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Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (B)



BA   BB   BC   BD   BE   BF   BG   BH   BI   BL   BM   BN   BO   BP   BR   BS   BT   BU   BW  

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
B & B S 1977 Spoon
Blow & Co (registered Aug 1900) Ferdinand Fekelmeyer & Francis William Lloyd trading as Blow & Co, Gracechurch Street, London
Butt & Co (registered Mar 1906) Jewellers & silversmiths, Eastgate Row, Chester & High Street, Wrexham
Brewis & Co 1908..1912
(registered Jan 1907) 		Flatware Marshall Street, London
W I Broadway & Co 1936..1939 Brush, mirror
Boodle & Dunthorne 1939, 1962..1965 Dish
Blackmore & Fletcher Ltd 1916..1939
(registered Jul 1913) 		Bowl, box, candlestick, caster, jug, napkin ring, salver, tazza, tea service, trophy cup Directors: Ernest Blackmore and Joseph Washington Fletcher.

Manufacturing silversmiths, Ramillies Place, Oxford Street, London

Birch & Gaydon 1912..1958
(registered Mar 1911) 		Bowl, coffee pot, spoon, wager cup Goldsmiths, silversmiths & watchmakers, Fenchurch Street, London EC3
B & G W 1932..1934 Jar lid
B & H 1977..1983 Commemorative items (decanter label, dish, spoon)
Brook & Son (registered May 1910) Spoon George Street, Edinburgh
1913
Bracher & Sydenham 1911
(registered Oct 1911) 		Caster Minster Street, Reading; subsequently Queen Victoria Street, Reading
Blackburn & Tysall (Francis Blackburn & Alfred Tysall) 1899..1906
(registered Feb 1899) 		Basket, box, brush
B & W Ltd 1924..1971 Ecclesiastical silver (communion set, candlestick, pyx box)

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Richard Bayley 1717
(registered Mar 1708) 		Mug
Thomas Bamford 1720
(registered Jan 1720) 		Box Noted maker of casters
Benjamin Alfred Green 1866
(registered Jul 1858) 		Watch case Case maker
B A H 1985..1987 Box, goblet
B A J 1939 Cigarette case
British Automatic Mesh Company 1915
(registered Apr 1913) 		Purse Fritz Weiss Jr & George Dresden (of Pforzheim, Germany) trading as British Automatic Mesh Co, manufacturer of machine made mesh bags, Hatton Garden, London
B B 1685 Box, spoon "Unidentified" by Jackson
B B 1762..1765
(registered Mar 1762) 		Mug, spoon, wine funnel This mark not shown in Grimwade
B B 1881 Basket This mark not shown in Culme
Barnabas Blackburn 1884
(registered May 1880) 		Goblet

(image courtesy of David Mercer) 		B B 1936 Pepper mill
B B 1964 Ashtray
Benjamin Cartwright I 1741..1754
(registered Jun 1739) 		Beaker, cup, sauce boat, spoon
1759
(registered Feb 1757)
Benjamin Cartwright II 1755..1782
(registered Apr 1754) 		Flatware
B C 1948 Imported tastevin
Corke Brothers & Co (1905..1910)
Burrage Davenport 1775..1783
(registered prior to Mar 1773) 		Basket, caster, skewer, toast rack, tray
1786
Benjamin Davis 1823
(registered May 1823) 		Flatware
1825..1832 A similar mark registered by Benjamin Reece Dexter, Sep 1835
Benjamin Elkin 1819..1822
(registered Nov 1817) 		Spoon
Blanche Fralion 1727
(registered c1727) 		Bowl
Beare Falcke 1864..1868
(registered Mar 1864) 		Creamer, kettle & burner, salt, tankard, trophy cup
Benner, Friedrich & Co 1902
(registered Jan 1902) 		Imported cigarette case
Benjamin Godfrey 1732..1733
(registered Oct 1732) 		Coffee pot, mug, spoon, teapot
1752..1754
(registered Jun 1739)
Benjamin Alfred Green 1847
(registered Oct 1838) 		Watch case
Boardman, Glossop & Co Ltd (registered Mar 1895) Sheffield
Britton, Gould & Co 1925
(registered Jun 1900) 		Buckle Walter Hastler Britton and Edward Havelock Gould trading as Britton Gould & Co, Hatton Garden, London
B H 1935 Vase
Barnett Henry Abrahams (registered Mar 1888) Houndsditch, London
B H Joseph & Co (Barnet Henry Joseph) (registered May 1878) Frederick Street, Birmingham
(registered Mar 1891)
Berthold Hermann Muller 1911..1922
(registered Jan 1912) 		Caddy spoon, cow creamer, tea caddy Wardour Street, London

Importer of German & Dutch silver

Joseph Bird 1700
(registered Apr 1697) 		Candlestick, wick trimmer
Benjamin Laver 1781
(registered Dec 1781) 		Tray
Brian Leslie Fuller 1978..1992 Bowl, box, decanter label, goblet, napkin ring Items often seen with an impressed glis-glis (dormouse) trade mark

Clerkenwell, London

Marlow Brothers (1978..2005)
Brian Leslie Pattenden 1977 Caviar dish
B Ltd 1970 Napkin ring
Benjamin Mountigue 1781..1791
(registered Oct 1773) 		Coffee pot, spoon, teapot Also known as Benjamin Mordecai.

