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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 941226, member: 59&quot;]Looked in Rainwater&#039;s Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers for Barden Blake &amp; Co and found only a location of Plymouth, Mass and a referral to see &quot;Chapman &amp; Barden.&quot; It does give a mark of B B &amp; Co. but it&#039;s not a picture, just typed and no dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you go to Chapman &amp; Barden, all you get is a reference back to Barden Blake and a mark of C B &amp; Co (again typed no picture.) Neither of these smiths are shown in 925-1000 or Sterlingflatwarefashions. I have no clue where else to go for information about the firm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must admit that the Ball Black entry in Rainwater does not show a B B &amp; Co mark and gives dates of existence much earlier than the other items in the group.</p><p><br /></p><p>This link is where I saw the B B &amp; Co mark for Ball Black &amp; Co.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSB2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSB2.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSB2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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