Favourite Silver Books

• Jacksons Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland
  Edited by Ian Pickford, ISBN 978-0907462637. Known as Jacksons Revised, it is the dealers bible, covering the earliest hallmarked silver up to about 1840. In date order, with date marks, makers marks of the period, and some history about each assay office.

• London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 Their Marks & Lives
  Written by Arthur C Grimwade, ISBN 978-0-571-15238-4. Known as Grimwades, another dealers bible, with London makers marks in alphabetical order, and many biographies.

• The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders, 1838-1914
  Written by John Culme, ISBN 978-0907462460. In two volumes, it follows on where Jacksons ended. One volume is full of hallmarks, the other contains biographies of many of the silversmiths.

• The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks, 1750-1980
  Written by Kenneth Crisp Jones, contributors Judith Bannister, Michael Berry, Clive R Gilbert and David Kynaston, ISBN 978-0719800023. Many pages of hallmarks, some biographies, more about the history of Birminghams silversmiths and the organisation of management and labour.

• The Sheffield Assay Office Register
  A copy of the Register of the persons concerned in the manufacture of silver wares, and of the marks entered by them from 1773 to 1907. Issued by the Sheffield Assay Office.

• Old Silver Platers and their Marks
  Being a copy of the Register of the Sheffield Assay Office of the persons concerned in the manufacture of goods plated with silver. Issued by the Sheffield Assay Office.