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BB

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Barker Brothers	1871..1875, 1898..1911 (registered Feb 1871)	Basket, bell, buckle, candlestick, caster, cigarette case, cocktail sticks, compact, condiments, decanter label, egg cruet, flatware, fruit knife, inkwell, jar lid, mug, napkin ring, salver, sauce boat, souvenir spoon, tea caddy, tea kettle & burner, 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
		1927..1972 (registered May 1927)
		1947 (registered May 1947)
	B B	1941	Compact
	Blumfeld's Best Briars (subsequently Britain's Best Briars)	1894..1913	Cigarette holder, pipe mount, vesta	Proprietors: Adolph Frankau & Co Ltd, Queen Victoria Street, London EC Mark also seen with Frankau's AF&Co mark and Louis Blumfeld's LB mark
		1898
	Bannister Brothers	1927	Cigarette case	Manufacturing & wholesale jewellers, Hockley Hill, Birmingham
	Booth & Biggs Ltd	1899 (registered Apr 1893)	Watch chain T-bar	Makers of "ladies' gold and silver alberts, rings, studs, &c", Northampton Street, Birmingham
	B B Ltd	1948..1954	Fob medal
	Barclay Brothers	1921..1922 (registered Aug 1921)	Cigarette case, napkin ring, vesta
	Berker Brothers Ltd	1952	Kiddush cup
	B Bros	1958	Button
	Booth Brothers	1891 (registered Feb 1889)	Watch chain	Northampton Street, Birmingham
	B Br[other]s	1908	Decanter label
	Bell Brothers	1923 (registered Sep 1919)	Box

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BC

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	B C	1915	Cigarette case
	Bernard Cuzner	1926	Napkin ring
	B C A	1971	Spoon
	B C B	1971..1972	Spoon
	B C B Ltd	1973	Gold ring
	B C C	1990..1998	Candle holder
	B C H	1977	Ingot pendant

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BD

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	The Black Daisy Company	1990..1996	Buckle
	B D P	1975..1999	Letter opener, tumbler
	Bernard Dinwoody Wilmot	1891..1903 (registered Nov 1889)	Box, collapsible beaker, creamer, jar lid, napkin ring, spoon, vesta
		1891..1903
		1906 (registered Sep 1903)

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BE

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	B E B Co	1925	Cigarette case
	British Ever Ready Electric Co	1913	Torch
	Barker Ellis Silver Co	1964..2001 (registered Oct 1964)	Bowl, candelabrum, chalice, coffee pot, goblet, jug, napkin ring, salver, sauce boat, tea service	Formed by a merger between Ellis Brothers and Barker Silver Co in 1932

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BG

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of www.20thcenturysilver.co.uk)	Bert Gordon	1925..1982 (registered Feb 1923)	Bowl, candlestick, cigarette case, decanter label, dolls house miniature, goblet, jug, napkin ring, salver, tea service, trophy cup	Northampton Street, Birmingham; subsequently Warstone Lane, Birmingham Telephone directories list M. Gordon at the Warstone Lane address from c1940
	B Greaves	1970..1972 (registered Jul 1967)	Cigarette box	Silversmith, Spencer Street, Birmingham
	Britton, Gould & Co	1901..1906	Candlestick, 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	1905..1906	Caster, pepperette, purse, tea service	Clarence Works, Pond Street, Sheffield
(image courtesy of the Peartree Collection)	Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts	1902..1903	Casket, covered cup	Subsequently the Bromsgrove Guild Ltd (see BGLd)
	B G C & P	1928	Wallet mount
	Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Ltd	1897..1905 (registered Jul 1897)	Bowl, creamer, ink stand, presentation key, vase
(image courtesy of the Peartree Collection)		1936 (registered Oct 1910)
	Bromsgrove Guild Ltd	1936..1938 (registered c1925)	Bowl, jug	Metal workers, Bromsgrove, Birmingham,

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BH

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	B H & M	1932..1934	Compact
		1935
	Barnett Henry Abrahams	1891..1904	Flatware, napkin ring, opera glasses, pepperette	Houndsditch, London
		1894..1895
	B H C & Co	1928..1955	Brooch, fob medal, napkin ring, souvenir spoon
	B H Joseph & Co (Barnet Henry Joseph)	1886..1903	Bookmark, bowl, box, decanter label, fob medal, spoon, vesta	Frederick Street, Birmingham
		1887..1901, 1922
		1891..1897
		1898..1912

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BI

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Langstone Silver Works (Bernard Instone)	1925..1933, 1964, 1977 (registered Aug 1922)	Flatware, fob medal, knife, napkin ring, wine taster	Instone founded Langstone Silver Works in Digbeth, Birmingham in 1919 and retired in 1963, the company being continued by his sons.
(image courtesy of David Mercer)		1928

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BJ

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	B J	1988	Salver
	Benjamin John Blake	1931	Bowl, condiments set, spoon
		1952..1961
	Birmingham Jewellers & Silversmiths Association	1935 (registered Nov 1934)	Commemorative plate
	B J Keyzor & Co	1907..1909 (registered May 1906)	Button hook, caster, dressing table set, mug, napkin ring, pin dish, shoe horn, string box	Spencer Street, Birmingham

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BK

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Benjamin Kirby (or Kerby)	1829..1836 (registered Apr 1826)	Watch case	Case maker, Spon Street, Coventry
		1838..1845
		1855 (registered Mar 1848)

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