I have Trademarks of the Jewelry and Kindred Trades 3rd ed, 1915. The introduction mentions the first edition in 1896 and a supplement in 1898. A second edition was published in 1904 and a supplement to that edition in 1909.

Ball trademarks can be found on p 153 of the 3rd edition.

It would be interesting to compare the different trade marks registered by Ball through this sequence.

Does anyone have these earlier editions or supplements?

I am not sure I did it right but I tried the US Patent and trademark site and couldn't find any relevant info.

Interestingly enough, I did note that in 2004 a company called Teddy Bear Group in the Virgin Islands registered the trade mark "Webb C Ball" !!

Anyone know what that is all about?