Fire Marks

Aberdeen Fire and Life Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1825-1889, W78A, lead, F-G, some lead loss around fixing holes and splitting along die-stamp...

Alliance British and Foreign Fire and Life Assurance Company Fire Mark, 1824-1859, W63B copper, F-G, some original paint

Atlas Assurance Company Fire Mark, 1808-1859, W50A, copper, F, some original paint

Bath Fire Office Fire Mark, 1776-1838, W11Ai, lead, policy no. 1639, inscribed verso 'April 1920, R. Rudman', G, overpainted with grey housepaint,...

Bath Sun Fire Office Fire Mark, 1776-1838, W16B, copper, with old collector's painted number recto, ex-FMC auction, 1980, F-G

Beacon Fire Insurance Fire Mark, 1821-1827, W56-B, copper, F-G, two fixing holes torn

Berkshire Gloucestershire and Provincial Life and Fire Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1824-1831, W64A, copper, G

Birmingham Fire Office Company Fire Marks, 1805-1867, W42B, copper, F-G, some original paint and W42-D, copper, F (2)

Bristol Crown Fire Office Fire Mark, 1718-1837, W6D, lead, G, original paint, incomplete, 'Bristol' panel missing

Bristol Crown Fire Office Fire Mark, 1718-1837, W6A-(i), lead, policy no. 13247, G, polished

Bristol Union Fire and Life Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1818-1844, W54A, tinned iron, G, traces of original paint

Britannia Fire Association Fire Mark, 1868-1879, W108A, copper, F

British Fire Office Fire Marks, 1799-1843, W30C, copper, F, overpainted and, W30F, copper, F, extra fixing holes, one enlarged (2)

Caledonian Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1805-1957, W43A, copper, G, mounted on panel

Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Trust and Annuity Institution Fire Mark, 1840-1893, W91B, copper, F, splitting along die-stamping lines

Commercial Insurance Company of Dublin Fire Mark, 1799-1827, W31A, lead, limewash removed, polished, flattening to border by left-hand fixing hol...

County Fire Office Fire Mark, 1807-1906, copper - W45B, P, W45C, F, W45D, G, original paint, W45E, P-F, garter end missing and W45-F, G, some ori...

District Fire Office Fire Mark, 1834-1864, W83A, copper, F and W83E, copper, F-G (2)

Dublin Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1782-1817, W21B, lead, G, polished

Dundee Assurance Company Against Losses By Fire Fire Mark, 1782-1832, W22A, lead, early policy no. 851, F-G, limewash removed, polished

Eagle Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1807-1916, W46A, lead, F-G, polished, ex-E Nugent Linaker Collection of Fire Marks and Fire Memorabilia, Philli...

Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Against Losses By Fire Fire Mark, 1720-1847, W7C, lead, policy no. 1169, G, polished, fixing holes slightly oversize ...

Equitable Fire Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1873-1901, W110C, copper, P

Essex Economic Fire Office Fire Mark, 1824-1857, W66B, copper, F

Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance Institution Fire Marks, 1840-1888, copper - W92A, F, W92B, F, original paint and W92B, F (3)

Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company Fire Marks, 1821-1868, copper - W57B, overall G, but six pellet or bullet holes, W57C, F-G, some original...

General Insurance Company of Ireland Fire Mark, 1777-1825, W18D, lead, G, some cracking and small indentations, polished

Glasgow Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1801-1841, W34A, lead, inscribed recto '75 Collage (sic) St' (Glasgow), F-G, cleaned and polished, display pi...

Globe Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1803-1864, W38E, G, slight surface corrosion

Hampshire Sussex and Dorset Fire Office Fire Mark, 1803-1864, W39B, copper, F-G, one iron nail head still in place, polished

Hand in Hand Fire Office Fire Mark 1696-1905, W2A, lead, policy no. 91436, G

Hand in Hand Fire Office Fire Mark 1696-1905, W2B, lead, policy no. 94480, G, orb slightly squashed, small resin repair to back of panel

Hand in Hand Fire Office Fire Mark 1696-1905, W2C(iv), lead, policy no. 104406, F-G, cross missing from orb, left-hand lower cuff detached from pa...

Hertfordshire Cambridgeshire and Country Fire Office Fire Mark, 1824-1831, W67A, copper, F-G, apparently removed from building in King's Langley, ...

Hertfordshire and Cambridge Fire Office Fire Mark, dates unknown, circa 1830, W68A, copper, G, traces of original paint

Hibernian Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1771-1839, W13B(ii), lead, G, small old repair just below orb

Hope Fire and Life Assurance Company Fire Mark, 1807-1844, W47A, copper, G, repair to top left corner, varnished, mounted on panel, period note r...

Imperial Insurance Fire Company Fire Marks, 1803-1902, W40C, copper, F-G, W40F, copper, F-G, overpainted and W40G, tinned iron, P, corroded (3)

Insurance Company of Scotland Fire Mark, 1821-1848, copper, overall G, several pinholes

Kent Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1802-1901, W36A(i), lead, policy no. 59, G, repainted, casting flaw behind hind legs, one fixing hole over-sized

Kent Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1802-1901, W36C, copper, F-G, some original paint

Kent Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1802-1901, W36D, copper, F-G

Lancashire Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1852-1901, W98A, copper, G-VG, some scuffing to scrolls, original paint

Leeds and Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Fire Mark, 1824-1864, W70A, copper, G, some pellet indentations

Leicester Fire Office Fire Mark, 1834-1843, W84A, tinned iron, P, corroded, section around top fixing hole missing

Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1835-1857, W86A, copper, F-G, tail of garter missing

Licenced Victuallers and General Fire and Plate Glass Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1875-1879, W112A, copper, G, traces of original paint, ex-E Nug...

Lion Fire Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1879-1902, W114A, copper, G, some original paint

Liverpool Fire Office Fire Mark, 1776-1794, W17A(ii), lead, policy no. 7141, G, housepaint probably removed, polished

Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1847-1864, W96A, copper, F-G

Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Company Fire Mark, 1864-1919, copper, W105A, F-G, some original paint and W105B, F, repaired, overpainted (2)

London Assurance Fire Mark, 1720-1965, W9E, lead, policy no. 12937, G, traces of original paint

London Assurance Fire Mark, 1720-1965, W9G, lead, G, some wear to high relief areas, polished, mounted on wooden panel

The Manchester Fire Office Fire Mark, 1771-1788, W14A, lead, policy no. 2509, F, overpainted, some removed

Manchester Fire and Life Assurance Company Fire Marks, 1824-1904, W71C, copper, F, on wooden panel, W71D, copper, some original paint and W71E, l...

National Assurance Company of Ireland Fire Marks, 1822-1904, tinned iron - W59A, F, original paint and W59B, G, original paint (2)

New Bristol Fire Office Fire Mark, 1769-1840, W12C, copper, P, traces of original paint

Newcastle Upon Tyne Fire Office Fire Mark, 1783-1859, W24B, lead, policy no. 3291, G, polished

North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, 1862-1959, W102A, copper, F-G, some original paint, some overpaint removed

Northern Assurance Company Fire Mark, 1836-1968, W88A, copper, F