Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (B)

B& BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BK BL BM BN BO BP BQ BR BS BT BU BV BW BX BY BZ

BJ

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Bertha Johnson 1913
(registered Mar 1909)
Spoon

(image courtesy of David Mercer)
M Jacobs & Co 1906..1921
(registered Jul 1895)
Stick mount Benjamin Jacobs trading as M Jacobs & Co, manufacturers of walking sticks and umbrellas, London EC

Marks with stop and in an oval punch with stop also registered

B J K 1990 Box
Bohemian Jewellery Ltd 1961..1966 Ashtray, buckle, decanter label Manufacturing jewellers, Seagrave Road, London SW6

In business since at least 1947 (at Tavistock Crescent W11). Name changed to Bohemian Ellison & Co Ltd c1972, but continued to use the same mark

B J P 1992 Pendant
B J S 1969..1981 Commemorative plaque, cup & cover, dish

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
1990




BK

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
B K S 1977 Coffee pot




BL

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Benjamin Blakely 1719
(registered Oct 1715)
Mug

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Benjamin Laver 1781..1788
(registered Dec 1781)
Dish, mug, plate, skewer, salt, tray
B Ltd 1977 Ingot pendant
Brian Leslie Fuller 1974..1999 Bowl, box, caddy spoon, candle snuffer, decanter, decanter label, goblet, napkin ring, thimble Items often seen with an impressed glis-glis (dormouse) trade mark

Clerkenwell, London (1975 to 1977); then Amersham, Berkshire

Marlow Brothers (1978..2005)
Brian Leslie Pattenden 1977 Caviar dish
B Ltd 1970 Napkin ring




BM

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
B M 1680 Cup
B M 1766 Caster Mark not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990

Note: mark partially reconstructed
B M 1764..1766 Goblet, spoon Mark shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 under Unregistered Marks. It may have been recorded in the lost 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register or the 1758-1773 Largeworkers' Register.

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Benjamin Mountigue 1779
(registered Aug 1770 and 1771, 1772, 1773)
Coffee pot, sauce boat, spoon, teapot, tongs Also known as Benjamin Mordecai
1779..1791
(registered Oct 1773)
B M 1797? Creamer & sucrier Mark is similar to that of Barak Mewburn (q.v.), 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 1827..1828
(registered Aug 1826)
Bowl, salver, spoon Son of John Mewburn
1829..1833
(registered May 1830)

(image courtesy of Peter Higgins)
B Muller & Son (Berthold Muller) 1894..1896
(registered Oct 1892)
Bowl, box, cup, spoon Importer of German silver, Wardour Street, London

A similar mark registered by Barnett Myers Oct 1892
1897..1911
(registered Oct 1897)
The Birmingham Mint Ltd 1978..1979 Spoon Icknield Street, Birmingham
B M 2002 Letter opener
Barr, Moering & Co 1902..1908
(registered Feb 1903)
Imported items: box, carving set, egg-cup, napkin ring, spoon "Foreign agents"
B M & Co 1908, 1922..1932 Box, bowl, jar top, scent bottle
B M B 1971 Figurine
British Metallising Co Ltd 1928..1933 Ash tray, candlestick, clock, dressing table set, shaving brush Queen Victoria Street, London EC4
1936
B M E 1940 Ash tray
Brian Michael Gavigan 1995 Candle snuffer
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


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Marlow Brothers 1978..2005 Brandy warmer, chamberstick, coaster, decanter label, dish, goblet, statuette, tastevin
B M N 1993..1994 Imported box
British Museum [Products?] 1979 Bracelet, pendant necklace

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Barry M Witmond 1975 Box, candlestick The Stableyard, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire

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1995..2003




BN

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Bowles Nash (1721..1725)
Bartholomew Need 1788..1798
(registered Aug 1787)
Watch case Case maker
1806
(registered Jul 1804)
1809
(registered Jun 1809)
Benjamin Norton 1821..1823
(registered Jun  & Apr 1820)
Watch case Case maker, Banner Street, St Luke's
1825..1840
(registered Jul 1824)
B N 1988 Decanter label
Bartholomew Need & John Taylor c1783
(registered Feb 1783)
Watch case Case makers, Bridgwater Square, Clerkenwell, London
Benjamin Norton & Joseph Norton 1842
(registered Oct 1841)
Watch case Case makers, Banner Square, St Luke's, London




BO

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
B O B 1977 Ingot pendant
Burns, Oats & Washbourne Ltd 1925..1966 Ecclesiastical items (chalice, pyx box, paten), menu holder, spoon Church Furnishers & Publishers, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester & London
Benjamin Godfrey (1739)
B O H 2000 Spoon




BP

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Benjamin Prosser 1668..1685 Spoon Attributed as "probably Benjamin Prosser" by MitchellMitchell, David M. - Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks,  Boydell Press, 2017
Benjamin Preston 1828..1845
(registered Sep 1825)
Coffee pot, creamer, dish, mug, salver, tea pot Plateworker
Benjamin Pilkington 1836
(registered Apr 1821 & Apr 1825)
Gold ring Goldworker, Perceval Street, Clerkenwell, London

Partnership between Benjamin Pilkington Senr & Benjamin Pilkington Junr, trading as Pilkington & Son, dissolved Sep 1837; Pilkington Junr continued trading as Pilkington & Son with his son Alfred until c1850

Benjamin Phillips 1896..1900
(registered Jan 1896)
Imported items: box, dish, pepperette Foreign dealer
B P Co 1966..1981 Caster, claret jug, coaster, decanter, goblet, salver, tastevin
B P L L C 1930..1938 Butter dish, condiments, dish, salver, teapot