Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (J)

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JV

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	James Vickery	1851..1872 (registered Aug 1851)	Box, jar lid
	Cornelius Joshua Vander	1889..1903 (registered Oct 1886)	Beaker, bowl, box, caster, coffee pot, goblet, replica oil lamp, sauce boat, spoon
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	John Vander	1907 (registered Mar 1904)	Flatware
	John Vincent	1937..1938	Spoon	Silversmith & goldsmith, St Mary's Street, Weymouth, Dorset
	J v B	1996	Dish	A mark with the same initials registered 1971 at Edinburgh Assay Office by John Neil van Bogerijen
	Vander & Hedges (John Gotliev Vander & John Hedges)	1887 (registered Jun 1887)	Spoon

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JW

Mark

Maker

Dates seen

Seen on

Comments

John White (I) (1739)

James Wilks (1740..1750)

James Wilks (1742..1755)

Thomas Whipham (1746..1765)

James Williams

1755
(registered Jul 1755)

Spoon

Fuller White (1759..1767)

Thomas Wallis II (1785..1890)

Thomas Wallis II (1793..1809)

Joseph Wyatt

1792..1793
(registered Oct 1789)

Basket, mustard, nutmeg grater

Joseph Willmore

1795
(registered Dec 1805)

Tongs

Birmingham

(registered Mar 1840)

James Wintle

1812
(registered Oct 1812)

Flatware

1818..1840
(registered 1818 to 1838)

John Williams

1808
(registered Sep 1807)

Watch case

Case maker, Great Sutton Street, Islington, London

1815
(registered Feb 1814)

1822
(registered Feb 1822)

1825
(registered Jul 1815 & four more times through to 1837)

1842
(registered Jul 1839)

J W

1820

Spoon

Mark not shown by

John West

1822
(registered Mar 1822)

Watch case

Case maker, White Cross Street, London; later Banner Square, St Luke's, London

1827..1833
(registered Oct 1833)

1842
(registered Feb 1841)

John James Whiting

1833..1836
(registered Oct 1833)

Flatware

1836..1846
(registered May 1840)

1847..1863
(registered Dec 1847 & Mar 1855 (as John Whiting))

Jacob Wintle

1843..1848
(registered Jan 1844)

Ladle, spoon

Spoon maker, Roupel Street, Blackfriars Road

Seems to have succeeded to the business of James Wintle at the same address

James Walker

1861..1876
(registered Sep 1854)

Watch case

Case maker, Albert Street, Coventry

A similar mark registered by Joseph Walton (q.v.), but note difference in the "W"

Joseph Walton

1868..1909
(registered Feb 1867)

Cigarette case, jar lid, napkin ring, sovereign case, watch case

Upper Charles Street, London EC

1879..1884
(registered Jan 1875)

1879..1883
(registered Dec 1874)

Joseph Walton & Co

1917
(registered Sep 1911)

John Wilkinson

1875
(registered May 1860)

Gold ring

Ring maker & manufacturing jeweller, Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London

6 similar marks registered between 1860 and 1876

John Henry Williamson

1878..1889
(registered Jan 1871)

Fork, spoon, tea & coffee service

A similar mark registered by Joseph Walton, Dec 1874

James Widmer

1878..1879
(registered Jan 1878)

Watch case

Case maker, Holborn Viaduct, London

(registered Mar 1878)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)

John Woodman

1889..1893
(registered Nov 1876)

Watch case

Case maker, Smith Street, Clerkenwell, London

Isidor Weil

1890
(registered Oct 1886)

Spoon

Mark is:


	J.W

John Edward Wilmot

1898
(registered Oct 1897)

Dish

Hylton Street, Birmingham

John West

1900
(registered Mar 1899)

Wallet

John Williams

1903
(registered Nov 1902)

Goblet

Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd

1973..1978

Silver-mounted Wedgwood items: brooch, napkin ring, paperweight, ring

J W

1991..2007

Imported toothpick, mirror

Joseph Walton & Co (1917)

