City of Birmingham - 1801 by Joseph Taylor

Birmingham Assay Office - Date Letters 1773 to 2009

The date letters below show the background shape for silver. The same letters were used for Gold, which has been marked in Birmingham since 1824, but the background is a square with cut corners. There may be some variations in backgrounds during the late 19th century, especially on watch cases.

BIRMINGHAM MAKERS' MARKS

C & B Cocks & Bettridge MB Matthew Boulton
E & Co Ld Elkington & Co MB IF Matthew Boulton & John Fothergill
EM & Co Elkington Mason & Co ML Matthew Linwood
ES Edward Smith NM Nathaniel Mills
ET Edward Thomasson P & T William Postan & George Tye
FC Francis Clark REA Robinson, Edkins & Aston
GU George Unite SP Samual Pemberton
GW Gervase Wheeler T & P Joeseph taylor & John Perry
H & T Hillard & Thomasson TS Thomas Shaw
IB John Bettridge TW Thomas Willmore
IS John Shaw WF William Fowke
IT Joseph Taylor Y & W Yapp & Woodward
JW Joseph Willmore L & Co John Lawrence & Co