Great Silver Manufactory: Matthew Boulton and the Birmingham Silversmiths, 1760-90

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The Silver Collection at Assay Office Birmingham is an historic collection of spectacular objects created by some of Birmingham’s most celebrated Silversmiths including Matthew Boulton, Nathaniel Mills and Elkington & Co. The Silver Collection at Assay Office Birmingham Edward Ernest Smith & William Bartlam trading as Smith & Bartlam, manufacturing jewellers, Caroline Street, Birmingham; subsequently Branston Street, Birmingham

An identical mark appears in the ChesterCompendium Ridgway, Maurice H. & Priestley, Philip T. - The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004 where it is noted as "Unidentified" Hallmarking severely restricts the opportunity for fraud, so traders compete on a level playing field and consumers can buy with confidence. Hallmarking is a living part of our heritage, and it is important that it stays that way.Bottle, box, button, button hook, decanter label, dish, egg cup, flatware, glove stretcher, goblet, jug, manicure set, mug, mustard, napkin ring, pill box, pincushion, postal scales, salver, scissors, souvenir spoon, spectacle case, sugar bowl, tazza, tea strainer, thimble, tray, whistle Possibly Botly & Lewis, “watch makers, gold & silver smiths, diamond merchants, electro-platers & jewellers & opticians”, King Street, Reading

Diamond merchants, manufacturing goldsmiths & silversmiths, Buchanan Street & Gordon Street, Glasgow Ashtray, box, card case, caster, cigarette case, compact, corkscrew, dish, frame, ink stand & ink well, match box holder, match striker, menu holder, napkin ring, sauce boat, table lighter, tea & coffee service, tea strainer, vase, vesta Box, card case, cigarette case, egg cup, flatware, goblet, mug, pincushion, salt & pepper shakers, tea service, tea strainer, tray, trophy cup John Cyril Taylor & William Charles Taylor trading as John Taylor & Co, silversmiths & medal makers, Ely Place, Charterhouse Street, London EC1 A DVD covering the processes of assayingand hallmarking, and the current operationsof the Assay Office will beshownFrom Aug 1834 this mark used by the partnership of Joseph Willmore, John Yapp & John Woodward. Yapp & Woodward registered their "Y&W" mark May1845. Bangle, button, card case, creamer, mug, napkin ring, pepperette, salt, spectacles case, spoon, stamp case letter was changed. The Hallmarking Act of 1973 brought the remaining 4 British Assay Offices (London,

A similar mark with serif letters and no stop registered Nov1882 by James Widmer, watch importer, Holborn Viaduct, London ECOne of a set of teaspoons with all 6 British Assay Office marks - manufactured by Roberts & Belk, Sheffield Ash tray, butter dish, caster top, egg cup, flatware, mug, mustard, napkin ring, sauce boat, tea strainer, vanity jar top Presented by the British Jewellers’ Association to commemorate the bicentenary of The Birmingham Assay Office 1773-1973’.