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Henry S. Gilling mark: HG
Mark details
- Maker
- Henry S. Gilling →
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- HG
- Colour
- gold
- Place
- London
Dating cue
Illustrated London 1855 hallmark.
Notes
Henry S. Gilling gold case maker, mark registered on 6 October 1848. Henry Slader Gilling is first recorded as a rose engine-turner from 1839 to 1845 at 41 King Square and then in 1846 and 1847 as an engine-turner at 2 Upper Charles Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell. He then went in business with Peter Clerc, trading as Gilling & Clerc, listed as watch case and dial makers at 1 Upper Charles Street. The partnership was dissolved in 1848 after which H.S. Gilling continued as a watch case and dial maker at the same address. He was succeeded in 1862 by Percy Gilling. 1855 hallmark