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Bogle Brothers were a jewelers at White River Junction, Vermont. The company was originally founded by Byron Leslie & Clarence Clinton Bogle. From Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States....

One possibility is John Biggin of Sheffield, active in the second half of the 19th century. Your toast-rack is electro-plated (the initials EP) - Sheffield Plate is often used to describe a technique where a layer of silver was fused over a layer of copper, and was popular in the latter 18th and ear...

I suspect Joseph Gilbert of Sheffield. Interesting piece - almost looks medical?

Circa 1835 there was a J F Reeves in Baltimore - a photo would confirm this!
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I suspect Deane & Co were retailers - an 1876 newspaper advert can be seen here http://www.sensationpress.com/victorianhousehold.htm

The lower line of letters is up-side-down and reads EPNS so your salver/tray is Electro Plated Nickel Silver. I´m afraid I can't read the letters within the shield except for the "& C", perhaps you can describe them.

Your marks indicate that the watch-case was imported into England and assayed in London (the "u" inside a cross mark) and is of sterling quality (92.5% pure silver). Your photo is a little unclear - however, the letter "q" beneath these looks like the date letter for 1911. The mark above "GS" is, I ...

I have an almost identical ladle and have seen matching tea-spoons with various marks - so my guess is it was for sugar. They come from Peru - my piece is marked "STERLING PERU 925 ARIAS" and I suspect it was made c.1950. I'm afraid I know of no reference for 20th century Peruvian silver marks.

Most probably silverplate by John Sherwood & Sons of Birmingham, England, active from the mid 19th to the early 20th centuries.
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In 1769 Gabriel Wirgman was working with James Upjohn - see http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1760s/t17691206-13.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Presumably Wirgman married Upjohn's sister Mary on 26 May 1768 -see http://www.pearce-bennett.freeserve.co.uk/ancestors/upjohn/...

I suspect Louis Gallerand, rue de Montmorency, Paris. His mark was registered 31 May, 1895. I believe the company may still be in business.
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Were Collins & Cook still going?

Interesting piece! It appears to have been made in London in 1703 - during a brief period when the Britannia standard (95% silver) replaced the sterling standard (92.5% silver). Hence the Britannia mark (not Dublin). The maker's mark used the first two letters of the surname at this period - althoug...

Your watch is Swiss - the letter J is the city where it was assayed, someone else may know! See viewtopic.php?t=1471

My guess is these were sold in Italy as souvenirs - where they were made, however, may be another question!

In the case of Rogers, the star & cross was a trade mark - it appears on most of the items I have seen, including steel knife blades. Rogers started in the 18th century, or earlier, as cutlers, and most cutlers had similar identifying marks. Many cutlers branched into silver or Sheffield Plate a...

Your spoon was made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd. The company always used the star and Maltese cross, although I don't know why - perhaps to avoid confusion with John Round & Son Ltd?

I have seen a late 18th century mark of W.E in a rectangle attributed to William Eley - it appears almost identical to the William Elliot mark, however the pellet is fractionally higher. Elliot's pellet is aligned almost with the bottoms of the W and E, whereas Eley's pellet is almost at a level wit...

I believe there was a R Swan working from Andover, Mass, Philadelphia - he may be your man!
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The E M &Co refers to the Elkington-Mason partnership in this period. In 1865 this mark became simply E &Co, also in "gothic" lettering. The first series started in 1841 and consisted of the numbers 1 to 8 in a diamond. Then in 1849 they changed to letters - starting with k - also in a diamo...