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Birmingham Guild
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Bilston and Battersea
Enamels. Superb decorative enamelwork on copper using crafts developed
in Bilston, Staffordshire and Battersea, London in the mid 18th century.
The Battersea studio lasted only three years but Bilston continued until 1840.
Recent reproductions made in Bilston for Halcyon Days. |
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Gebrüder
Bing, Nürnburg,
Germany, founded in 1863 by Ignatz and Adolf Bing, initially making
kitchen items and later becoming one of the largest toy manufacturers in Europe.
They closed in 1932. The copper factory site in
Nürnburg was taken over by Diehl Metall in 1938. |
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A similar mark with
'Bavaria' added underneath and the 'DRGM' mark used on items made in Germany and
the 2 pint capacity mark under a spirit-warmed coffee pot. |
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Birmingham Battery &
Metal Co, copper and brass battery ware, tubes, plates and stampings.
Records from 1796-1957 are in Birmingham Central Library Archives. |
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Birmingham
Brass Co., Broad Street, Birmingham (c1829), stockists. |
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Birmingham Brass,
Connecticut, USA, makers of oil lamps and their burners. |
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Birmingham Brass USA |
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Birmingham Brassmakers, UK |
Birmingham Brass Makers |
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Birmingham
School of Handicrafts was
started in the late 1880's at Kyre Hall with architect A S Dixon closely involved,
then founded formally in 1890 with Montague Fordham as first director in Vittoria
Street School for
jewellers and silversmiths. It was modelled on
Ashbee’s 1888 Guild and School of Handicraft.
Due to commercial pressures there was a merger with E & R Gittins in
1905 which brought Llewelyn Roberts in to the organisation. In 1919
there was a further merger with Hart, Son & Pearl. |
Illustrations
Birmingham School of Handicrafts Birmingham Guild |
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BSA
Birmingham Small Arms & Metal Company, locations at Small Heath,
Montgomery Street in Sparkbrook, Saltley, Redditch and Coventry Rd., makers of
cycles, motor cycles and many domestic products as well as small arms and
cartridges. This mark on a machined brass oiler. |
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BSA & M Co mark under
an 1897 shell case. |
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Thos. Edward Bladon & Son,
4,
James St., Birmingham (1886), 46, 99 & 101, Northwood Street,
Hockley, Birmingham,
(previously John Bladon of
Constitution Hill (K1829), then William Erhard Bladen, c1905)
makers of cart lamps. tinplate and blowlamps. |
Lamp Makers A |
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Thomas
Bland & Sons.
. 41, 42 & 43 Whittall
Street, Birmingham. Gun manufacturer and merchants, machined brass products
including oilers. |
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William Blews & Sons, 9,10,11-15 New Bartholomew Street,
Birmingham, brassfounders established 1782, going strong 1890,
but by 1900 their premises were in the name of Henry Bissecker.
They made chandeliers, gas fittings, church bell and general brass foundry.
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Bodhill & Co.,
Ltd., Broad Street Metal Works (1886) then Bodill Parker c1899, Later
reorganised as Bodhill Parker (1922) Ltd., Albion
Works, 33 & 36, Great Hampton Row, Birmingham, cabinetmakers brassfoundry,
button sticks, sail eyelets, nails and pins.. |
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J & C G Bolinder,
Stockholm |
Swedish Copperware |
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Samuel Booth
Junior and William Tonks Breedon trading as Samuel Booth and Company, Cheapside
Works, 106, 154 to 157 Cheapside, Birmingham, chandelier, gas and water fitting
manufacturers. By 1900 the name of William Tonks was not used.
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Boliden,
Sweden. Extruded and continuously cast alloys. They bought the
McKechnie brass extrusion mill at Aldridge, Birmingham
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McKechnie Bros |
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Thomas Bolton & Sons,
manufacturer of copper and brass, initially in Birmingham, now in Cheadle,
once the location of the Cheadle Brass Co., see: 'Thomas Bolton
& Sons Limited, 1783-1983: the bi-centenary history of a major copper and brass
manufacturer', John Morton. Moorland, 1983. Company papers from 1715
to 1932 are lodged with Birmingham Central Library. |
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Matthew
Boulton, entrepreneur with James Watt in early production of steam
engines. By 1800, he is listed with separate companies for buttons, plated goods, buckles, mint, medals
and steam
engines. Founder of the Soho Manufactory, then on the outskirts of
Birmingham, also the Soho Foundry. Records from 1757-1900 (c70,000
items) are in the Birmingham Central Library Archive. His Soho
House is now a commemorative museum. 'Soho Foundry'. By W. K. V. Gale, etc. [A history of the Soho Manufactory, afterwards Soho Foundry, Birmingham, occupied successively by Boulton & Watt, and by W. & T. Avery, Ltd. With illustrations., 1946. |
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Alexander Boyd & Son
(Late Summers), 105 New Bond Street, London, W. Their mark appears on
food warmers and spirit burners. |
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Marks B |
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Marks Br-Bz |
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Marks C |
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