Adie & Lovekin Ltd made unique silver items during the late Victorian and Edwardian Art Nouveau era. They finished trading around the 1920's. Items included button hooks, pin cushions their speciality being animal shaped novelty pin cushions in the form of pigs, swans, elephants and even camels. They also made babies rattles, bookmarks, nurses buckles and other novelty silver items.

Alexander Ritchie is renowned for his Celtic Style Iona Silver items. The earliest items can be found from the 1900's and most bear the double mark of AR IONA. His work was also submitted by Cornelius Saunders and Francis Shepherd and this work has the extra mark of CS & FS or CS*FS. This work is usually prior to 1910.

From 1910, Alexander Ritchie’s own mark was registered with the Chester assay office. These items usually have the AR stamped a second time. Alexander Ritchie also produced silver with the Glasgow Office between 1911 and the early 1930's but this office was closed in 1964 so the details are not so easy to establish. The AR is often incorporated into two circles adjoining each other.Another early mark favoured by Ritchie was the ‘hour glass’ or ‘spectacles’ mark, consisting of two adjoining circles containing the letters AR.

The Ritchies established their own trading stamp of ICA or Iona Celtic Art around 1931. Alexander Ritchie died in 1941 but the company went on and subsequently became the CAI (Celtic Art Industries) in 1945, the mark being HHI IONA for Highland Homes Industries, run by Hannah MacCormick.

Atkin Brothers The Atkin Brothers consisted of Henry, Edward and Frank. They took over their father's, Henry Atkin's Spoon Making Company, on his death. The Atkin Brothers produced a variety of good quality items in silver and silver plate. The initials of the brothers were used on plated ware from 1853 to 1958. They had a retail outlet in London, where they also entered silver marks. The firm was taken over by C J Vander, in 1958. Flatware bearing their maker’s mark is generally Sheffield marked, well made and in the traditional patterns

George Burrows I was married to Alice Burrows. They had a son George Burrows II who went into partnership with his mother Alice in 1801. The mark for this is usually AB over GB. George Burrows entered many marks as a buckle-maker between 1780 and 1799. There are many makers with the initials GB so it is not always easy to distinguish between them.

George Maudsley Jackson and Josiah Williams (Josiah Williams & Co) went into partnership in 1883. He opened showrooms in London and entered his own assay mark. The company continued to trade as Josiah Williams & Co after the death of Josiah Williams in 1894. The company still traded as Josiah Williams & Co even after George Maudsley Jackson went into partnership with David Fullerton in 1897. They produced some of the finest quality silver flatware of the Art Nouveau period as well as the traditional patterns. Although they traded as Josiah Williams & Co they are generally known as Jackson & Fullerton. The company ceased operating in 1940.

George Smith III and William Fearne became partners in 1786 and remained so until around 1792. The makers initials for William Fearn first appeared around 1772 although he was apprenticed to Thomas Chawner in 1762. George Smith III and George Smith IV were father and son. I believe that William Fearn was made bankrupt in 1777. Later he also worked with William Eley and William Chawner.

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd (G&S) was a High Street jeweller with Royal Appointments which was set up by William Gibson in London in 1880. They were situated in Regent Street, London W1. They amalgamated with the Crown Jewellers, Garrards in 1952. There are advertisements in the Illustrated News for the years 1887 and1889. There are probably other issues where they place advertisements as well. In 1909, The Sporting L:ife commissioned a trophy made by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths company. The cost was £500 which would be around £50,000 today. It is 4 feet 9 inches high and requires several people to lift.

Henry Holland Henry Holland began the company Holland, Aldwinkle and Slater in 1838. His son, Henry II, joined him around 1851 when the companand was joined by his son Henry II in 1851 when the name changed to Holland & Son. They were renowned for their spoon making and produced some excellent work.

Hilliard & Thomason were Victorian Silver Makers who made a wide range of high quality items including cups, christening cups and even babies rattles

John & William Deakin - These makers started as James Deakin & Co in 1868 until they became James Deakin & Sons in 1871. They existed as a Sheffield manufacturer of silver & plate until 1936.

John Aldwinckle and James Slater became partners with Henry Holland II around 1889 after Henry Holland I had retired.

Joseph Willmore

Walker & Hall were Sheffield Makers specialising in silver and silver plate from the mid 1800's. They became one of the largest manufacturers and retails from the late Victorian to the first half of the 20th Century. Although primarily Sheffield Makers, items with London and Chester Assay Marks can also be found. They originally traded as Walker & Co but when Henry Hall became a partner with George Walker in 1848 they were renamed Walker, Coulson & Hall then eventually became Walker & Hall in 1853. Although the name is still used in retail outlets, Walker & Hall were taken over by Mappin & Webb in the 1960's.