WELCOME

to the English version of my web site devoted to British silver.

Only pages regarding hall-marks, silversmiths and Assay Offices have been translated

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Member of ASCAS

Association of Small Collectors of Antique Silver

Read my contributions to ASCAS

• When the silver tells a story

• Ten steps to verify the authenticity of antique silverwares 

• Three excellent Victorian teapots

• An unusual Victorian cream jugs

• A Victorian sugar bowl of exceptional quality

• History and marks of Hamilton & Co. Calcutta

• British and Irish Commemorative Hallmarks (Part 1)

• British and Irish Commemorative Hallmarks (Part 2)

• Two Elkington & Co silver pieces

• Britannia silver standard hallmarks in Great Britain

• Travelling for Faith

• A French canteen (Part) - Paris 1764/1819

• Determining the date on London Assay office Marks 1776 - 1795 (XVI cycle)

• British hallmarks - a cycle a time (I)
  London hallmarks 1776-1795 (XVI Cycle)

• A tea kettle by Liberty & Company

• A 'Japanese' style bachelor tea set

• British cast candlesticks - A piece of beauty and a challenge for collectors

• A debate on the attribution of a maker mark:  the case of Richard Rugg and Robert Rew