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.
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.
Benjamin to Bingham
Benjamin to Bingham
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
James Bingham
Philadelphia, PA c. 1867-1906