Makers
Makers
The makers whose names change the price, silver first. Each page shows the mark to look for, the years it was used, and what the pieces have been selling for.
Copenhagen · 1904 to dateGeorg JensenThe Danish silversmithy whose Acorn, Cactus, Pyramid and Blossom patterns are the most traded twentieth-century silver at auction. The mark is easy to read, and the date of the mark decides a great deal.
London · 1761 to 1790Hester BatemanThe widow who took over her husband's workshop in 1761 and turned it into the most prolific family business in Georgian silver. Her script HB is one of the most recognised marks in the field.Birmingham and London · 1899 to about 1930 for Cymric silverLiberty & CoThe Regent Street store's Cymric silver range, largely designed by Archibald Knox and made by W. H. Haseler in Birmingham, is the most collected British Art Nouveau silver.
Birmingham · 1826 to 1856Nathaniel MillsBirmingham's best known maker of small boxes. Mills' castle-top card cases, vinaigrettes and snuff boxes, with their engraved and repoussé views of abbeys and cathedrals, are collected as a field in themselves.London · 1898 to 1939Omar RamsdenThe leading name in English Arts and Crafts silver. Ramsden's hammered surfaces, Tudor roses and Latin inscriptions are instantly recognisable and have risen steadily at auction.
London · 1792 to 1838Paul StorrThe most collected English silversmith of the Regency. Storr's grand neoclassical hollowware for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell set the standard for the period, and his mark multiplies a price.
London · 1761 to 1790Hester BatemanThe widow who took over her husband's workshop in 1761 and turned it into the most prolific family business in Georgian silver. Her script HB is one of the most recognised marks in the field.Birmingham and London · 1899 to about 1930 for Cymric silverLiberty & CoThe Regent Street store's Cymric silver range, largely designed by Archibald Knox and made by W. H. Haseler in Birmingham, is the most collected British Art Nouveau silver.Birmingham · 1826 to 1856Nathaniel MillsBirmingham's best known maker of small boxes. Mills' castle-top card cases, vinaigrettes and snuff boxes, with their engraved and repoussé views of abbeys and cathedrals, are collected as a field in themselves.London · 1898 to 1939Omar RamsdenThe leading name in English Arts and Crafts silver. Ramsden's hammered surfaces, Tudor roses and Latin inscriptions are instantly recognisable and have risen steadily at auction.London · 1792 to 1838Paul StorrThe most collected English silversmith of the Regency. Storr's grand neoclassical hollowware for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell set the standard for the period, and his mark multiplies a price.