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Silver Makers' Marks - Birmingham Assay Office (B)



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Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Bacon & Bill (Charles Walter Bacon & Frank Bill) 1898 Salt Hylton Street, Birmingham
Banks & Barnsley 1919..1922 Cigarette case
B & B 1931 Spoon
B & B 1935..1939 Bracelet
Braybrook & Britten 2001 Dish Park Parade, Ealing, London W3

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Brown & Clark 1853..1860
(registered Nov 1851) 		Decanter label, flatware Richard Street, Birmingham
B & C 1899..1904 Tongs, tray
B & C 1950 Lighter
Henry Bushell & Co 1898..1901
(registered May 1871) 		Decanter label Tenby Street North, Birmingham
B & Co 1896..1898 Spoon, watch fob
Blow & Co 1899..1901 Fob medal, salt, spoon Ferdinand Fekelmeyer & Francis William Lloyd trading as Blow & Co, Gracechurch Street, London
B & Co 1904..1906 Salt & spoon, whisky decanter top
Burton & Co 1913
(registered Oct 1913) 		Condiments set Manufacturing silversmiths, Key Hill Drive, Birmingham
Barking & Co 1919 Mustard
W I Broadway & Co 1921..1935
(registered Oct 1939) 		Box, candlestick, caster, coaster, compact, cup, decanter label, dressing set, frame, napkin ring, pepperette, vanity set, vase
1930
1935..2006
(registered Dec 1944)
1952..1974
(registered May 1939)
1974
1979..1997
(registered Mar 1976)
1985..2000
(registered May 1903)
Beddoes & Co 1928..1938
(registered Nov 1925) 		Cigarette case, compact, comport, dressing table set Suckling Ltd trading as Beddoes & Co, Albion Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of Dart Silver Ltd) 		B & Co Ltd 1910 Souvenir spoon
Boodle & Dunthorne 1933..1938 Ash tray, tea service Lord Street, Liverpool
Bishton & Fletcher 1897 Spoon Northampton Street, Birmingham
Blackmore & Fletcher Ltd 1934..1941 Condiments set, quaich
Burrows & Mills 1886..1893 Brooch, watch case Jewellers & watchmakers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Bourne & O'Neill 1883..1886
(registered Sep 1881) 		Beaker, salt
Bent & Parker 1869..1882, 1909
(registered Aug 1863) 		Fob medal, military pouch mounts, whistle Military ornament makers, Northwood Street, Birmingham
Betts & Son 1807..1808
(registered c1803) 		Spoon, tongs
B & S 1899 Teapot Possibly Bracher & Sydenham of Reading
Bach & Smith 1900..1901
(registered Apr 1900) 		Fob medal, vesta
B H Britton & Sons 1907..1934 Box, cigarette case, fob medal Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Bracher & Sydenham 1911..1916 Spoon, tyg Minster Street, Reading; subsequently Queen Victoria Street, Reading

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		Brook & Son 1924 Badge George St, Edinburgh
B & S 1926 Box
B & S 1931 Fob medal
Barrett & Thompson 1917..1919
(registered Sep 1914) 		Cigarette case, mustard, salt, spoon
B & W 1900 Crucifix pendant
Bacchus & Whitehouse (Bernard Charles Bacchus & Eric Whitehouse) 1925..1929 Fob medal, cigarette case Vyse Street, Birmingham
Burtons & Waters 1923..1939
(registered Oct 1921) 		Caster lid, spoon, tea service
B & W H 1934 Fob medal
B & W Ltd 1929 Dish, tea service, trophy cup
B & W Ltd 1930..1932 Candlestick, spoon, tea service
British Airways 1986..1998 Decanter label Concorde-branded goods
Birmingham Assay Office 1977..1998 Coaster, paper knife
Barker Brothers 1872, 1898..1911
(registered Feb 1871) 		Buckle, caster, cigarette case, condiments, flatware, inkwell, napkin ring, salver, sauce boat, souvenir spoon, tea caddy, tea service, tea strainer, toast rack, tray, trophy cup, vase Paradise Street, Birmingham; subsequently Constitution Hill, Birmingham
1882..1924
Barker Brothers Silver Ltd 1931..1974
1930..1959
(registered May 1927)
B B 1941 Compact
B B Ltd 1950..1952 Fob medal
B C 1915 Cigarette case
B D Wilmot 1891..1894
(registered Nov 1889) 		Creamer, napkin ring Wilmot registered a similar mark with sans-serif characters Sep 1903
British Ever Ready Electric Co 1913 Torch
Barker Ellis Silver Co 1964..1990
(registered Oct 1964) 		Bowl, chalice, coffee pot, goblet, napkin ring, salver, tea service Formed by a merger between Ellis Brothers and Barker Silver Co in 1932
Bert Gordon 1925..1947
(registered Feb 1923) 		Bowl, jug, napkin ring, tea service, trophy cup Warstone Lane, Birmingham
B G 1965..1974 Candlestick, decanter label, goblet, salver
Britton, Gould & Co 1901..1905 Cigarette case, dish, goblet, hat pin holder, napkin ring, sovereign case, tea service, vesta Walter Hastler Britton and Edward Havelock Gould trading as Britton Gould & Co, Hatton Garden, London
1928..1939
Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd 1906 Caster Clarence Works, Pond Street, Sheffield
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd 1897..1904
(registered Jul 1897) 		Ash tray, bowl, frame, jug, napkin ring, teapot
1938
B H & M 1935 Compact
Barnett Henry Abrahams 1891..1904 Flatware, napkin ring, opera glasses, pepperette Houndsditch, London
1895
B H C & Co 1928..1935 Fob medal, souvenir spoon

