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A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate the date of manufacture and additional information about the piece.
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A spoon, hallmarked 1899, and carrying the "GU" mark. Close up of maker's mark and hallmarks Printed advert for George Unite & Sons. George Unite (1798 – 19 October 1896) was an English silversmith working in Birmingham, England. [2] Unite was born in Birmingham in 1798 to Samuel and Prudence Unite. He was apprenticed to Joseph Willmore in ...
Hester Bateman (bap. 1708 – 16 September 1794 [1]) was an English silversmith, renowned for her high quality flatware and ornamental silverware.A craftswoman working within the family business, she was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson.
Victorian silver snuff box (1838) London maker's mark for Francis Crump, registered March 1756 Francis Crump (1711-1800s) was a London silversmith producing mostly hollowware . He was apprenticed to Gabriel Sleath (1674–1756), who objected to Huguenot goldsmiths working in England, and on 23 November 1753 entered into a partnership with him.
A hallmark is punched into a section of a silver chain by a silversmith.. A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium.
Paul Storr (baptised 28 October 1770 in London – 18 March 1844 in London) was an English goldsmith and silversmith working in the Neoclassical and other styles during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Margaret Binley or Bingley (née Stallwood) was an 18th-century English silversmith.. A specialist in the creation of wine labels, [1] [2] Binley is usually classified as a smallworker, although she is also listed as a bucklemaker, buttonmaker, and goldsmith.