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

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Alphabetical Listing by Maker's Name
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Pictorial Marks              Initial Marks              Unidentified Marks

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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.




James E. Blake Co.
Attleboro, Massachusetts ~ 1889 - 1936
Sterling & plated novelty, vanity and small table items.




Asa Blanchard
Lexington, Kentucky
Active ca. 1808 - 1838
Also used an initial AB mark, died in 1838.


George, Richard & Porter Blanchard
Gardner, Massachusetts ~ c.1909 - c.1923
The mark of father George P. Blanchard & his sons Porter & Richard, used after George left the employ of Arthur Stone.






Porter Blanchard (1886-1973)
Burbank, California ~ c.1923 - ?
High quality maker of handwrought Arts & Crafts sterling flatware and holloware. Located in Gardner, Mass. until 1923. A founder of the Arts & Crafts Society of Southern California.


Blynn & Baldwin
Cincinnati, OH
Active ca. 1850's


Charles Louis Boehme
Baltimore, MD
(b.1774 - d.1868) Active c.1795 - 1812


Nicholas J. Bogert
New York & Orange County, NY
Active ca. 1800 - 1825





Alphabetical Listing by Maker's Name
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