The extensive archive of silversmith A E Jones, including an `inspiration archive of images and ideas for designs,

including, design drawings, photographs by A E Jones and others, a quantity of early 20th century glass plate negatives illustrating pieces produced c1902-1920, details of commissions, including a cake stand for the Sultan of Oman and details of transactions from the beginning of the 20th century

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Footnote:

A E Jones was an important Arts and Crafts metalworking firm founded by Albert Edward Jones (1879-1954) in 1902 and based in Birmingham until its closure in the 1980s. Originally the firm's major commissions were for ecclesiastical plate and beautifully designed and produced domestic pieces, from the 1930`s onwards, they increasingly specialised in civic plate.
The firm is now recognised as one of the foremost artistic British silversmiths of the early/mid 20th century, their work is highly collectable due to its distinctive design and unwavering and unique style.