Books

Author	Title	Publisher
Timothy Kent	West Country silver spoons and their makers 1550 - 1750	J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, 1992
Exeter Museum	Exeter and West Country Silver	Exeter city Council
Ian Pickford	Silver Flatware, English, Irish and Scottish 1660 – 1980	Antique Collector’s Club Ltd.
Ian Pickford	Antique Silver	Antique Collector’s Club Ltd.
Robin Butler	The Albert Collection, five hundred years of British and European Silver	Broadway Publishing
Jill Bace	Millers, Collecting Silver, the facts at your fingertips	Miller’s
J.S. Forbes	Hallmark, A history of the London Assay office	The Goldsmith’s company
John Norie	Caddy Spoons, An illustrated supplement	John Norrie
Joel Langford	Silver, A practical guide to collecting silverware and identifying hallmarks	Selectabook Ltd
John P Fallon	The marks of the London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths.	Arco publishing company inc – New York
Maurice H. Ridgway	Some Chester Goldsmiths and their marks	Lowe & sons
Maurice H. Ridgway	Chester Silver 1727 – 1837	Phillimore & Co Ltd
Judith Banister	Old English Silver	Evans brothers Ltd
Tardy	International hallmarks on silver	Collectors publications 2000
Colin Ticktum	The Ticktum collection	The Ticktum charitable trust
Bernard & Therle Hughes	1500 – 1820, Three centuries of English domestic silver	Lutterworth press – London
Margaret Holland	Old Country silver	David & Charles, (Newton Abbot)
Gerald Taylor	Silver	Pelican books
Jessie McNab Dennis	English silver	Studio Vista Ltd
Ambrose Heal	The London Goldsmiths 1200 – 1800, A record of the names and addresses of the craftsmen, their shop-signs and trade-cards	David & Charles, (Newton Abbot)
Christopher A Markham	Chaffers’ handbook to hallmarks on gold and silver plate	Reeves and Turner
James Gilchrist	Anglican church plate	The Connoisseur
Charles Oman	English Silversmiths’ work civil and domestic	Her majesty’s stationery office
Rachael Field	Collector’s guide to buying antique silver	Little, Brown & company
Dr. David Shlosberg	Eighteenth century tea tongs	Dr. David Shlosberg
Molly Pearce	Sheffield silver 1773 – 1973	Sheffield city museums
Eric Turner	English silver from 1660	Her majesty’s stationery office
Richard Came	Silver	Octopus books
Jan Divis	Silver marks of the world	Hamlyn
	Touching gold and silver, 500 years of hallmarks – a catalogue of an exhibition at Goldsmith’s hall	The Goldsmith’s company
David S Shure	Hester Bateman – Queen of English Silversmiths	Doubleday & company inc.
Sheffield Assay office	The Sheffield Assay office register
John R McGrew	Manufacturer’s marks on American coin silver	Argyros publications
Philippa Glanville & Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough	Women Silversmiths 1685 – 1845	Thames & Hudson
	Paul de Lamerie, an exhibition of the work of England’s master silversmith (1688 – 1751)	The Goldsmith’s company
James Fairbairn	Fairbairn’s Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland	New Orchard Editions Ltd

	Arthur G Grimwade - London Goldsmiths 1697 – 1837, their marks and lives – third edition, published by Faber & Faber: This book is the Bible of information about Silver-smiths over this 140 year time-span. It is a must for serious collectors, containing pictures of maker's marks (mainly London) and biographical detail about them. It is not 100% perfect, but each later edition is better than the previous one, with errors and omissions corrected
	Maurice H. Ridgway and Philip T Priestley - The compendium of Chester Gold and Silver marks 1570 – 1962, from the Chester Assay office registers, published by Antique Collector’s Club Ltd. This is another large, thick book and contains an enormous range of maker's marks. One of the key values of this book is that the date range is so wide, with marks right up to 1962.
	Margaret AV Gill - A Directory of Newcastle Goldsmiths. This is a superb reference book about Newcastle silver-smiths, with there being nothing else to compare with it. The book has an enormous amount of detail about the silver-smiths and the work they had assayed. It was published in 1976 and is quite difficult to obtain.
	Richard W Turner - A directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & their marks, published by William Sessions Ltd, York. This is a recent publication and is an absolute must if you are considering collecting Scottish Provincial silver.
	The Sheffield Assay Office Register. This reference book lists every Sheffield maker's mark from when the Assay Office opened on 11th September 1773 to December 2nd 1907. It was first published by the Sheffield Assay Office in February 1907 by Bernard Watson who was Assay master at the time. A second edition was published by Jacqueline Richardson, Librarian in January 1989. The book is essential for identifying Sheffield makers.
	Richard H Mayne - Old Channel Islands Silver. This was printed and first published in Jersey in 1969. There are many fine photographs of Channell Island silver, along with information about the silversmiths of the time. Pictures of the makers marks are very clear, and taken from actual pieces of silver.
	Miles Harrison - Exeter & West Country Silver - 1700 - 1900. This was published in 2014 by Berforts Group. Miles has carried out an amazing amount of research to identify the West Country makers and their marks. Theier is a very full index of photoghraphs of actual marks and the hallmarks. This book is another absolute must.
	Michael Baggott - An illustrated guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858 & a transcript and index of the York Assay Office ledger 1805-1821. This was published by Michael in 2010. Michael is probably the recognised expert on York silver. This if course is among his other vast knowledge of antiques. This book is about as complete a reference book on York silver as you could ever expect. It is full of photographs of silver, hallmarks and makers marks. This is another essential reference book.
	Douglas Bennett - Collecting Irish Silver 1637-1900. This was published by Souvenire Press in 1984 and is now out of print and very difficult to obtain. It has a great deal of fascinating information about collecting Irish silver and a complete index of Irish hallmarks and makers marks.
	Ian Pickford - Silver Flatware English, Irish and Scottish 1660-1980. Published for the Antique Collector's club, 1983. This is the "Go to" reference book for identifying the various patterns of flatware and their development over time

	Sir Charles Jackson - Jackson’s Silver & Gold marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, published by Antique Collector’s Club Ltd. This is the main reference book for hallmarks. It contains details of all known UK hallmarks and a fair amount of detail about the Assay Offices, the development of the marks over time and a large number of maker's marks. Jackson's is not perfect, but is the most complete and thorough publication available.
	Judith Banister - English Silver hallmarks, published by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd. This is a small, pocket sized soft-back book and very useful as a "quick-guide" if visiting antiques fairs or shops.
	Frederick Bradbury - Bradbury’s book of hallmarks, published by Sheffield Assay office. Again this is a useful, small soft-back reference. It covers the period between 1743 and 1860 and does have a few of the "Old Sheffield Plate" marks in it as well as the main hall-marks for UK silver.