ADIE BROTHERS OF BIRMINGHAM AT THE PACIFIC NATIONAL EXHIBITION
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY for TCA Stewardess Fran Russell to examine a part of a $110,000 gold tea service was afforded when the shipment arrived at Vancouver Air Port recently. The beautiful service wrought by Adie Bros., of Birmingham was flown to Vancouver for exhibit at Pacific National Exhibition. C. N. Woodward, a sponsor of the shipment does the honours as armed guards Reg Keen and Victor Yasheresse look on. The tea set will tour the U.S. following the P.N.E. and will be sold to the highest bidder.
Sir Frank Roberts, the British Ambassador in Moscow, presented a set of ‘golden goblets’ to Mr. Khruschev after completion of the tour of the fair. The goblets, in fact, are champagne cups—a dozen of them in a leather red-and-gold presentation case with a plaque in silver engraved as follows: ‘Presented to Mr. N. S. Khruschev, Chairman of the Council of Ministry of the U.S.S.R.. by Industrial and Trade Fairs Ltd. on the occasion of the British Trade Fair held in Moscow May 19 to June 4, 1961.’
The cups, 4-5 inch high, made in hall-marked silver and clad in pure gold, were presented in the presence of Lord Drogheda and Mr. V. G. Sherren, director-general of the Fair.
Adie Bros. Ltd., of Soho Hill, Birmingham, 19, made these champagne cups. Known throughout the world as ‘Adie of England, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths,’ the company has made many exceptional pieces for members of the British Royal Household—for example, a silver-and-ivory christening bowl for the Queen, a silver tea service presented to the Queen on the occasion of her wedding,
Sir Reginald Rootes gave Mr. Khruschev a model Hillman Minx on the Rootes Group stand.
Mr. Khruschev thanked Mr. Maudling, Lord Drogheda and Sir Frank Roberts, the British Ambassador, for showing him round. He said it was ‘a wonderful show’ and he wished it ‘all success’.
Great were the rejoicings on the return home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Adie, who, with Miss Gaunt came so near to losing their lives in the ill-fated "Empress of Ireland." The experience both Mr. Adie and his wife passed through will not be readily forgotten.
Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st July 1914
All sorts of funny things happen in minor football. One game yesterday was abandoned because a player who was ordered off refused to go!
Incident occurred in a Birmingham match between Kynochs and Adie Brothers. Referee ordered a Kynochs man off the field and the game had to be abandoned when the player refused to leave.
A silver porringer is being presented to Queen Elizabeth II, for the new Prince, by the Corporation of Birmingham, the city in the English Midlands famous for its many trades, including silverware. The porringer, which, is a Christening bowl designing to be used for porridge and baby foods, has been made by one of the city’s oldest-established silversmiths Adie Brothers Ltd., of Soho Hill, Birmingham.
Queen Elizabeth herself owns a porringer made by the firm, this was presented by the Corporation to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1926 on the birth of her elder daughter. Adie Brothers made a second one for Prince Charles in 1948 which was also presented by the Birmingham Corporation.
Adie and Lovekin, Limited.—Directors: G. D. Deeley, A. Lovekin, and F. Simmons. Secretary: OC. E. Ward. Office: Regent Street, Birmingham.—The company was registered April 13, 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 the authorised capital is now £37,000, £10,000 being in 6 per cent. preference shares of £10, and £27,000 in ordinary shares of £6, and at February 11, 1907, all the preference and £24,420 of the ordinary had 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. 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.
$100,000 Tea and Coffee Set To Tour Major U. S. Cities
A magnificent eighteen-karat gold Windsor tea and coffee service, commemorating the 650th anniversary of the English Hall Mark, is now on tour of the United States in its own special Commer Van, a product of the famed Rootes group. The set, an exact replica of the famous Windsor silver set, dated 1738, and a copy of the silver service presented to the Queen Mother Mary at the 1937 Glasgow Exposition, is valued at $100,000.
The service arrived in this country by United Airlines and was put on exhibition at Black, Starr and Gorham in New York on September 25th. Following the elaborate New York display, the set will be seen in top jewelry stores in Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, with the possibility that it may be taken later to Florida and the Pacific Coast.
The set weighs 400 ounces and the heaviest part of the service is the tray, which weighs 220 ounces and is believed to be the largest single piece of eighteen-karat gold ever assayed at Birmingham’s Assay Office, which has been in operation on 1773. The City of Birmingham Assay Hall Mark is the town mark of the anchor. The crown, indicating gold; 18 indicating the weight, the date letter and the maker’s initial are the other marks on this Windsor set.
The service was designed and produced by Adie Brothers, Ltd., of Birmingham England, represented by the Worcester Silver Co. in New York.
In addition to the tray, the gold tea and coffee service includes a coffee pot, a tea pot, a cream jug, a covered sugar bowl, a hot water jug and a waste bowl. all magnificently chased by veteran Arthur Hudson, who spent more than 350 hours chasing the gold.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - October 1950
Messrs. Adie and Lovekin, Limited, have found their capital largely in excess of their needs, and in accordance with a resolution of the shareholders a petition for its reduction by one-sixth has been submitted to the Court. Mr. Milliar, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the company, and, as the application was unopposed, Mr. Justice Wright made the order required. A transaction of this kind is a very practical indication of the effect produced by the long depression on most jewelry firms.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st September 1893
