Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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In 1688, the Hamburg goldsmiths' guild began the tradition of using a letter within the arch below the three towers of the town mark to identify the Assay Master or Altermann. There were four assay masters serving at any given time, although the letters were used sequentially, as the post appointment was for life and term lengths varied, this letter system appears to be non-sequential by the 18th century. In 1820, an additional mark came into use. The "concession mark", unique to Hamburg, was a numerical mark in a lozenge cartouche ♦. Concessionaires were not a members of the guild, but had the permission of the guild to work in Hamburg as independent makers with severely limited rights; they could only mark their work with their numerical lozenge mark, they could not employ more that 3 workers, and their output could be sold only to masters of the Hamburg guild. Thusly, their work would reach the market with both the Hamburg town mark and the mark of a Hamburg master. The Hamburg guild was dissolved in 1865, a transitional marking period existed before the German national system came into full force in the mid-1880s. |
| Firm & Period | Maker's Mark | Assay Master | Comments | |
| David Peter Hermann Baumann (1803-after 1864) active 1833-after 1864 | 
| Jacob N. W. Schaeffer A 1828-1851 | Concession ♦56 for C. H. F. Peters | |
| Ernst Martin Wilhelm Bielenberg (1772-1854) active 1797-1854 | 
| Johann Heinrich Zell V 1816-1826 |
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| Johann Friedrich Brahmfeld (1790-1852) active 1816-1852 | 
| Friedrich Christoph Greve C 1829-1854 |
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| Brahmfeld & Gutruf 1842-present | 
| Friedrich Christoph Greve C 1829-1854 | Founded by Johann Friedrich Brahmfeld with Johann Georg Gutruf Concession ♦73 for Friedrich Johann Heinrich Lange 1848- 1865. | |
| Johann Andreas Hölbeling active c.1791-c.1828 | 
| Jacob N. W. Schaeffer A 1828-1851 |
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| Christopher Bernhard Hues 1802-1840 | 
| Johann Schneider R 1799-1808 |
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| Johann Heinrich Albrecht Janssen 1861-1870 | 
| Johann H. J. Wienicke F 1857-1865 | The assayer or altermann Wienicke use both E & F. | |
| E. Koeh | 
| Johann H. J. Wienicke F 1857-1865 | Koeh is an undocumented maker. | |
| August Conradt Kohlmes II (attributed) | 
| Matthias Ernst Danckert Z 1749-1758 | Kohlmes II became master 1733, died by 1803. | |
| Heinrich Friedrich Krumstroh 1813-1876 | 
| Johann H. J. Wienicke E or F 1857-1865 | Krumstroh was master from 1842. | |
| Johann Diedrich Laué 1808-1824 | 
| A. F. Lammatsch T 1811-1828 | Son of, and apprentice to, Johann Gottlieb Laué. | |
| Johann Friedrich August Noack 1815-1856 | 
| Heinrich Leonhard Möller U |
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| Johann Friedrich August Noack 1815-1856 | 
| Friedrich Christoph Greve C 1829-1854 |
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| Johann Friedrich August Noack 1815-1856 | 
| Ernst Friedrich Franck B 1829-1857 |
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| C. H. F. Peters active 1835-1844 | 
| Jacob N. W. Schaeffer A 1828-1851 | Concession ♦56 for Peters, M & Co. is the retailer's mark. | |
| Friedrich Peters (1812-?) active 1841-c.1877 | 
| Ernst Friedrich Franck B 1829-1857 | Concession ♦21 is for Hans Nicolaus Nehlsen, c.1839- 1844 | |
| Heinrich Anthon Schauenburg active 1816-1857 | 
| Jacob N. W. Schaeffer A 1828-1851 |
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| Isaak Beehr Siemon | 
| Johann H. J. Wienicke F 1858-1865 | A Danish silversmith, Siemon was not a member of the Hamburg Guild, but was granted the right to practice there in 1858. | |
| Johann Heinrich Friedrich Simmerlund 1807-1869 | 
| Ernst Friedrich Franck B 1829-1857 | Simmerlund acquired a trade concession in 1838. | |
| Johann Friedrich Bernhard Sierich (b.1794) active c.1830-c.1850 | 
| Jacob N. W. Schaeffer A 1828-1851 |
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| L. Victor active 1855 - before 1869 | 
| Johann H. J. Wienicke E 1858-1865 |
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| Johann Heinrich Friedrich Viol active 1814-after 1860 | 
| Friedrich Christoph Greve C 1829-1854 | Concession ♦37 for Heinrich Wilhelm Niemeyer, 1837-1847. Niemeyer was a master 1847-1862. | |
| Johan Georg Friedrich Wage c.1821-1860 | 
| Johan Jacob Probst D 1853-1865 |
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| J. H. Watty & Sohne 1822-1939 | 
| Johann Christian Daniel
Weyergang Z 1826-1837 | Silversmiths & Jewelers | |
| August Heinrich Friedrich Zwicker (c.1770-1832) active 1802-1832 | 
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| Schultz | 
| Unclear |
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