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| Bailey Banks & Biddle traces their roots to 1832 and to the firm of Bailey & Kitchen. (See next entry down for more information on Bailey & Kitchen) Bailey Banks & Biddle is a retailer of sterling silver and a jewelry store with retail outlets spread across the United States.
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Bailey and Kitchen Philadelphia, PA. Joseph T. Bailey and Andrew B. Kitchen. 1832-1848. The pseudo hallmarks to the left of the "B & K" mark belongs to that of Taylor & Lowrie. |
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The Baker-Manchester Co. was located in Providence, Rhode Island between 1914 and the late 1920's. By 1929 they had changed their name to the Manchester Silver Co. They were makers of sterling silver smalls and souvenir spoons. |
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The Baldwin, Miller Co., Inc. was first established in 1883 in Indianapolis, Indiana. They manufactured sterling hollowware, flatware and jewelry. They were in business as late as 1975. (Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, Rainwater & Redfield, 1998) |
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Ball, Black & Co. - New York, New York. Formed in 1851 by William Black and Henry Ball. Became Black, Starr and Frost in 1874. |
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E. & J. Bass were New York, NY manufacturers of sterling and silver plate. |
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The Bell Trading Post was an Albuquerque, New Mexico company that manufactured sterling souvenir spoons and jewelry. |
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Andrew C. Benedict 28 Bowery, New York, NY. Worked 1820's through 1880's. For a time worked with Egbert Scudder. |
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Started in 1879 in Montreal, Canada Henry Birks and Sons, Ltd. purchased the Canadian subsidiary of the Gorham Co. in 1907. (Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, Rainwater & Redfield, 1998) |
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The R. Blackinton & Co. was founded in 1862 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts by Roswell Blackinton and Walter Ballou. According to a 1950 advertisement, they manufactured sterling "flatware, hollowware, novelties, cigarette cases, compacts and ladies' and men's dresserware sets." |
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Started by 2 brothers in 1865, W. & S. Blackinton Co. was originally a manufacturer of gold jewelry in Meriden, CT. After being purchased by the Ellmore Silver Co. in the 1930's, they started manufacturing a line of silver-plated hollowware.
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| Black, Starr and Frost was formed in 1874 as the successors to Ball, Black & Company.
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Black, Starr & Gorham, Inc. was a partnership between Black, Starr & Frost and The Gorham Mfg. Co. from 1940 through 1962.
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Gerardus Boyce New York, NY. Worked 1820's through 1850's. |
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J. H. Breakell & Company has been making gold and silver jewelry, belt buckles and Christmas Ornaments in Newport, Rhode Island since 1972. |
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Francis A. Bunnell worked in Syracuse, New York and in the mid-1870's sold his business to Clemens Oskamp of Cincinnati. |
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