Silver Makers' Marks - Edinburgh Assay Office (A)

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A&

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Asprey & Co Ltd	(registered Apr 1939)	Candle holder, tray mount	New Bond Street & Albermarle Street, London
		(registered Aug 1964)
		1998
		2003 (registered Apr 2001)
	Angell & Fletcher	1982 (registered Jan 1965)	Toy cradle	Arthur Robert Angell & Murdoch Campbell Fletcher trading as Angell & Fletcher, silversmiths, Glasgow & Paisley
	A & G Cairncross Ltd	1968..2004 (registered c1937)	Buckle, dish, quaich, tastevin	John Street, Perth
	A & G Cairncross Ltd	1994..1998 (registered 1992)	Buckle, dish, quaich, tastevin	John Street, Perth
	Alexander & John Smith	1959	Napkin ring	Aberdeen
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Aitchison & Son	1773	Spoon, tongs	Alexander Aitchison I & Alexander Aitchison II
	Aitchison & Son	1775	Spoon, tongs	Alexander Aitchison I & Alexander Aitchison II

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AA

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Aitchison II	1775..1778	Spoon	Working dates 1770-1807
(image courtesy of Vickie Purves)	Alistair Armitage	2010	Pendant

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AB

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Adam Burgess	1836..1841	Flatware	Dumfries Worked from c1834 to 1844.
A B	1876	Spoon
A B	1889	Spoon	Mark noted by EAOEdinburgh Assay Office Marks Archive as "Unidentified", first mentioned 1890

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AC

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Alexander Campbell	1740	Spoon
A C	1809	Spoon
Alexander Cameron	1816..1822	Flatware	Dundee
Andrew Moray Coomber	1984 (registered Mar 1970)	Goblet, hatpin, mug
ACE Bullion Co	2019 (registered 2019)	Ingot	Web site

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Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Andrew Davidson	1836..1838	Flatware	Arbroath
Andrew Davidson	1841..1861	Flatware	Arbroath
Alfred Dunhill & Sons	(registered Sep 1968)		Tobacco blenders & pipe manufacturers, Duke Street, St James, London

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AE

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Alexander Edmonstoun II (possibly)	1805	Spoon	Edmonstoun's working dates 1779-1816
Alexander Edmonstoun III	1808..1824	Decanter label, dish ring, salt, salver, spoon, teapot	Edmonstoun's working dates 1807-1851. Mark seen with T Bartie's retailer mark (1824)
Adam Elder (probably)	1826..1831	Decanter label, flatware, kettle & burner	Seen with Howden & Co (1829, 1830), Robert Morton (1829), T Bartie (1827), J & W Marshall (1831), AUS/TEN (1831) Elder died 7 May 1829 and his company continued as Elder & Co (note similarity of this punch shape to that of E&Co)

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AF

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Farquharson	1736	Spoon	working dates 1725-1744
	Andrew Fraser (probably)	1880	Cup
	Annie Fortune	1938 (registered Jun 1939)	Spoon	Teacher, Dunfermline
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)	Alistair Fraser Campbell	1995..2016 (registered May 1986)	Button, quaich, trophy cup base	West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland Mark seen with LN mark of Nowak Design on 2016 quaich

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AG

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Gardner	1756..1798	Candlestick, salver, saucepan, spoon
	Alexander Gardner	1773..1789	Candlestick, salver, saucepan, spoon
	Asprey & Garrard	1999..2000	Bowl, goblet, golf tools set	New Bond Street, London W1 Asprey and Garrard merged in 1998 and de-merged in 2002
	Alexander Gardiner & Co	1794..1798	Salver, spoon
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Audrey Grace Connelly	1978..2008 (registered Jan 1967)	Necklace, spoon, thimble
	Arthur George Rendell	1925..1927 (registered Aug 1926)	Imported watch case	Clerkenwell Road, London
	Alexander Graham Wighton	1835..1859	Brooch, decanter label, fish knife, ladle, nutmeg grater, spoon, teapot	James Square, Edinburgh
		1843..1846
		1863

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AH

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Henderson	1795..1812	Flatware
	Alexander Henderson	1813..1824	Flatware	This mark seen with the marks of JG (1818), WH (1819), J W Howden & Co (1813-22) & J Hay (1823-24)
	A Hill & Co (Birmingham) Ltd	1965..1969 (registered Mar 1969)	Brooch, crucifix pendant, ring, spoon	Also known as A Hill & Co (Scotland) Ltd with "Scottish works" at Coldstream, Berwickshire Ceased trading 2006
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	A Hill & Co (Birmingham) Ltd	1997..2002 (registered May 1995)	Brooch, crucifix pendant, ring, spoon
	Alan Hodgkinson	1985
	Angus McFadyen	1993..2006	Bowl, preserve pot, salt	Buxton, Derbyshire Web site

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AI

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Aitchison I	1751..1758	Sauce boat, spoon
	James Aitchison	1891	Spoon

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AJ

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Artform Jewellery	(registered Oct 1999; lapsed 2009)		Eldon Street, Sheffield
Anthony John Hope	1977..1985	Box, goblet	Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
A J K	1991..1993	Bowl	A similar mark seen with Birmingham hallmarks
Salen Silver (Angus John Milne)	1990..1998 (registered Oct 1986)	Brooch, spoon	Isle of Mull

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AK

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Adrian K A Hope	1984..2004 (registered 1976)	Bowl, spoon	Stobo, Peebles, Scottish Borders Web site
	Adrian K A Hope	c2010	Bowl, spoon	Stobo, Peebles, Scottish Borders Web site

