I have found the following books very useful:
Bennett, Douglas - Collecting Irish Silver, Souvenir Press, 1984
Crisp-Jones, Kenneth, ed. - Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks, 1750-1980, Robert Hale, 1981
Culme, John - Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987
Fallon, John - Marks of London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths c1697-1837, David & Charles, 1972
Fallon, John - Marks of London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 1837-1914, Barrie & Jenkins, 1992
Gill, Margaret A.V. - A Handbook of Newcastle Silver, Frank Graham, 1978
Grimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990
Harrison, Miles - Exeter & West Country Silver 1700-1900, Berforts Group, 2014
Mitchell, David - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks, Boydell Press, 2017
Pickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Hallmarks, pocket edition, Antique Collectors' Club, 1991
Pickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland, Antique Collectors' Club, 1997
Priestley, Philip T. - British Watch Case Makers 1670 to 1970, NAWCC, 2018
Ridgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004
Turner, Richard W. - Illustrated Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & Their Marks, Discus Publishing, 2014
Watson, B.W. - The Sheffield Assay Office Register, Wm Townsend & Sons, Sheffield, 1911
Wyler, Seymour B. - The Book of Old Silver, English, American, Foreign, Crown Publishers, 1937
[Note: The attributions in this book should be treated with caution as there are a number of errors, probably copied from earlier editions of Jackson]
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