Jean Bach
Hudson, NY 1860-1886
Bach to Bixler
Charles Edmund Bacon
Dover, NH 1855-1898
Jeweler and watchmaker.
Badger & Dillon
New York, NY 1865-1866
Bailey & Bowers
Springfield, MA c. 1854-1858
Bailey & Graves
Springfield, MA 1866-1869
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.
C.P. Barnes & Bro.
Louisville, KY 1870-1897
Founded by Chauncey P. Barnes and Joseph J.B. Barnes; jewelers.
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 E. Beard
Reading, MA c. 1850-1868
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.
Will H. Beck Co.
Sioux City, IA c. 1905-1933
Jewelers.
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.
Belknap & Crist
Newburgh, NY 1874-1899
William Belknap and James F. Crist; jewelers.
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
J. Best & Co.
Lexington, KY 1867-1868
John Best; jewelry and fancy goods merchants. Succeeded by Bruce & Till.
Solomon (Salo) R. Biesenthal
Cincinnati, OH c. 1850-1856 and Louisville, KY 1859-1899
Watchmaker and jeweler.
George W. Biggs
Pittsburgh, PA 1868-1899
Jeweler. Was in the partnership of Geo. W. Biggs & Co. 1883-1899.
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.
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