(image courtesy of Dave Koncher) 		B H Joseph & Co (Barnet Henry Joseph) 1886 Bookmark, bowl, decanter label, fob medal, spoon, vesta Frederick Street, Birmingham
1887..1901, 1922
1891..1894
1912
Bernard Instone 1925..1933
(registered Aug 1922) 		Flatware, knife, napkin ring, wine taster

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		1928
Bermingham Jewellers & Silversmiths Association 1935
(registered Nov 1934) 		Commemorative plate
B J Keyzor & Co 1907..1909
(registered May 1906) 		Caster, dressing table set, napkin ring, shoe horn, string box Spencer Street, Birmingham
Benjamin Kirby 1829
(registered Apr 1826) 		Watch case Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
1838
Bendall Brothers (Gordon, Henry & David Bendall) 1925..1935, 1956..1966 Fob medal, napkin ring, spoon, trophy cup Spencer Street, Birmingham
1936..1949
B Ld 1911, 1936 Button, fob medal Possibly Buttons Ltd or Bennett Ltd.

Buttons Ltd mark (registered Jul 1908) shown by Crisp-Jones in Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks has the D underlined.

There is also a similar mark with no stop and with underlined D registered by Bennett 1907 Ltd, a Birmingham company, in Chester and London.

Bishton's Ltd 1945..1984
(registered Mar 1945) 		Caddy spoon, candelabrum, cocktail sticks, condiments set, decanter label, napkin ring, salver Northampton Street, Birmingham
B Ltd 1895 Fob medal
Bracelon Ltd 1967..1975 Bangle, pendant Manufacturing jewellers, Hylton Street, Birmingham
1978
Benjamin May 1777
(registered Sep 1773) 		Wick trimmer (working c1773-1801)
Birmingham Mint 1976..1986 Box, decanter label, mug, spoon
B M 1977 Salver
Birmingham Medal Co 1922..1932 Fob medal, spoon, trophy cup Goldsmiths Buildings, Vittoria St, Birmingham
B N 1912 Spoon
B N 1923..1928 Spoon
Birmingham Plate & Cutlery Ltd 1946..1947
(registered Mar 1946) 		Flatware, mug, tea service
B P Co 1966 Caster
Boots Pure Drug Company 1900..1917 Box, buckle, candlestick, cigarette case, decanter label, dish, dressing set, frame, jar top, mustard, napkin clip, napkin ring, pincushion, purse, souvenir spoon, tray Station Street, Nottingham

Boots was, and still is, a large chain of retail chemists.

1903..1923
Bravingtons Ltd 1927..1939 Box, cigarette case, cocktail shaker, condiments set, fob medal, match book holder, napkin ring, tea service Frank William Bravington trading as Bravingtons, Pentonville Road & Ludgate Hill, London
1927..1945
Bishtons Ltd 1990..1994 Napkin ring
Barrowclift Silvercraft 1972..2000
(registered Mar 1972) 		Candlestick, condiments, ring tree, tazza, vase Tenby Street, Birmingham
B Street & Co 1919..1927
(registered Jan 1916) 		Napkin ring, tea caddy
Birmingham Silversmiths Co 1947..1949
(registered Aug 1947) 		Ashtray, trophy cup
B S C Ltd 1994 Box
B S Ltd 1968..1974 Bowl, salt spoon, trophy cup Possibly British Silverware Ltd
B T C 1902 Table lighter
B T C 1921 Clock frame Note: this could be BTG, not BTC (see BTG)
Benjamin Thomas Greening 1899..1907 Knife rest, pepperette Hatton Garden, London & Hylton Street, Birmingham
B W Fase & Co 1896 Flask Oxford Street, London

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