Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Silver Marks
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B.B.
Location Unknown
Active c.1830


Henry Bailey
Boston, MA
Active c.1780 - 1808


Bailey & Company
Philadelphia, PA
1846 - 1878 predecessors to Bailey, Banks & Biddle


Bailey, Banks & Biddle
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ 1878 - Present
Successors to Bailey & Co. The firm made & retailed quality sterling flatware and holloware.


Bailey, Kettell & Chapman
Boston, MA
Active ca.1850


Thomas Bailey
Utica, NY
Active c.1826


Baker - Manchester Mfg. Co.
Providence, Rhode Island ~ 1915 - c.1930
Sterling flatware, holloware and novelties. Mark was used earlier, c.1904 - 1914, by Manchester Silver Co.
See -> Manchester

Baldwin & Miller Inc.
Newark, NJ ~ 1920 - ?
Manufacturers small silver holloware, trophies & novelties. Not related to the Baldwin, Miller Co. of Indianapolis.

L.G. Balfour Company
Attleboro, Massachusetts ~ 1913 - c.1980
Primarily jewelry & insignia, some holloware.


Ball, Black & Company Ball, Black & Co.
New York, NY
c.1851- 1876 successors to Ball, Tompkins & Black.
John Wendt produced much of their silver onwards from c.1860






Ball, Tompkins & Black
New York, NY
c.1839 - 1851
Successors to Marquand & Co., succeeded by Ball, Black & Co.


Edward Ball Co.
New York, NY ~ c1918 - c1925
Manufacturers of sterling holloware.


William Ball
Philadelphia, PA
(b.1729 - d.1810)


B. A. Ballou & Co.
Providence, R.I. ~ 1919 - ?
Manufacturers of gold filled, gold and sterling jewelry and novelties.


Baltimore Silvermiths Mfg. Co.
Baltimore, Maryland ~ 1903 - 1905
Changed name to Heer - Schofield in 1905, became Schofield Co. about 1930. High quality Baltimore style repousse flatware and holloware.


Baltimore Sterling Silver Co.
Baltimore, Maryland ~ 1892 - 1904
Firm that became Stieff in 1904. High quality Baltimore style repousse flatware and holloware.


John J. Bangs
Cincinnati, OH
Active c.1825 - 1840


Conrad Bard & Son
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1850


Conrad Bard & Robert Lamont
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1841 - 1845


James P. Barnes
Louisville, KY
active c.1843 -1869, retailer


Nathaniel Bartlett
Concord, MA
Active c.1760




Samuel Bartlett
Concord, MA
(b.1752 - d.1821) Active c.1775 - 1795.


Battin & Co.
Newark, NJ ~ 1896 - 1922
Manufacturers of Sterling and 14k gold novelties and personal items.


I. Bedichimer
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1855 - 1870, probably retailer


Kenneth Begay
(1913-1977)

Scottsdale, AZ
active 1940s/70s, studio jeweler & silversmith


Beggs & Smith
Cincinnati, OH
Active c.1848-1861, Joseph P. Beggs & Harry R. Smith, predecessor to Beggs & Smith. Jewelers and silver retailers.


S.W. Bell
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1830's


Bell Trading Post
Albuquerque, NM ~ founded 1932
Manufacturers of sterling, copper & silverplate jewelry and souvenir spoons in the Navajo style.


A. C. Benedict Andrew C. Benedict
New York, NY
Active c.1827 - 1840


Benjamin & Ford
New Haven, CT
Active c.1828 - 1874. Possibly only retailers.



Barzillai Benjamin
New Haven, Bridgeport and Milford, CT - New York, NY
(b.1774 - d.1844) Active c.1799 - 1835. Same or very similar marks used by Benjamin Benjamin of New Haven & New York in the 1820's, probably Barzillai's son.


American Silver Marks

Everard Benjamin
New Haven, CT
(b.1807 - d.1874) Active c.1828 - 1874


Peter Bentzon (Bentson)
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1817 - 1849


Franz Bergmann
(1898-1977)

San Francisco, CA
active from c.1940, studio jeweler & silversmith


W. Bessac
Location Unknown
Kovel's lists an H.W. Bessac, active c.1820's in Hudson, NY.




Bigelow Bros. & Kennard
Boston, Massachusetts ~ c.1845 - 1863
Fine quality makers and retailers of coin silver, some sterling - flatware & holloware. Successors to Bigelow & Bros.



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