Silver Information

Francis Higgins was born in 1818 and died in 1908. Francis Higgins & Son rose to great prominence in the silver trade for the quality and ingenuity of their work…

Edward Farrell was born in 1779 and died in 1850. He was renown for his exquisite and elaborate chased designs in the Renaissance style. He was also silversmith and jeweller…

Elizabeth Eaton was the widow of William Eaton who died in 1845. After his death she entered into partnership with her son John Eaton.

Edward Charles Brown was an apprentice of George J Richards in 1845. They entered into partnership in 1857 when they registered a conjoined mark on 13 July 1857.

Ebenezer Coker (active 1738-1783), was the son of a cheese merchant from Hertfordshire. Although the date of his birth is unknown he was apprenticed to Joseph Smith in 1728. After…

Edward Barnard and Sons was a firm of British silversmiths. They created the Lily font, a large silver gilt baptismal font used in the christening services of members of the…

William and John Deane were brothers and  entered their first mark together in 1759. Their mark consists of a D over WI. In Georgian the  letters J and U did…

Information, history and hallmarks of Duncan Urquhart and Naphtali Hart. Duncan Urquhart and Naphtali Hart were Jewish silversmiths working in Georgian London. They recorded their first manufacturer's mark as 'bucklemakers'…

David A Bowles is a modern silversmith renown for novelty vesta cases including Punch. His makers mark consists of his initials, DAB, inside of a rectangle.