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A.E.JONES
(1879 - 1954) He was apprenticed to Woodwards the Hardman Powells, and trained at the Birmingham Central School of Arts. He worked as a Guildsman at the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft working in the Arts and Crafts style. For some time he worked for the family metalwork and foundry business and in he left to set up his own business in 1902 working again in the Arts and Crafts style. In 1905 he acquired Jesson and Birkett with its trade mark of St. Dunstan hand-raising a bowl. He was associated the Ruskin Pottery factory of Edward Howson Taylor incorporating pottery in his silverwork. Clocks were also produced using French movements and many commission from the Church were undertaken. In 1958 his son Kenneth Crisp Jones (also trained at the Central School of Art Birmingham) took over the business.
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 Marks - silver fully hallmarked. Plate
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