Arts and Crafts hammered silver roundel bowl by A E Jones

Description

Arts and Crafts hammered silver roundel bowl by A E Jones. The hammered silver bowl stands on 3 ball feet. The bowl has a decorative band of raised roundels. Very decorative and a beautiful example of the work of the master craftsman A E Jones. Hallmarked Birmingham 1913 A E Jones and numbered 68 to the underside. Clear Hallmarks. Excellent original condition and a beautiful example.

History

Albert Edward Jones (1878-1954) started his own business in 1902 after working for the well known ecclesiastical metalworkers, Hardman Powell. He took classes at the Birmingham School of Art around 1900 where he would have had contact with many well known figures in the Birmingham Arts & Crafts scene, Arthur Dixon and the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, Bernard Cuzner, Arthur Gaskin and Edward R Taylor. In 1901 he is a recorded member of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.

By 1902 he had his own premises and employed a handful of skilled craftsmen. Between 1902 and 1905 the firm produced the finest silver and copper work, very much in the Arts and Crafts style and almost always hand planished. Jones also knew Howson Taylor who ran the Ruskin Pottery. Many early pieces by Jones are mounted with Ruskin pottery roundels.

In 1905 the firm moved to larger premises at Windmill Street, Birmingham. It was around this time that Jones became very closely linked with the firm of Jesson Birkett & Co. Jesson Birkett & Co was run by a former Birmingham Guild member, Thomas Birkett. Thomas had purchased many of Richard Llewellyn Rathbone’s designs and patination processes and also utilised some excellent designers such as Anne Grisdale Stubbs and Bert Harvey. From 1905 to 1910 it appears that both firms made many of the same design

Date Hallmarked Birmingham 1913 A E Jones and numbered 68 to the underside

Condition Excellent original condition with very clear hallmarks

Dimensions Approximate height 6 cm width 10 cm

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