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A E JONES

Albert Edward Jones Silversmith

Albert Edward Jones Silver Items for Sale

ALBERT EDWARD JONES was born in 1878 into a family of craftsmen dating back to 1780, and died in 1954. "A piece of silverwork to be really interesting must be endued with a Spirit of Art....."  Apprenticed to Woodwards then Hardman Powells, and trained at the Birmingham Central School of Arts, under Edward Taylor he gained a reputation as a developer and innovator . He worked as a Guildsman at the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft where he was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and met many artists and designers. Having made some bronzeware at his father's premises he left the family metalwork business and set up on his own in 1902. Success came quickly, the workshop attracting a talented group of artists and craftsmen inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement. In 1905 he acquired Jesson and Birkett with its trade mark of St. Dunstan hand-raising a bowl. He collaborated with Edward Taylor's son Howson, owner of Ruskin Pottery, in mounting and using the coloured pottery as liners for some of his silverwork which at this time was all hand raised. The company produced many clock cases with French movements and a considerable amount of Ecclesiastical work. In 1958 his son Major Kenneth Crisp Jones (also trained at the Central School of Art Birmingham) took over the business. The company had produced many innovative designs earlier in the century and he continued by bringing in designers; Geoffrey Bellamy did some design work for them before Michael I Berry NDD was employed as a designer in 1964.  A major retrospective exhibition was held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gllery in 1980 followed by a similar one in London at Goldsmiths' Hall. A E Jones and Barker Ellis were both taken over by C J Vander in the 1990's before they were wound up soon after.
 
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A E JONES Silver CADDY SPOON
Birmingham 1965

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)

Length: 6 cm

From an original design by Geoffrey Bellamy
£ 125.00
A E JONES Silver CADDY SPOON - SILVER JUBILEE
Birmingham 1977

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Jubilee Hallmark

Length: 8 cm

In original box - Commemorating the Queen's Silver Jubilee
£ 140.00
Silver CORGI
Birmingham 2005
Fully Hallmarked Silver 
Sterling (925)

Cast

A E Jones

Length: 9 cm
Height: 10 cm 
Weight: 15 oz
£ 495.00