Silver Makers' Marks - Birmingham Assay Office (B)

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B&

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Bacon & Bill (Charles Walter Bacon & Frank Bill) 1898 Salt Hylton Street, Birmingham
Booth & Biggs 1903..1904
(registered Mar 1903)
Watch chain T bar
Banks & Barnsley 1919..1922 Cigarette case, vesta
B & B 1931 Spoon
B & B 1935..1939 Bracelet
Braybrook & Britten 2001..2008 Bookmark, dish, match striker Park Parade, Ealing, London W3

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Brown & Clark 1852..1860
(registered Nov 1851)
Decanter label, flatware, knife blade Richard Street, Birmingham

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B & C 1859 Fruit knife
B & C 1882 Bracelet
B & C 1899..1906 Box, fob medal, mug, tongs, tray
Brookes & Crookes (John Brookes & Thomas Crookes) (registered Jun 1900) Atlantic Works, St Philip's Road, Sheffield
Bach & Cooper 1948..1950 Lighter Silversmiths, Broad Street, Worcester
B & Co 1895 Pepperette lid
B & Co 1896..1898 Spoon, watch fob
Henry Bushell & Co 1898..1904
(registered May 1871)
Condiments set, decanter label, scent bottle Tenby Street North, Birmingham
Blow & Co 1899..1901 Fob medal, salt, spoon Ferdinand Fekelmeyer & Francis William Lloyd trading as Blow & Co, Gracechurch Street, London
B & Co 1903 Pot rim
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..1921 Caster lid, mustard, salt

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W I Broadway & Co 1906 Ashtray, box, candlestick, caster, coaster, compact, compass, cup, decanter label, dressing set, flask, frame, goblet, letter opener, napkin ring, paperweight, pepperette, thimble, toast rack, vanity set, vase
1915..1935
1930
1935..1946
(registered Dec 1944)
1948..1981
(registered May 1939)
1961..2023
1974
1979..2003
(registered Mar 1976)
1985..2000
(registered May 1903)
Beddoes & Co 1928..1939
(registered Nov 1925)
Box, cigarette case, compact, comport, dish, dressing table set Suckling Ltd trading as Beddoes & Co, Albion Street, Birmingham

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B & Co Ltd 1910 Souvenir spoon
Boodle & Dunthorne 1933..1938 Ash tray, cheroot case, comb case, tea service Lord Street, Liverpool

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1950..1956
Bishton & Fletcher 1891..1897 Bookmark, spoon Northampton Street, Birmingham
Blackmore & Fletcher Ltd 1934..1941 Condiments set, quaich
Brown & Hands (William Brown & John Hands) 1819
(registered Jan 1819)
Watch case Case makers, Well Street, Coventry
B & H 1923 Gold ring
B & H 2004 Buckle
B & K 1891 Vesta
Blanckensee & Levetus 1881..1882
(registered Sep 1881)
Brooch, fob medal Joel Blanckensee & Hymen Levetus trading as Blanckensee & Levetus, silversmiths, Vittoria Street, Birmingham
B & L 1908..1925 Fob medal Possibly Botly & Lewis, “watch makers, gold & silver smiths, diamond merchants, electro-platers & jewellers & opticians”, King Street, Reading
Burrows & Mills 1886..1893
(registered Jul 1880)
Brooch, cuff links, watch case Jewellers & watchmakers, Vyse Street, Birmingham
Baldwin & Marriott 1920..1927
(registered May 1912)
Frame
Bourne & O'Neill 1883..1886
(registered Sep 1881)
Beaker, salt
Bent & Parker 1869..1909
(registered Aug 1863)
Brooch, buckle, cross-keys pendant, decanter label, fob medal, military pouch mounts, whistle Military ornament makers, Northwood Street, Birmingham
B & P 1937 Badge
Betts & Son 1807..1808
(registered c1803)
Spoon, tongs
B & S 1881..1886 Mug, trophy cup
Barnett & Scott 1893..1895 Bowl, gold fob medal Goldsmiths, jewellers, silversmiths, watch & clock makers, White Friar Gate, Hull, Yorkshire
B & S 1899 Teapot Possibly Bracher & Sydenham of Reading
B & S 1900 Vesta
Bach & Smith 1900..1901
(registered Apr 1900)
Fob medal, vesta
B H Britton & Sons 1907..1938 Box, cigarette case, fob medal Hockley Hill, Birmingham
Bracher & Sydenham 1911..1932 Basket, medal, spoon, tyg Minster Street, Reading; subsequently Queen Victoria Street, Reading

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Brook & Son 1911..1933 Badge, spoon George St, Edinburgh
1919
B & S 1926 Box
Boorman & Son Ltd 1929..1931 Fob medal Goldsmiths & Medalists, New Road, Gravesend, Kent
B & S 1968 Locket
Bodenham & Shorthouse (John Bodenham & Alan Shorthouse) 1977..1978 Ingot pendant Manufacturing jewellers, Whitefields Road, Solihull, West Midlands
Barrett & Thompson 1917..1919
(registered Sep 1914)
Bookmark, cigarette case, mustard, salt, spoon

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1922
(registered Nov 1914)
B & T 1919..1925 Purse, wallet mount
B & W 1893..1907 Brooch, crucifix pendant
Bacchus & Whitehouse (Bernard Charles Bacchus & Eric Whitehouse) 1920..1929 Fob medal, cigarette case, souvenir spoon Vyse Street, Birmingham
Burtons & Waters 1923..1939
(registered Oct 1921)
Caster lid, perfume bottle, spoon, tea service
B & W Hammett 1934..1947 Fob medal Jewellers, Barking Road, Plaistow, London E14
B & W Ltd 1929..1930 Cigarette case, dish, tea service, trophy cup
B & W Ltd 1930..1932 Candlestick, spoon, tea service, toast rack




BA

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
British Airways 1986..1998 Cuff links, decanter label, tie pin Concorde-branded goods

A note with a decanter label marked with the laser-marked version states that it was "manufactured and designed exclusively for Concorde by Special EFX of Stratford-upon-Avon, England"


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1998
Alfred Browetts & Co 1886..1903
(registered Apr 1886)
Bowl, napkin ring, salt, teapot Dean Street, Birmingham
British Airways Executive Club 1983 Napkin ring
Birmingham Assay Office 1977..2005 Bookmark, coaster, key ring, paper knife The Assay Office uses this punch on pieces sent in by those without their own registered mark