddy spoon, claret jug, cruet stand, mustard, spoon, standish, tea service, tankard, wine bottle stand

(image courtesy of Waddingtons, Toronto) 		1869..1871
(registered Dec 1882)
Israel Freeman & Son Ltd 1932..1969 Caster, candlestick, condiments, cow creamer (imported), decanter label, decanter mount, desk blotter mount, flatware, salver, tea service, trophy cup Hatton Garden, London
1945, 1956..1960, 1973
1947..1972
John Fox (or Faux) & George Love c1770
(registered May 1764) 		Tongs
John Foskett & John Stewart 1809..1810
(registered Feb 1810) 		Dish, tea service
John Ford & John Williams c1775
(registered Mar 1767 		Tongs Bath, Somerset

Also a mark with bevelled corners registered May 1782:
I·F
I·W

John & William Frost c1816
(registered May 1816) 		Bodkin A similar mark with pellets registered Nov 1814

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IG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
John Gellibrand 1634 Sweetmeat dish Attributed as "probably John Gellibrand" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017.

Mark described by JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 as "IG over a covered cup or garbe [wheatsheaf]"

I G 1661..1671 Porringer Attributed as "possibly John Gibbs" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
James Goodwin (1725..1728)
John Gamon 1727..1737
(registered Mar 1727) 		Caster, jug, ladle, saucepan
John Gorham
or
Jeffrey Griffith 		1728..1732 Spoon Apparently identical marks registered by:
  • John Gorham, largeworker (Dec 1728)
  • Jeffrey Griffith, largeworker (Dec 1728)
James Gould 1727..1730
(registered Nov 1722) 		Candlestick, snuffer tray

(image courtesy of www.waxantiques.com) 		1734..1737
(registered c1732-1734)
1739..1746
(registered May 1739)
Mary Gould 1747
(registered Aug 1747) 		Candlestick Mark registered by "Mrs James Gould", presumably following the death of James Gould
John Gorham (1751..1759)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		James Graham c1770
(registered Aug 1769) 		Tongs
John Gold 1794..1795
(registered Mar 1793) 		Mustard, salt Smallworker
Joseph Glenny

or

James Gouldsbrough

1797 Watch case Apparently identical marks registered by
  • Joseph Glenny, case maker (Oct 1792 and various dates through to 1821)
  • James Gouldsbrough, case maker (May 1792)
Joseph Glenny (probably) 1804..1807 Watch case This mark (I G, pellet between, not described by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990)
John Gear 1805
(registered Aug 1805) 		Salt Smallworker
Joseph Glenny 1810..1823
(registered Oct 1792 and various dates through to 1821) 		Watch case
Joseph Guest 1811
(registered May 1812) 		Creamer
R & S Garrard & Co (1882..1897)

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IH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
H T (or H I) (1658)
Samuel Hitchcock (1713..1719)
John Hopkins (probably) 1722 Spoon
John Hopkins 1725 Spoon Registration undated
John Holland I 1725
(registered Jul 1720) 		Spoon
John Holland II (1743)
John Harvey (I) (c1750)
John Harvey (I) (c1750)
John Harvey (I) (1752)
I H 1762..1763 Candlestick, snuffer tray Possibly John Horsley; noted as "Unregistered" by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990
James Harmar c1785
(registered Apr 1761) 		Tongs Harmar registered as a smallworker but is mentioned as a bucklemaker in 1773
John Hutson 1784..1799
(registered Jan 1784) 		Chamberstick, decanter label, salver Plateworker

Similar marks registered by
  • John Hills (spoonmaker) Nov 1773
  • James Hine (smallworker) Sep 1774
  • James Hyde (smallworker) Nov 1777
John Holloway 1795
(registered Jan 1788) 		Box Died 1797
John Hawkins 1803
(registered Nov 1802 & 1817, 1825 to 1831) 		Flatware Spoonmaker
1821..1824
(registered 1821 & 1823)
John Holdup (probably) 1807
(registered Nov 1809) 		Spoon Spoon maker
John Houle 1814..1823
(registered Apr 1811) 		Cup & cover, egg cruet, tureen Plateworker
John Harris (1817..1822)
John Harris IV 1818..1838
(registered Jan 1818) 		Flatware Spoonmaker
1819..1820
(registered Feb 1820)
1822
(registered Jan 1822)
1828..1830
(registered Jul 1825)
John William Hammon 1825
(registered c1824) 		Watch case Case maker, Clerkenwell, London
1839..1840
(registered Mar 1837)
Jonathan Hayne (1823..1836)
Jonathan Hayne (1828..1833)
Jonathan Hayne (1829..1830)
John Harris (1829..1833)
Joseph Hodgson 1827..1840
(registered Feb 1827) 		Plate, salver Plateworker
John Harris V 1834..1839
(registered Nov 1831 & 1834) 		Dish, flatware Smallworker
John Hammon 1857
(registered May 1848) 		Watch case Case maker, York Street, Coventry
1860..1866
(registered Apr 1848 & 1860, 1862, 1864, 1869, 1873)
John Harris 1869..1883
(registered Apr 1866 & 1874) 		Watch case Case maker, York Street, Coventry; later (1886) Hertford Place, Coventry

Note: may be 2 different watchcase makers of the same name

1889
(registered Sep 1886)
How of Edinburgh Ltd 1959..1979 Goblet, tumbler cup Antique dealer, Pickering Place, London SW1
Wippell Mowbray Church Furnishers Ltd (1969..1979)
John Hunt & Robert Roskell 1866..1887
(registered Aug 1865) 		Bowl, claret jug, coffee pot, cruet, goblet, locket, mug, plate, salver, tea caddy, tea kettle, tea service, toast rack
1866..1872
(registered Aug 1865)
1867
(registered Aug 1865)
John Hyatt & Charles Semore 1757..1762
(registered Sep 1757) 		Candlestick, chamberstick Both GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 & JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 show this mark with a central pellet
James Henry Daniel 1823
(registered Jan 1823) 		Caddy spoon
1826..1835
(registered Jul 1825) 		Flatware
Joseph Harris Elliot 1857..1859
(registered Apr 1857) 		Watch case Case maker, Skinner Street, London (1852); Butts, Coventry (1854)

(image courtesy of Sterling Choice) 		I H M 1965 Imported brooch
John Hyatt & Charles Semore (1757..1762)
Joseph Hardy & Thomas Lowndes 1798
(registered May 1798) 		Mustard

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