Design for a loving cup for the British Jewellery and Giftware Federation
Design
1962
1962
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A.Edward 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. Until the 1920s the firm’s major commissions were for ecclesiastical and domestic objects, but from the early 1930s onwards they increasingly specialised in civic plate, including cups and trophies.
A. Edward Jones maintained close links with the Vittoria Street School of Jewellers and Silversmiths. Successive heads of the Vittoria Street School commissioned the firm to make up their designs, including R. G. Baxendale, Head of the school from 1952 to 1974. It is likely due to this relationship with the design school that A. Edward Jones continued to produce new designs throughout the mid-20th century, during a time when many firms relied instead on producing reproductions of historic pieces.
A. Edward Jones maintained close links with the Vittoria Street School of Jewellers and Silversmiths. Successive heads of the Vittoria Street School commissioned the firm to make up their designs, including R. G. Baxendale, Head of the school from 1952 to 1974. It is likely due to this relationship with the design school that A. Edward Jones continued to produce new designs throughout the mid-20th century, during a time when many firms relied instead on producing reproductions of historic pieces.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a loving cup for the British Jewellery and Giftware Federation (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a loving cup for the British Jewellery and Giftware Federation by R. G. Baxendale, 1962 |
| Physical description | A highly finished design on grey paper for a silver loving cup for the British Jewellers' Association. The cup is shown from three different perspectives: an exterior frontal view; a cross section; and an aerial view of the lid and handles. The cup has a steeple lid and three handles. Each handle is decorated with a lion mask mount, to be executed in 9 ct. gold. Across the cross section design an inscription is printed: "BEHOLD HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. PSLAM 133 VERSE VI." |
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| Object history | This design was exhibited in an exhibition about the metalworking company A. Edward Jones at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1980. |
| Summary | A.Edward 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. Until the 1920s the firm’s major commissions were for ecclesiastical and domestic objects, but from the early 1930s onwards they increasingly specialised in civic plate, including cups and trophies. A. Edward Jones maintained close links with the Vittoria Street School of Jewellers and Silversmiths. Successive heads of the Vittoria Street School commissioned the firm to make up their designs, including R. G. Baxendale, Head of the school from 1952 to 1974. It is likely due to this relationship with the design school that A. Edward Jones continued to produce new designs throughout the mid-20th century, during a time when many firms relied instead on producing reproductions of historic pieces. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'A. Edward Jones Metalcraftsman', Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1980 |
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| Accession number | E.285-2014 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2013 |
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