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Bigelow & Brothers
Boston, MA  1846-1847  
John Bigelow, Abram O. Bigelow and Alanson Bigelow.  
Succeeded by Bigelow Bros. & Kennard.
Bigelow, Kennard & Co.
Boston, MA  1863-1922  
Successor to Bigelow Bros. & Kennard.  Makers and retailers of quality flatware
and holloware.
Bigelow Bros. & Kennard
Boston, MA  1847-1863  
Successor to Bigelow & Bros. and predecessor to Bigelow,
Kennard & Co.  Makers and retailers of coin and sterling flatware and holloware.
Wheelock Peet Bingham
Indianapolis, IN  1859-1881  
Was in the partnerships of W.P. Bingham & Co. with Joseph H. Sprague 1860-1879
and then Bingham, Walk & Mayhew 1879-1881.  Silversmith and jeweler.  
John Bigelow
Boston, MA  1830-1867  
Was in the partnerships of John Bigelow & Co. 1836-1839; Bigelow & Bros.
1846-1847; and Bigelow Bros. & Kennard 1847-1863.
Binder Bros.
New York, NY  c. 1919-Present   
Makers of sterling novelties and jewelry.
Andrew Billings
Preston, CT; Fishkill, NY; and Poughkeepsie, NY  c. 1773-1805  
Served as a captain in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Frederich Billon / Billon & Co.
Philadelphia, PA 1795-1818 and St. Louis, MO 1818-1822  
Worked under the name of Billon & Co. 1797-1801.  Was in the partnership of
Chaudron & Billon with Simon Chaudron 1795-1797.
John Bigelow & Co.
Boston, MA  1836-1839  
John Bigelow and Alanson Bigelow.
Francis Bicknell
Rome, NY  1818-1859
Joseph Bevan
Baltimore, MD 1856-1866; Williamsport, PA 1866-1884; and Winston, NC
1884-1894
Everard Benjamin / E. Benjamin & Co.
New Haven, CT  1829-18734  Son of Barzillai Benjamin.  
Formed E. Benjamin & Co. c. 1830 until after 1840.  In the
partnership of Benjamin & Ford c. 1865-1873.
Benjamin & Ford
New Haven, CT  c. 1865-1873
A partnership between Everard Benjamin and George H. Ford.
Bennett & Caldwell
Philadelphia, PA  1843-1848  
A partnership between James M. Bennett and James Emmett
Caldwell.  When Bennett left the firm in 1848, the business became
J.E. Caldwell & Co., a well known jewelry firm still in business today.
Barzillai Benjamin
Bridgeport, CT 1815-1819 and New Haven, CT 1820-1844
Thomas Bentley
Boston, MA  1789-1803
Wm. Bens Co.
Providence, RI  1890-c. 1912  
Manufacturing jeweler who made sterling holloware, vanity ware, and novelties.
R. Best & Co.
Cincinnati, OH  1815-1817  
A partnership between Robert Best, Enos Woodruff, and Jacob Deterly.
B.H. Co.
See Barbour Hobson Co.
William John Bessac
Hudson, NY  c. 1810-1825
Peter L. Berg
Chicago, IL  c. 1909-c. 1925  
Kalo Shop shopmaster.  Handwrought Arts & Crafts flatware and holloware
bearing Berg's mark were made independently by Berg.
Samuel Best
Cincinnati, OH 1802-1818 and Rising Sun, IN 1819-1859  
Formed a partnership with his brother, Robert Best, as Samuel and Robert Best in
1812 but this lasted less than a year.  They became partners again 1817-1818.
Bentley & Wood
Washington, DC  1809  
Joseph Bentley and William Wood.
1912 William Bens Advertisement
Benjamin & Ford Trade Card
Benjamin to Bingham
Benjamin to Bingham
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Bennett & Thomas
Petersburg, VA  1812-1828  
Initially a partnership between John Bennett and Ebenezer Thomas, the business was
dissolved in 1819.  A second partnership was then established that same year between
John Bennett and John W. Thomas, ending with Bennett's death in 1828.
John Bennett
Richmond, VA 1805-1812 and Petersburg, VA 1811-1828  
A partner in the firm of Bennett & Thomas 1812-1828.
Daniel Billings
Preston, CT  1790-1795
1856 Bigelow Bros. & Kennard Advertisement
James Bingham
Philadelphia, PA  c. 1867-1906