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An example of a London import mark from 1908, sponsor, James Thredder, Son & Co. (Edwin Thompson Bryant):

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ETB - London - ·925 - 1908

Noted on a piece made by Georg Roth & Co. of Hanau.

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WATCH CASES "AS PLATE"

The Board of Customs have notified the Board of Trade that all gold and silver watch cases imported into this country on and alfter June 1 next will be dealt with by the Customs as plate, within the meaning of Section 10 of the Revenue Act, 1883, which provides that gold and silver plate shall not be delivered for use until assayed, stamped, and marked according to law.


Source: Evening Express and Evening Mail - 28th May 1907

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An example of a London import mark from 1911, sponsor, Berthold Hermann Muller:

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B.H.M - London - ·925 - 1911

Noted on a piece made by L. Neresheimer & Co. of Hanau.

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An example of a London import mark from 1979, sponsor, CLd:

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CLd - London - 925 - 1979

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An example of a Chester import mark from 1926, sponsor, Robert Cawley of Chester:

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R.C - Chester - 1926

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45092&p=178190&hil ... ey#p178190

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An example of a London import mark from 1991, sponsor, JL:

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JL - 925 - London - 1991

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An example of a Birmingham import mark from 1998, sponsor, GC&S:

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GC&S - 925 - Birmingham - 1998

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An example of a Chester import mark from 1903, sponsor, Berthold Muller & Son:

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BM - 1903 - Chester - F

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An example of Glasgow import marks from 1930 for 9ct gold, sponsor, unknown:

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An example of a Birmingham import mark from 1908, sponsor, EGB:

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EGB - Birmingham - 1908

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An example of a London import mark from 1979, sponsor, International Bullion & Metal Brokers:

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925 - STERLING - I/BB - 925 - London - 1979

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Example of Glasgow import marks from 1901, sponsor, George Edward & Sons:

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DE over GE - Glasgow - 1901 - F

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An example of a Birmingham import mark from 1905, manufacturer, Gorham Manufacturing Co.:

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G·M·Co - ·925 - Birmingham - 1905

Note the cartouche shape on the date mark as compared with those used on home produced items.

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An example of a London import mark from 1904, sponsor, Robert Friederich (Fredericks Ltd.):

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RF - London - ·925 - 1904

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An example of a Glasgow import mark from 1899 struck on a spoon by Dominick & Haff:

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T.S & S - Glasgow - 1899

The sponsor was Thomas Smith & Son of Glasgow.

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45974&p=196890&hilit=1899#p196890

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An example of a London import mark from 1929, sponsor, H.C. Freeman Ltd., of Hatton Garden, London:

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HCF Ld - London - 925 - 1929

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Form of Declaration and the New Hall Marks for Foreign-made Watch Cases



At the Court at Windsor, the 28th day of November, 1887.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, 50 and 51 Vic. c. 28, it is, amongst other things, provided that —

(1.) Every person who, after the date fixed by Order in Council, sends or brings a watch case, whether imported or not, to any assay office in the United Kingdom for the purpose of being assayed, stamped or marked, shall make a declaration, declaring in what country or place the case was made. If it appears by such declaration that the watch case was made in some country or place out of the United Kingdom, the assay office shall place on the case such a mark (differing from the mark placed by the office on a watch case made in the United Kingdom) and in such a mode as may be from time to time directed by Order in Council.

(2.) The declaration may be made before an officer of an assay office appointed in that behalf by the office (which officer is hereby authorized to administer such a declaration) or before a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner having power to administer oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature in England or Ireland or in the Court of Session in Scotland, and shall be in such form as may be from time to time directed by Order in Council,

(3.) Every person who makes a false declaration for the purposes of this section shall be liable on conviction or indictment to the penalties of perjury, and, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds for each offence.

Now, therefore. Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in exercise of the powers vested in Her by the above recited provisions of the said Act, is pleased to order and declare, and doth hereby order and declare, that where it appears by such declaration that such watch cases have been made in some country or place out of the United Kingdom, then the following Authorities, that is to say : —

The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London
The Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate, Birmingham
The Company of Goldsmiths of the City of Chester
The Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate, Sheffield
The Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh
The Goldsmiths Company of the City of Glasgow
The Fraternity or Company of Goldsmiths of the City of Dublin;
shall respectively cause to be placed on such watch cases the marks more particularly described and delineated in Schedule IF, hereunto annexed, and no other mark or marks, and such marks are hereby authorized accordingly.

And it is hereby further ordered and declared that the declaration to be made shall be in the form set forth in Schedule I., hereunto annexed.

This Order shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

C. L. Peel.


SCHEDULE I.

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(a) Here insert name and address of declarant.
(b) Signature of declarant.
(c) Signature and title of person before whom the declaration is made.

SCHEDULE II.

On a foreign gold case : —
Within a shield of the form of a Cross, and of the size shown in Figure I. of the Appendix hereto, the word “Foreign,” over which a Hall Mark particular to each office shown in Figure III. and the carat value of the gold, and under which the decimal equivalent of the carat value of the gold together with the variable annual date-letter.

On a foreign silver case : —

Within a shield of the form of a regular octagon and of the size shown in Figure II. of the Appendix hereto, the word “Foreign,” over which a Hall Mark particular to each office shown in Figure HI. and under which the variable annual date-letter.
The particular Hall Mark above referred to for each of the seven assay offices at which foreign cases may be stamped is shown in Figure V. of the Appendix hereto.

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Source: The London Gazette - 9th December 1887

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An example of a London import mark from 1904, sponsor, Singleton, Benda & Co. Ltd. :

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SB&Co. - 1904 - London

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An example of a London import mark from 1958, sponsor, Georg Jensen Ltd.:

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G.J. Ld. - London - 1958

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