Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Silver Marks

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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.




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


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


Benziger Brothers
New York, NY ~ c.1860 - c.1970
Catholic book publishers, also manufacturers of sterling & silverplate ecclesiastic ware.


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.


Bigelow, Kennard & Co.
Boston, Massachusetts ~ c.1863 - 1923
Fine quality makers and retailers of coin silver, sterling - flatware & holloware. Successors to Bigelow Bros. & Kennard


John Bigelow
Boston, Massachusetts
Active ca. 1830's

James Bingham Jr.
Philadelphia, PA
Active ca. 1867, patented a pattern known to have been retailed by J. E. Caldwell & Co.

John Birge
Brattleboro, Vermont
(b.1780 - d.1859) Active ca. 1805 - 1842


Henry Birks & Sons
Montreal, Quebec ~ 1879 - Present
Highly reputed Canadian firm.


Black, Starr & Frost
New York, New York ~ 1874 - Present
Excellent quality makers and retailers of sterling holloware and novelties. Successors to Ball, Black & Co.


BSG Black, Starr & Gorham
New York, NY
1940 - 1962




James Black
Philadelphia, PA
Active ca. 1795 - 1822


R. Blackington & Co.

R. Blackinton & Co.
North Attleboro, Massachusetts ~ 1862 - 1967
Sterling novelties, some flatware & small holloware. Absorbed into Raimond Silver Mfg. Co.





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