Retailer, Wholesaler, and Other Marks

Blake to Butman

Blake & Lyon

Baltimore, MD 1846-1848

Blake & Robinson

Worcester, MA 1868-1872

J. Quincy Blake

Boston, MA c. 1834-1854
Jeweler.

Blakeman & Brown

St. Paul, MN  1866-1872
Sarah T. Blakeman and Edgar A. Brown; watch and jewelry merchants.

Blair & Crawford

Philadelphia, PA  1890-1912
William G. Blair and Harry A. Crawford, jewelers.

Samuel S. Blanchard

Glover, VT c. 1845-1857
Merchant.

John B. Blickle

Rochester, MN c. 1885-1909
Watchmaker and jeweler.

Bliss & Whittemore

New Orleans, LA 1833-1835
John Bliss and Edwin Whittemore, jewelers.

Blood & Hix

Rockland, ME c. 1870-1882
William H. Blood and Thomas W. Hix, Jr.

Blynn & Baldwin

Columbus, OH 1849-1860
William Blynn and Thomas Scott Baldwin, jewelers.

William Blynn

Columbus, OH 1845-1865
Jeweler.

E.H. Boardman

Honolulu, HI 1841-1849
Watchmaker, jeweler, and chronometer maker.

Boas & Newhard

Harrisburg, PA  1850-1856
Jacob D. Boas and James J. Newhard; jewelers.

Henry S. Bodge

Portsmouth, NH 1861-1869 and New York, NY 1881-1885

Victor Bogaert Co. / Bogaert’s

Lexington, KY  c. 1911-2013
Jewelry business founded by Victor Bogaert c. 1890.

Bogle Bros.

White River Junction, VT 1889-c. 1960 with a branch in
Boston, MA c. 1895
Founded by brothers Byron L. and Clarence C. Bogle.  Importers and wholesalers.

Charles Bond

Boston, MA 1825-1875
Watchmaker.

Edward Bond

Hartford, CT 1844-1845
Jeweler.

Joseph Bonfanti

New York, NY  c. 1817-1838
Fancy goods merchant.

William Boning

Philadelphia, PA  1843-1869
Manufacturing jeweler.

John M. Bonnet, Sr.

Zanesville, OH 1835-1882
Bonnet’s business continued to be run under his name after his death in 1882 until 1900.

Bourne & Lewis

New Bedford, MA c. 1848-1851

Bowler & Burdick Co.

Cleveland, OH 1875-c. 1940s
Founded by William Bowler and Russell E. Burdick.

Boynton & Woodford

Boston, MA 1837-1854
James Boynton and Philip R. Woodford, jewelers and makers of combs.

Edwin L. Brainard

Ware, MA c. 1845-1856

Alexander R. Brattin

Greencastle, IN 1860-1887; Kansas City, MO c. 1891-1892; and
St. Louis, MO 1893-1897
Opened short-lived branch locations in Danville and Spencer, IN, in the mid-1880s.

William D. Briggs

New York, NY 1837-1883
Watchmaker and jeweler. In the partnerships of Akerly & Briggs 1845-1851 and Wm. D. Briggs & Co. c. 1878-1883.

Brigham & Eager

Marlborough, MA c. 1878-1903
Loriman S. Brigham and Henry W. Eager, jewelers.

Loriman S. Brigham

Marlboro, MA 1856-1903
Was in the partnership of Brigham & Eager c. 1878-1903. Jeweler.

Isaac Brilleman

Albany, NY c. 1873-1902

Brock & Co.

Los Angeles, CA 1911-1960s

Brock & Feagans

Los Angeles, CA 1903-1911

Geo. T. Brodnax

Memphis, TN 1897-c. 1990

Frederick W. Bromberg

Birmingham, AL  1900-1929
Founded Bromberg & Co. with his son, William G. Bromberg, in 1919, which is still in business today.

Brooks & Frevert

Madison, IN  1879-1883
Frederick O. Brooks and Joseph H. Frevert.

Benjamin F. Brooks

Utica, NY  c. 1827-1832

Square G. Brooks

Roxbury, MA c. 1855-1862; San Francisco, CA c. 1864 and
Boston, MA c. 1868-1895
Watchmaker and jeweler. Was in the partnerships of S.G. Brooks & Co. in 1872, Brooks & Currier 1872-1875, and S.G. Brooks & Son
c. 1906-1907 (this firm remained in business to 1920).

Brower & Rusher

New York, NY  1836-1842
House furnishings dealers.  Sold silver made by Sperry Douglas Brower, Hall & Hewson, and Hall, Hewson & Brower.

Brown & Anderson

Wilmington, NC  1850-1871
Thomas W. Brown and William S. Anderson.

Brown & Atwood

New York, NY 1853-1855

Brown & Marsters (aka F. Brown & Co.)

New York, NY  1852-1874
Francis Brown and Silas W. Marsters.
Watchmakers and jewelers.

Brown, Waterhouse, Kaiser

Louisville, KY 1948-Present
Jewelers.

C.P. Brown & Co.

Wheeling, VA (now WV) 1866-1867 and 1872-1875
Churtis P. Brown.

Dixon Brown

Norfolk, VA 1850-1866 and 1872-1891 and Williamsburg, VA
1866-1870
Watchmaker.

Bruce & Till

Lexington, KY  1868-1873
Benjamin B. Bruce and William B. Till; jewelers.  Successors to J. Best & Co.

Rufus L. Bruce

New Orleans, LA  c. 1835-1857
Worked independently c. 1835-1857. Continued working as a partner of George W. Gregor in the firm of G.W. Gregor & Co. 1858-1862.  Watchmaker and jeweler.

Joseph Brunner

New York, NY  1839-1880
Watchmaker and jeweler.

W.C. Bryant & Co.

Danbury, CT  1887-1892
William C. Bryant and H.M. Ives; jewelers.

Oliver G. Bryant

Penn Yan, NY 1856-1872 and Chicago, IL c. 1880-1895
Watchmaker and jeweler.

E.H. Buckland & Co.

Springfield, MA 1866-1871

Henry Peat Buckley

New Orleans, LA 1850-1903

James Bulkley & Co.

New York, NY 1836-1837

Bunde & Upmeyer

Milwaukee, WI  1880-1959
Manufacturing jewelers founded by Louis W. Bunde and William H. Upmeyer.

A.F. Burbank & Co.

Boston, MA 1853-1867 and Worcester, MA 1867-1880
Watchmakers and jewelers.

E.S. & D.R. Burr

Berlin, WI  c. 1858-1870
Jewelers.

Z. & W.L. Burr

Beaver Dam, WI  1855-1859
Brothers Z. Burr and William L. Burr; jewelers.

William L. Burr

Beaver Dam, WI 1855-1867 and Winona, MN 1867-1873
Jeweler.  Was in the partnership of Z. & W.L. Burr 1855-1859.

Charles E. Butler

Hudson, NY  1847-1899
Jeweler.

Clarendon Butman

Augusta, ME c. 1850 and Plymouth, ME 1869-1886