Josiah Williams & Co, 1877-1925. Josiah Williams was the son of Robert Williams and brother of James Williams. The three of them worked as a partnership from around 1845 and traded as Robert Williams & Sons until Robert Williams retirement in 1853. In 1855 the firm traded as James & Josiah Wiliams. The firm was based in Bristol, however, most of their silverware was assayed at the Exeter Assay Office.
James Williams retired in 1877 and Josiah Williams (trading as Josiah Williams & Co) went into partnership with George Maudsley Jackson until Josiah Williams retired in 1879.
Robert, James and Josiah Williams Makers Mark, RW over JW over JW
Josiah Williams & Co makers mark as George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton circa 1905
A Victorian provincial silver ewer by Josiah Williams & Co, Exeter 1880 Elongated ovoid form, the spout with beaded rim and engraved guilloche band to neck, leaf-capped beaded double-scroll handle, the body engraved with a coat of arms and chased with a vertical loop band of husks and strapwork, raised on a circular foot, height 39.4cm, weight 22oz.
Sold for £ 1,000 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2015
A VICTORIAN SILVER FOUR PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, MARK OF JAMES & JOSIAH WILLIAMS, EXETER, 1874, fully marked, with resin and bone insulators comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a two handled sugar bowl, and a milk jug, together with a silver cream jug and sugar bowl, mark of George Jackson & David Fullerton, London, 1902; a Continental silver cream jug, indistinctly marked; and a silver plated tray The coffee pot 10in. (25.3cm.) high, 64oz. approximate gross weight (8)
Sold for USD 1,625 at Christies in 2014
A set of five Victorian provincial silver Fiddle pattern salt spoons, hallmarked Josiah Williams & Co (James & Josiah Williams), Exeter 1871. Together with a set of three salt spoons hallmarked Exeter 1846 and three further Exeter examples. Gross weight 4 ozt (129 grams).
Sold for £130 at Fellows in 2017
Josiah Williams & Co of Bristol Makers Marks circa 1860
