Retailer, Wholesaler, and Other Marks

Bach to Bixler

Jean Bach

Hudson, NY 1860-1886

Charles Edmund Bacon

Dover, NH 1855-1894
Jeweler and watchmaker.

Badger & Dillon

New York, NY 1865-1866

Bailey & Bowers

Springfield, MA c. 1854-1858

Bailey & Graves

Springfield, MA 1867-1869
Samuel E. Bailey & Samuel D. Graves.

Lyman C. Bailey

Calais, ME 1860-1890

Baird & Wait

Ravenna, OH 1857-1862
Robert A. Baird and Edwin R. Wait, watchmakers and jewelers.

R.A. Baird / R.A. Baird & Co.

Ravenna, OH 1850-1864
Succeeded by Wait Bros.  Was in the partnership of R.A. Baird & Co. 1854-1856 with J. Dewey.

Baldwin & Cowles

Elyria, OH 1834-1839
Seymour W. Baldwin and Orrin Cowles, merchants.

Charles Wyllis Baldwin

New Britain, CT and Berlin, CT 1831-1856

Horace E. Baldwin & Co.

New Orleans, LA 1842-1853
Jeweler.

M.M. Baldwin & Co.

San Francisco, CA 1865-1872
Marcus M. Baldwin, jeweler.

Charles Ball

Poughkeepsie, NY 1840-1848; Sacramento, CA c. 1850;
Marysville, CA 1851 & c. 1860; Chico, CA 1865-1899

J. Bally & Son

Elmira, NY  1886-1923
Founded by John Bally and Louis F. Bally.  Jewelers.

Barber & Dickinson

Canton, NY  c. 1859-1862
Jewelers.

Barnard & Van Deren

Geneva, NY c. 1850-1861
E. Barnard and William Clark Van Deren. Jewelers.

Edwin Barnard

Geneva, NY c. 1835-1861.
Was a partner in the firm of Barnard & Van Deren in c. 1850-1861.

William C. Barnes

Southbridge, MA 1854-1892
Watchmaker and jeweler.  Was in the partnership of Dresser & Barnes 1854-1857.

Barney & Valentine

Syracuse, NY 1852-c. 1859

Frank D. Barnum / F.D. Barnum & Co.

Memphis, TN 1867-1875 and 1883-1885; Louisville, KY 1875-1883
Went under the name F.D. Barnum & Co. 1868-1875 and
1883-1885.

Barrett & Sherwood

San Francisco, CA 1850-1897
Jewelers.

Bartens & Rice Co.

New York, NY  1875-1909 with a branch in Saratoga Springs, NY c. 1900-1901
Charles F.A. Bartens and Thomas E. Rice.

William Barthman Jewelers

New York, NY 1884-Present

Joseph F. Bartlett

Clinton, MA c. 1874-1918

James C. Bates

Haverhill, MA c. 1873-1910
Was in the partnership of L. Kimball & Co. c. 1873-1879. Watchmaker and jeweler.

Benjamin Cyrus Beardsley

Wellsboro, PA c. 1844-1845; Litchfield, IL c. 1856-1877 and
Wellington and Norwich, KS 1886
Watchmaker and jeweler.

S. & C. Beates

Lancaster, PA  1845-1846
Fancy goods merchants.

George H. Bechtel

Philadelphia, PA c. 1850-1870
Merchant.  Partnered with George Eno 1861-1870 in the firm of Bechtel & Eno, silverware manufacturers.

Becker & Lathrop

Syracuse, NY 1860-1901
Founded by James Becker and E. Gilbert Lathrop.

D. Becker & Co.

Syracuse, NY 1849-1860
Daniel Becker, jeweler.

Beers & Pond

Boston, MA c. 1853-1854
Watchmakers.

Charles Bein

Baltimore, MD c. 1858-1896
Was principal of the Bein Jewelry Co. 1887-1896.

Josiah O. Beitel

Nazareth, PA 1833-1870

Charles A. Belden

Madison, WI  c. 1856-1883
Watchmaker and jeweler.  Was in the partnership of Cook & Belden c. 1856-1861.

W. Bell & Co.

Rockville, MD 1950-1991
Founded by Walter Bell.  Operated as a catalog source for high quality gifts, adding showrooms in 1971.  They sold sterling holloware under the trade name Warwick and silverplated holloware under the name Somerset.

William H. Bell

Concord, NH 1867-1897
Jeweler.

Belloni & Durandeau

New York, NY  c. 1835-1836
Louis J. Belloni and John Durandeau.

Louis J. Belloni

New York, NY c. 1835-1837

Bennett & Culbert

New York, NY c. 1852

John Best & Co.

Lexington, KY c. 1867
Merchants.

Solomon (Salo) R. Biesenthal

Cincinnati, OH c. 1850-1856 and Louisville, KY 1859-1899
Watchmaker and jeweler.

George W. Biggs

Pittsburgh, PA 1868-1903
Jeweler.

Chester Billings & Son

New York, NY 1897-1910
Successor to Randel, Baremore & Billings (1880-1897).  Jewelry and diamond dealers.

Bishop & Rein

New York, NY 1860-1872
Victor Bishop and Philip Rein, jewelers.

William F. Bissing

Baltimore, MD 1860-1910

Bittrolff & Geissler

Evansville, IN  1864-1865
John A. Bittrolff, Jr., Philip L. Geissler, and John L. Reynolds.

G.A. Bittrolff & Co.

Evansville, IN  1870-1880
Founded by George A. Bittrolff and Charles F. Artes.

Bixler & Fox

Easton, PA  c. 1873-1880
Founded by Sophia Bixler and Eli M. Fox; jewelers.

William Bixler

Easton, PA c. 1823-1848
Clock and watchmaker.