British Silver Import Marks- Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

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British Import Marks on Sterling

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• British Import Marks on Foreign Made Silver •
1867 - Present

1867 - 1904
Letter "F" added to indicate foreign
manufacture

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From 1904
Each city's assay office stamped its own
symbol to indicate import

• Import Marks ~ Assay Offices •
Post-1904

Birmingham

Chester

Edinburgh

Glasgow

London *

Sheffield †

* London's symbol for 1904-1905 was a rayed sun with facial features
† Sheffield's symbol for 1904-1905 was four crossed arrows

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London Date Letters • 1696 - 1935 & Maker's Marks
Birmingham Date Letters • 1773 - 1924 & Maker's Marks
Chester Date Letters • 1701 - 1925 & Maker's Marks
Exeter Date Letters • 1701 - 1883 & Maker's Marks
Newcastle Date Letters • 1702 - 1884 & Maker's Marks
Sheffield Date Letters • 1773 - 1916 & Maker's Marks
York Date Letters • 1559 - 1858 & Maker's Marks
Dublin Date Letters • 1700 - 1920 & Maker's Marks
Edinburgh Date Letters • 1681 - 1931 & Maker's Marks
Table of Glasgow Date Letters • 1819 - 1896
Silverplate Trademarks Section

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