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)

Josiah Williams & Co

1933..1938

Coffee pot, flatware, jug, knife, napkin rings

Augustine Parade, Bristol

1934..1940

1939..1944

J W & Co

1948

Masonic jewel

John Walker & Co Ltd

1899..1902
(registered Sep 1898)

Purse mount

J Wippell & Co Ltd

1903
(registered Jul 1903)

Ecclesiatical silver: chalice, communion set, pyx box, spoon

Clerical Outfitters, Cathedral Yard, Exeter & Duncannon Street, London WC

1908..1971
(registered Jul 1903)

J Wippell & Co Ltd (probably)

1986..1992

Chalice & paten, letter opener, travelling communion set

A very similar mark definitely registered by Wippell & Co. The company is still in business (2015).

Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst

1908..1923
(registered May 1908)

Ash tray, candlestick, cigarette box, novelty pepperette, trophy cup

Similar mark with sans-serif characters registered May 1908

1927..1938

Similar mark with sans-serif characters seen on 1973 commemorative beaker

John William Barrier

1889..1906
(registered Jan 1872)

Tongs

James William Benson

1880..1903
(registered Feb 1880)

Caster, cigarette case, condiments, cup, dressing table set, flatware, spoon & tongs set, tea service, watch case

Ludgate Hill, London

J W Benson Ltd

1912..1937
(registered Oct 1912)

(registered Oct 1912)

1933..1938

John William Barrett

(registered May 1904)

Jeweller, Warstone Lane, Birmingham

J W B

1970

Decanter label

John William Caldicott

(registered Sep 1910)

Birmingham

James Dixon & Sons (James Willis Dixon)

1873..1907
(registered Jul 1873)

Basket, coffee pot, dish, ewer, flatware, knife, salver

Cornish Place, Sheffield

J W Flynn

1967

Mug

Sunderland

Wakely & Wheeler (James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler)

1884..1890
(registered Oct 1884)

Basket, butter dish, decanter label, cup, egg cup, flatware, mustard, napkin ring, quaich, salt, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy

Hatton Garden, London & Forde Street, Dublin

1890..1908
(registered Apr 1891)

J W G

1978..1990

Cup

J W H

1972

Box, finger ring

Jonathan Wilson Hukin & John Thomas Heath

1882..1886
(registered Nov 1879)

Claret jug, cruet, napkin ring, salt, spoon, tea service

John Williams Johnson

1885..1886
(registered Jan 1885)

Salt, wine funnel

Williamson & Horton (John Henry Williamson & John Spinks Horton)

1869
(registered Jan 1868)

Bowl

A mark with stops between letters also registered Jan 1868

John William Kilpatrick

1885
(registered Jul 1884)

Inkstand

Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London

J W Kirwan & Co (John William Kirwan)

(registered Jan 1902)

Vyse Street, Birmingham, Frederick Street, Birmingham & Hatton Garden, London

Similar mark without stops registered Apr 1880

J W L

1973

Imported (Irish) caddy spoon

J W Ltd

1977

Creamer, dish, goblet, spoon

James W Potter & Sons

1977..1980

Caddy spoon, flatware, letter opener, napkin ring

Botley Mills, Southampton, Hampshire

1989

J W Spurrier & Co (John Walter Spurrier)

(registered Dec 1895)

Colborne Street, London EC

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JY

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	John Yardley	(registered May 1858)		Case maker, Thomas Street, Coventry
	John Yapp & John Woodward	1847 (registered Jun 1846)	Mug	Bread Street, Birmingham Note: the illustrated mark is probably overstruck on the GR mark of George John Richards

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JZ

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	J Zeving (or Joseph Zweig)	1913..1921 (registered Jul 1911)	Judaic silverware (bessamin, kiddush cup, menorah), tongs	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 E1. The Post Office London Directory lists Joseph Zweig at Great Garden Street.

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