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AL

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Asprey & Co Ltd (2003)
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	A L S	2008	Bangle

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AM

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	A M	1813	Watch case
	A M	1811..1827	Ladle, spoon	Probably a retailer's mark; seen with John Zeigler's mark (1817)
	A M	1824..1828	Salver, spoon, teapot	Possibly either Adam Mossman or Alexander Mitchell
	A M	1875	Fork
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	A & R Murray Ltd (Alison & Roy Murray)	1977 (registered Dec 1970)	Paper knife	Balbirnie Craft Centre, Glenrothes, Fife & Edinburgh
(image courtesy of www.dreweatts.com)	Malcolm Appleby	1978..2006 (registered 1973)	Bowl, button, pendant
	A M & Co	1837..1884	Flatware	"Unidentified" by EAOEdinburgh Assay Office Marks Archive, but possibly Adam Mossman & Co
	A M & Co	1854	Tongs	Possibly Adam Mossman & Co
	A M & S	1831..1833	Spoon	Possibly Adam Mossman & Son (Adam Mossman senior died in 1833 and the company was continued by his son, also Adam Mossman)
	Angus McDonald I (probably)	1804	Spoon	McDonald was a Glasgow silversmith described as a watchcase maker; working dates 1783-1825
	A McL	1823..1824	Butter knife, spoon	Possibly Alexander McLeod of Inverness; working dates in Inverness 1815-1860 [ref: TurnerTurner, Richard W. - Illustrated Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & Their Marks, Discus Publishing, 2014], but he is noted by the EAOEdinburgh Assay Office Marks Archive as sending work for assay only between 1837 and 1839
	A McL	1842	Spoon	Possibly Alexander McLeod of Inverness; working dates in Inverness 1815-1860 [ref: TurnerTurner, Richard W. - Illustrated Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & Their Marks, Discus Publishing, 2014], but he is noted by the EAOEdinburgh Assay Office Marks Archive as sending work for assay only between 1837 and 1839
	A McM	1853	Spoon
	Ailsa Anne McNicol	(registered 1976, re-registered 1986, 1996)	Pendant	Corrie, Isle of Arran
	Alexander McLeod	1836	Spoon	Inverness

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AN

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Ari D Norman	2007	Money clip	Argenta Way, London NW10

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AO

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Archibald Ochiltree	1781	Spoon

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AP

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	A P	c1810	Spoon
(image courtesy of Simon Clegg)	Alexander Philip	1903 (registered c1903)	Fob medal

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AR

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of Peter Scott)	Alexander Reid III	1681	Spoon	Son of Alexander Reid II; free 1677, died 1689
	A R	1810	Spoon
	Alexander Rollo (possibly)	1809..1814	Flatware	Dundee
	Alison Roberts	1968	Spoon	Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland; also Ponteland, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland
	Alison Raeside	1978 (registered Jul 1978; registration lapsed 1988)	Jar lid	Jewellery designer, Dunbartonshire
	Arthur Robert Angell	1960..1975 (registered Aug 1960)	Box, cup, dish, napkin ring, quaich, spoon, trophy	Paisley
(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)	Alan R Baillie	1995..1997	Quaich, stilton scoop	Culloden, Inverness, Scotland Web site

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AS

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Spence (probably)	1784..1797	Basket, creamer, spoon, sucrier
	Alexander Spence	1809..1831	Flatware
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Andrew Swan	1856 (registered 1854)	Spoon	Watchmaker & jeweller, Stirling
	Argyll Silver	2000..2003	Candlestick, clock, egg cup, thimble
	Essex Silver Company	2000 (registered Jul 2000; lapsed 2010)	Beaker	Ilford, Essex
	Alexander Scott Ltd	1956 (registered 1931)	Medal	Jewellers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow

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AT

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Andrew Taylor & Son	(registered Oct 1930)		Watchmaker, Hope Street, Glasgow This mark seen on 1934 jubilee spoons with Birmingham & Glasgow hallmarks
	Alexander Taylor Reid	1949..1970 (registered 1929)	Bookmark, caddy spoon, novelty cocktail stick	St Andrews, Scotland

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AU

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Archibald Ure	1729, 1735..1739 (as Assay Master)	Box	Assay Master 1730-1739
John Austen	1811..1812	Flatware	Seen overstamped on another mark. Note: John Austen's earliest mention in Dundee records is 1824 [ref: JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland, Antique Collectors' Club, 1997] John Austen was also in partnership with J Cochrane (see C&A mark)
John Austen	1829..1830	Flatware

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AW

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Andrew Wilkie	1811..1837	Decanter label, flatware, urn	Wilkie's marks seen with the marks of H&M Strain (1814), R Morton (1817, 1824), GB (1817), JG (1821), J&W Marshall (1821), J Hay (1824-26), J Howden & Co (1828) Wilkie died in 1862
	Andrew Wilkie	1828..1843	Decanter label, flatware, urn
	A W	1991	Modernist napkin ring
	T A Henn & Son Ltd (Alan Wesley Henn)	1987..1988 (registered Aug 1987, lapsed 1997)	"Glenlivet Whisky" decanter label, pepperette	Retail jeweller & silversmith, Park Crescent & Princess Street, Wolverhampton
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Andrew W Jeffrey	1944..1948 (registered Feb 1942)	Napkin ring, spoon	Jeweller & optician, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Registration of this mark is in the name of George Jeffrey

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AY

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Forged Mettle Jewelry	c2023	Drinking straw	North Haven, Connecticut, USA Straw not date-marked but it is for sale new in 2023

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AZ

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Alexander Zeigler	1784..1802	Spoon

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