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Silver Makers' Marks - Exeter Assay Office (R to Z)

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R

RA RB RF RI RJ RM RO RW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Edward Ramsey 1840..1859 Fork, spoon Fore Street, Devonport

(image courtesy of Waddingtons, Toronto) 		Roger Berryman Symons 1764 Marrow scoop Plymouth

First mentioned in Exeter records 1748; died 1774

Richard Freeman 1729..1769
(registered 1720) 		Mug, spoon Plymouth
c1750
Richard Ferris 1789..1810 Creamer, flatware Exeter
Edmond Richards 1709..1718 Bowl, caster, cup, spoon Exeter

Working dates: 1698 to 1736

1730..1732
Richard Jenkins 1794..1804 Spoon Exeter

First mentioned in Exeter records 1764: died 1807

R M c1740 Spoon Unidentified by HarrisonHarrison, Miles - Exeter & West Country Silver 1700-1900,  Berforts Group, 2014
Peter Rowe (probably) 1705 Cup Plymouth
R K Olver 1825..1828 Spoon Plymouth

First mentioned in Exeter records 1825, latest mention 1831

Robert Williams 1833..1864 Flatware Bristol

Mark also seen without pellet (1850)

1841..1844
Robert Williams & Sons (Robert, James & Josiah Williams) 1845..1852 Caster, flatware, teapot Bristol

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		1845
1848..1852
1850..1851

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S

SE SG SH SL SO SW SY

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis or Henry Servant 1706..1717 Spoon Bideford / Barnstaple
Samuel Granville? 1842 Spoon Attribution by HarrisonHarrison, Miles - Exeter & West Country Silver 1700-1900,  Berforts Group, 2014

Plymouth

Simon Harris 1810..1815 Fish slice, spoon Plymouth Dock

Mentioned in Exeter records 1811 to 1815

Simon Levy 1817..1828 Flatware, teapot Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1818 to 1832. Son of Emmanuel Levy; bankrupt 1823 and 1832

William Rawlings Sobey (1842)
Edward Sweet 1707..1710 Spoon Dunster, Somerset

Mentioned in Exeter records 1702-1720. Died 1737


(image courtesy of Matt King) 		Samuel Wilmott 1742 Spoon Plymouth

Died 1761

Pentecost Symonds 1716 Tazza, teapot Plymouth

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		1718

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T

TB TE TF TS TW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Thomas Byne 1839..1858 Ladle, spoon, tongs Mint Lane, Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1825 to 1860

Thomas Eustace 1777..1785 Flatware
1785
Thomas Farr 1819..1821 Fork Bristol

Mentioned in Exeter records 1816


(image courtesy of Matt King) 		Thomas Farr (probably) 1821 Fork
Thomas Hart Stone 1863..1871 Flatware High Street, Exeter

Son of John Stone. Mentioned in Exeter records 1861 to 1873, died 1873 and succeeded by his widow Frances (see FS mark)

Thomas Welch II 1828 Spoon Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1827 to 1836

1835

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W

WD WH WI WP WR WS WW

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
William Newman Dunsford (probably) c1790 Tongs Note: attribution is speculative as the tongs did not have assay office mark or date letter
William Newman Dunsford 1804 Spoon Plymouth

Died 1825

William Hope 1816..1824 Flatware Plymouth Dock

Mentioned in Exeter records 1816 to 1833


(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk) 		1825..1830
William Henry Lamport 1829..1837 Spoon, tongs Lamport's name does not appear in Exeter records, but he is recorded as a silversmith at Whimple Street, Plymouth
William Harris Rowe 1833..1839 Ladle Devonport

Mentioned in Exeter records 1836 to 1849

Richard Willcockes 1707
(registered 1704) 		Tankard Plymouth

Working dates 1704-1748

William Parry 1746..1753 Mug Plymouth

First mention in Exeter records 1743, died 1756

William Pearce 1791..1792 Spoon Plymouth

Mentioned in Exeter records 1774 to 1797, died 1806

Mark shown in JacksonPickford, Ian, ed. - Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland,  Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 for William Pearce has a pellet:
W·P

William Pearce 1821 Spoon, tongs Attributed to William Pearce; tongs undated, spoon 1821, 15 years after Pearce died - may be a son of the same name
William Pope 1834..1853 Flatware Plymouth

Mentioned in Exeter records 1830 to 1882

Also a mark without pellet (seen 1850)

William Rawlings Sobey 1813..1851 Flatware Queen Street, Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1831 to 1852, died 1852

1833..1847
1836..1856
1842
1846
William Sweet 1830..1832 Spoon Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1833 only

William Welch II 1806..1814 Flatware Exeter

Mentioned in Exeter records 1801 to 1820s

1811..1825
1822..1825
William Woodman 1818..1832 Flatware, teapot Bristol

Mentioned in Exeter records 1818 to 1838

1830..1836
William Welch II & William Parsons 1800 Spoon

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