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	BW mark under a four pint hot water can. Clive Greathurst identifies it as used by A Bratt & Sons of Clarence St., then Ablow St., Wolverhampton. 'Manufacturers of 'Clarence' brand aluminium, enamelled, tinned, Japanned, brass and copper wares' in a 1926 catalogue.

	T Bradburn & Sons, Birmingham, details to come.

	Bradley & Co, Bilston (Beldray) Originally Bradley & Co., made copper and brass art metal until c 1914, the company trade mark ‘Beldray' is based on an anagram of their company name, Bradley. The figurative bell and dray (= lorry or truck) made a good symbol but sometimes only the name is used. They remained at Bilston, near Birmingham until late in the century.	Illustrations Bradley Beldray
	Website: http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/beldray/beldray00.htm and http://www.englishmetalware.com/Beldray.htm
	Bradley and Hubbard 1852- 1940s, Hubbard was one of the inspirational leaders of the Roycroft movement in New York, well known for their Arts and Crafts industry. Walter Hubbard & his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Lyman Bradley, started making cast iron clocks, tables, frames, andirons, lamps, chandeliers, sconces and sewing birds in 1854 in Meriden, Connecticut. The company became Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. in 1875. The Charles Parker Company bought the firm in 1940.	Illustrations Bradley and Hubbard
	http://www.si.edu/oahp/spq/spq93p5.htm

	Brass & Alloy Pressings Ltd., Liverpool St. Deritend, Birmingham. This mark under a promotional hot stamped ashtray. More details welcome.

	Sacha Brastoff, designer enamels on copper

	J A Bratt, Clarence Works, Wolverhamton, mark on a chamberstick. (courtesy Frank Sharman)

	C Bredemeyer, Hilversum, Holland, further details welcome.

	John D Brennan, worked in Detroit and was a member of the Detroit Arts and Crafts Society. His son signs his work with a similar hammer and 'DB' (Ack: Mary Ann 'Surfruss7086')



	BREVETE S.D.G.D (brevete sans guarantee du gouvernment) French commercial registration mark near equivalent to 'Patent applied for'.	French Copper

	W. H. Briscoe & Co., Ltd., 120, Branston Street, Birmingham (1886), 51 Park St., Birmingham, Stampings, pierced sheet work, machined components. By 1956 they were at Wharfdale Road, Birmingham 11.
	Enfield oiler Marks.htm

	Bristol Brass, Somerset, England	Bristol Brass

	Bristol Brass, decorative housewares, founded 1991 in Bristol, Tennessee, now in Bristol, Virginia, USA. There seems to be no connection with Bristol, England, where the British brass industry started.	Illustrations Bristol Brass
	Bristol Brass and Clock Co., CT. USA	Bristol Brass

	Charles Britton, 16, Theodore St., (c1900), then 186 Drews Lane, Word End Birmingham 8. They specialised in making cycle pumps

	Bromsgrove Guild, Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, made the gates for Buckingham Palace, the gates of the Queen Victoria Memorial, the Bank of England and elsewhere including the decor of some ocean liners.	Photo to come.

	C J & H Brookes, 207, High St., Aston, Birmingham, Birmingham (Kelly 1936) Buttons Brooks Ward, 55 Tower Street, (1900), Samuel Brooks & Sons, stampers, 210 Lichfield Road, Aston (K1900).	Buttonmakers Birmingham

	Brooks, BCM/Brooks Birmingham mark on the lid of a foodwarmer burner identical to those frequently made by Sherwoods.

	Thomas Brookes & Thomas Adams, 130, Barr Street, Birmingham. Belt fittings, buckles. They commenced business together in 1853 in Birmingham and in 1920 was incorporated as Brookes & Adams Ltd. and are now at Shady Lane, Kingstanding, Birmingham B44 9DX. Brookes & Adams Limited specialize in the manufacture of hot stampings in brass, naval brass, manganese bronze, aluminium bronze and copper materials as well as zinc diecastings and plastic mouldings.	Photo to come.

	Harald Buchrucher, metalworker in Bauhaus style during the 1930s in Germany.

	J Buist, Edinburgh, Scotland, more information welcome.

	Bulpitt & Sons, (Thomas Bulpitt) 46, Northwood Street, Birmingham, later 153, Camden Street, taken over by BSR Group in the 1970's. Made lamps, holloware and copper presswork for kettles, etc., later 'Swan' Brand kettles.
	Alfred Bullpitt & Sons, 258 New John St. West, Birmingham, stampers. (Kelly 1936)
	Charles Bunn, Overend Street, then Harbut Street, West Bromwich, coach brass founder making carriage door locks and keys, dovetail catches, brass hinges, concealed hinges, spring curtain and blind fittings. Not in directories after c1900.

	'Burmese' mark found on dinner gongs of the period c1880-1910. Manufacturer's name not yet identified, probably British. (Photo courtesy Rick the Yorkshireman).

	Burmos - see Townson & Coxson	Lamp Makers S-Z

	J H Butler, hardware manufacturer and retailer, Wolverhampton, c1888-1970. This is on the base of a well-used small jardinière.
	http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/general/butler.htm
	Laurence Butler, Coppersmiths in Cornwall, production now of therapeutic bracelets.
	http://www.chycor.co.uk/business/laurence-butler/

	Butte Copper, Montana
	http://www.copper.org/innovations/1998/03/butte.html
	Buttons Ltd., in 1913 they had three works site, Portland Street, Worstone Lane and Clissold Street making buttons, buckles and stampings. Trademarks include 'Three Domes' and crossed swords.	Button Makers

	WB Co initials found on late Victorian candlesticks. see under Williams Bros. & Co.	Marks W-Z

	C H Byron & Co. founded 1904 by Charles Hands in Oldbury in the Black Country. In 2004 they moved to at Byron House, 34 Sherwood Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove Worcs B60 3DR. Originally makers of machined brassfoundry, doorbells and pushes but now specialising in all types of home automation. This mark found under a brass bell pull base.
	http://ccgi.byrons.force9.co.uk/history.php

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