Information Regarding Adie & Lovekin and Adie Brothers

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Menu-holders, modelled on a stag's head by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1907:




A&LLd - Birmingham - 1907

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A pill-box by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1899:










A&LLd - Birmingham - 1899

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A card-case by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1916:








ALLd - Birmingham - 1916

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A hors d'oeuvres fork by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham:




ALLd - Birmingham

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Stone set forks by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1922:






ALLd - Birmingham - 1922

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A set of four toast-racks by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1938:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1938

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A pair of ladles by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1935:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1935

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Stone set forks by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., one assayed at Birmingham in 1908, the other assayed at Chester in 1908:






ALLd - Birmingham - 1908


ALLd - Chester - 1908

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A napkin-ring by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1960:




A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1960

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Adie and Lovekin, Limited.—Directors: J. Byrne, G. D. Deeley, W. J. Dingley, A. B. Lovekin and F. G. Tickell. Secretary: C. E. Ward. Office: Regent Street, Birmingham.—The company was registered April 18, 1889, to acquire a business of silversmiths. In August, 1905, the capital was reduced by returning to the holders of 4,070 ordinary shares £2 per share, and in August, 1912, the capital was further reduced by returning to the holders of the 10,000 preference shares £5 per share and to the holders of 4,070 ordinary shares £1 per share, and the authorised capital is now £27,500, £5,000 being in 6 per cent, preference shares of £5, and £22,500 in ordinary shares of £5, and all the preference and £20,350 of the ordinary had, to March 1, 1915, been issued and called up, all the preference and the bulk of the ordinary having been issued as fully paid. No information is now obtainable from the company, these particulars having been revised from the documents filed at Somerset House. Voting power, one vote for every share of either class up to 100, and one vote for every 25 beyond; maximum, 150 votes. Director’s qualification, 50 shares of either class. Transfer fee, 2s. 6d. Telegraphic address, Adlove, Birmingham.

Source: The Stock Exchange Year-Book - 1916

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Pepper-pots by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1931 and 1932:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1932 - 1931

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An agate-set magnifying-glass by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1891:






ALLd - Birmingham - 1891

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The business of Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd., Atlas Works, Paradise Street, Birmingham, was acquired by Adie Brothers Ltd. in 1919.

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A footed bowl by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1929:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1929

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A tea-set with Celtic design by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1951:




A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1951

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A footed bowl by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1939:




A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1939

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Golfing buttons by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1909:






A&LLd - Birmingham - 1909

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A shoe-horn by Adie & Lovekin, assayed at Birmingham in 1890:





A&L - Birmingham - 1890

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Scottish-style pebble napkin-rings by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1908:






A&LLd - Birmingham - 1908

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A toast-rack by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1933:




A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1933

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