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
1848 - 1878, Joseph T Bailey and Charles W. Bailey, successors to Bailey & Kitchen, 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


Bailey & Kitchen
Philadelphia, PA
1832 - 1848 Joseph T. Bailey and Andrew B. Kitchen, predecessors to Bailey & Co.


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 -> entry for Manchester


Stephens Baker
Wilmington, NC & Beverly, MA
(1791-1883) Active from c.1815 in North Carolina, in Beverly, Massachusetts from c.1818








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 ~ c.1918 - c.1925
Manufacturers of sterling holloware.


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


B. A. Ballou & Co.
Providence, R.I. ~ c.1890s - ?
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.





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