Also a mark without the pellet registered Aug 1770 (as Mordecai) and Apr 1771, 1772 & 1773 (as Mountigue):
B M

B M 1797 Creamer & sucrier Mark is similar to that of Barak Mewburn (see below), but this is probably an example of a "pseudo-hallmark" or even a forgery; i.e. not English, but made to look English.
Barak Mewburn 1828
(registered Aug 1826) 		Salver, spoon
1831
(registered May 1830)
B Muller & Son (Berthold Muller) 1894..1911
(registered Oct 1897) 		Bowl, box, cup, spoon Importer of German silver, Wardour Street, London

A similar mark registered by Barnett Myers Oct 1892

B M 1979 "Tichborne" spoons
Barr, Moering & Co 1902..1903
(registered Feb 1903) 		Imported items: box, carving set "Foreign agents"
B M & Co 1908, 1927..1932 Box, bowl, jar top
British Metallising Co Ltd 1928..1933 Ash tray, candlestick, dressing table set, shaving brush Queen Victoria Street, London EC4
1936
B M E 1940 Ash tray
Boaz Moses Landeck 1908
(registered Feb 1907) 		Imported silver (menu holder) "Importer of foreign plate", Campden Square, London

Succeeded Samuel Boyce (Boaz) Landeck (see SBL mark); died 1916


(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Marlow Brothers 1978..2005 Chamberstick, coaster, statuette

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk) 		Barry Witmond 1995..2003 Box, candlestick Web site
Bowles Nash 1723
(registered Jun 1721) 		Coffee pot
Benjamin Norton 1821
(registered Apr 1820) 		Watch case Case maker, Banner Street, St Luke's
1825..1840
(registered Jul 1824)
B O & W Ltd 1925..1955 Communion wafer box, spoon
Benjamin Preston 1831..1838
(registered Sep 1825) 		Coffee pot, salver
B P Co 1966..1970 Caster, coaster
B P L L C 1930..1931 Dish, salver
Jonathan Bradley 1697
(registered Apr 1697) 		Spoon Spoon maker
Benjamin Stephenson 1776
(registered Jun 1775) 		Candlestick
Benjamin Smith III 1818..1820
(registered Jul 1818) 		Basket, coffee pot, cruet, decanter label, dish, ewer, flatware, goblet, kettle stand, snuffer tray, teapot, tureen Camberwell; subsequently (from 1822) Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

Died 1850

1829..1833
(registered May 1822)
1838..1842
(registered Dec 1837)
Benjamin Stephens 1836..1841
(registered Aug 1836) 		Flatware, goblet Named in Grimwade as Benoni Stephens
1841
(registered Aug 1834)
1841
(registered May 1835)
Bravingtons Ltd 1926..1946 Fob medal, tea strainer, trophy cup Pentonville Road & Ludgate Hill, London
1929
Bryan Savage 1971..1980 Bowl, candelabra, caster
Bs & Co 1916..1924 Goblet, jar top
Probably Birmingham School of Arts & Crafts 1955..1960 Spoon
Benjamin Smith I & Benjamin Smith II 1817
(registered Jul 1816) 		Salt, teapot Father & son
B S C 1966 Decanter label, goblet, knife handle, knife rest, letter opener, sauce boat
B S C Ltd 1994 Frame
B S G 1961 Letter opener
Benjamin Smith I & James Smith 1809..1811
(registered Feb 1809) 		Dish, salt Manufactured for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. Benjamin & James were brothers
Benjamin Tempest 1826 Spoon Grimwade notes that this mark in an oval punch is later than one in a cut-corner box registered Apr 1826:
B·T
There is also a mark in conjoined circles with pellet, dated Apr 1826
B T 1937 Tastevin
B T 1977 Caddy spoon
Benjamin Thomas Greening 1903..1906
(registered Jun 1899) 		Box, spoon Hatton Garden, London & Hylton Street, Birmingham

(image courtesy of www.coritani.com) 		Thomas Burridge 1706
(registered Apr 1706) 		Spoon
Benjamin West 1738
(registered Jun 1738) 		Mug, salver
1739..1741
(registered Jun 1739)
Benjamin Webb 1806
(registered Mar 1806) 		Watch case Case maker

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