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Arts & Crafts Copper Casket Ruskin Cabs A E Jones
We are pleased to offer for sale this immaculate, Arts & Crafts Copper Casket, by the designer and maker Albert Edward Jones. The casket is in planished copper, with green Ruskin pottery roundels and is lined in pale green silk. aItwould make a stunning antique jewellery box for a discerning lady, who admires the quality of Arts & Crafts design. It is unmarked as were most of these boxes.
Albert Edward Jones (1878 - 1954) was an English silversmith and designer.
Jones trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor and was for a period a Guildsman of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.
It was in this era that he would study and work alongside a number of key figures such as Arthur Dixon and Edward Taylor. Consequently building up a stellar reputation as one of the most promising craftsmen around. He set up his own premises at Holloway Head in Birmingham in 1902, when he also acquired the Jesson and Birkett firm. This attracted various talented prodigies and making his own tools. His firm, A.E. Jones Limited continued operating until long after his death in 1954. It was finally being bought up by C J Vander. The company had been taken over by his son, Kenneth Crisp Jones in 1958.
A.E. Jones Ltd was famed for its hallmarked silver as well as various other items produced from copper, bronze and brass. However, some of these goods were not hallmarked, yet they remain traceable back to the firm. This is due to distinctive craftsmanship and design work evident in them. A number of the firm’s most notable pieces were crafted by Anne Stubbs, and are noted for their neo-classical features. Various early pieces were made using Ruskin pottery. A.E. Jones was a close friend of the E.R. and Howson Taylor, the owners of the Ruskin firm. He was highly influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement aside from being a strong influence himself.
A.E. Jones acquisition of various designs and work from Jesson, Birkett and Co. included the famous St Dunstan trademark of a monk hand raising a bowl. This originally belong to Llewylln Rathbone before that company was acquired by Faulker Bronze. The company that would become Jesson, Birkett and Co. Jones also bought the copper colouring process which had been worked up by F.W Salthouse. This ensured that various unique shades could be achieved in the manufacturing process’ Consequently enabling A.E Jones Ltd to make their work even more distinctive. After the war, the company would attract orders from several big name clients such as The Birmingham Guild Ltd, with various bespoke designs being produced.
Various features are also distinctive due to their ecclesiastical features, something that is said to stem from A.E. Jones apprenticeships with Woodward’s and Hardman Powell, specialists in this style. Due to the lack of literature available about A.E. Jones , a handful of experts have chosen to curate numerous examples of literature on the figure. Understandably identifying various misattributions that have been made to the firm due to the lack of hallmark. Consequently various items made by, or thought to have been made by A.E. Jones change hands for three or four figure sums even today.
We have found several similar boxes in both brass, copper and silverplate with the same ornate strapwork and roundels.. They were also made in different sizes to suit cigars, cigarettes and jewellery boxes. A similar box in brass appeared in the 1905 catalogue of Jesson, Birkett & Co. and it also appeared in the book The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks 1750-1908, made by A. E. Jones around 1905.
Width: 8" - 21cm
Depth: 6" - 15cm
Height: 2" 5cm
Materials: Copper, Ruskin ceramics and silk.
Condition: In very good condition. There is no damage to the box or the ceramics and the silk lining is immaculate.
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Albert Edward Jones (1878 - 1954) was an English silversmith and designer.
Jones trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor and was for a period a Guildsman of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.
It was in this era that he would study and work alongside a number of key figures such as Arthur Dixon and Edward Taylor. Consequently building up a stellar reputation as one of the most promising craftsmen around. He set up his own premises at Holloway Head in Birmingham in 1902, when he also acquired the Jesson and Birkett firm. This attracted various talented prodigies and making his own tools. His firm, A.E. Jones Limited continued operating until long after his death in 1954. It was finally being bought up by C J Vander. The company had been taken over by his son, Kenneth Crisp Jones in 1958.
A.E. Jones Ltd was famed for its hallmarked silver as well as various other items produced from copper, bronze and brass. However, some of these goods were not hallmarked, yet they remain traceable back to the firm. This is due to distinctive craftsmanship and design work evident in them. A number of the firm’s most notable pieces were crafted by Anne Stubbs, and are noted for their neo-classical features. Various early pieces were made using Ruskin pottery. A.E. Jones was a close friend of the E.R. and Howson Taylor, the owners of the Ruskin firm. He was highly influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement aside from being a strong influence himself.
A.E. Jones acquisition of various designs and work from Jesson, Birkett and Co. included the famous St Dunstan trademark of a monk hand raising a bowl. This originally belong to Llewylln Rathbone before that company was acquired by Faulker Bronze. The company that would become Jesson, Birkett and Co. Jones also bought the copper colouring process which had been worked up by F.W Salthouse. This ensured that various unique shades could be achieved in the manufacturing process’ Consequently enabling A.E Jones Ltd to make their work even more distinctive. After the war, the company would attract orders from several big name clients such as The Birmingham Guild Ltd, with various bespoke designs being produced.
Various features are also distinctive due to their ecclesiastical features, something that is said to stem from A.E. Jones apprenticeships with Woodward’s and Hardman Powell, specialists in this style. Due to the lack of literature available about A.E. Jones , a handful of experts have chosen to curate numerous examples of literature on the figure. Understandably identifying various misattributions that have been made to the firm due to the lack of hallmark. Consequently various items made by, or thought to have been made by A.E. Jones change hands for three or four figure sums even today.
We have found several similar boxes in both brass, copper and silverplate with the same ornate strapwork and roundels.. They were also made in different sizes to suit cigars, cigarettes and jewellery boxes. A similar box in brass appeared in the 1905 catalogue of Jesson, Birkett & Co. and it also appeared in the book The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks 1750-1908, made by A. E. Jones around 1905.
Width: 8" - 21cm
Depth: 6" - 15cm
Height: 2" 5cm
Materials: Copper, Ruskin ceramics and silk.
Condition: In very good condition. There is no damage to the box or the ceramics and the silk lining is immaculate.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 2/MAY/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Sold. Sold price is confidential, so please don't ask.
Date 1905
Arts and Crafts Antiques Material Copper
Origin English
Item code as237a2057
Status Sold
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View all stock from
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Private Art dealerBy appointment only
Kent
England, UK
Tel : 01622 812556
Non UK callers : +44 1622 812556
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