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J.L. KENNEDY & Co.

52 & 53, Loveday Street, later, 140, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham


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Kennedy & Co. - Birmingham - 1872

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J.L. Kennedy & Co. - Birmingham - 1896

Specialist manufacturer of theatrical jewellery (colloquially known as Logie).

Established in 1810.

The business was noted as being in the hands of Richard Kennedy in 1830.

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Birmingham Reproductions of Sheffield Plate

From Consul Albert Halstead, Birmingham, England

In view of the great interest which collectors take in old Sheffield plate, it is interesting to note that so-called reproductions of this plate are manufactured in Birmingham. These are said to be produced in the same manner as the original Sheffield plate; and if after manufacture the pieces are rubbed down and brought to the same apparent age as the old plate, even experts, so one has informed me, would find it difficult to distinguish them from the genuine, although they could always distinguish electroplate on copper from the ware manufactured by hammering or fusing silver upon copper.

Since the passage of the American tariff act of 1909 reproductions that have been exported can be recognized by having the word "England" on them.


Source: Daily Consular and Trade Reports - 13th February 1912

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WILLIAM BEDFORD

Vyse Street, Birmingham


BANKRUPTCY LAW

BIRMINGHAM COUNTY COURT


Thursday, Dec. 11. (Before H. W. Cole, Q.C. Judge.) Re MORRELL AND GAITES, Ex parte SHARP. Bankruptcy-Fraudulent preference.

This was an application by Mr. Luke J. Sharp, the trustee in the bankruptcy for an order to compel Mr. William Bedford, of Vyse-street, Birmingham, jeweller, to deliver up to them certain jewellery goods and diamonds, deposited with him a few days before the bankruptcy, and for payment of costs.

Robert Duke, solicitor, Birmingham, appeared for the trustee, and James Motterami(of the Oxford Circuit), instructed by J. C. Fowke, solicitor, Birmingham, opposed the motion on behalf of Mr. Bedford.

The application was heard on the 28th Nov. last, and the court reserved judgment.

His Honour, in delivering judgment, said it appeared that on the 30th July last, Bedford sold and delivered some 9½-carats brilliants for £95 to the bankrupts, Morrell and Gaites, who were jewellers, carrying on business in Birmingham, and took their acceptance for the price bearing date 30th July, and payable about six months after date. On the same day the bankrupts sent back the brilliants to Bedford to be mounted, and he mounted them in thirteen rings, for which work the further sum of £11 14s. became due to him. On the 16th Aug. he sent the rings to the bankrupts’ place of business too late for them to receive them, and they were brought back. But on the 18th Aug. he again sent the rings, when they were duly received and a receipt given for them. Under these circumstances all lien on the part of Bedford in the rings was of course gone at that time. It appeared, however, that later on the same day, Morrell, one of the bankrupts, sent back the rings to Bedford, and shortly afterwards called upon him and asked him to hold them for a few days, as he (Morrell) and his partner were then quarrelling. This Bedford promised to do, and he had since retained possession of the rings, which were part of the goods in question. Besides the £95 and £11 14s., there was in August a further debt of £76.6s. 5d. owing from the bankrupts to Bedford for sundry goods sold. On the 18th Aug. the bankrupts were served, at the instance of a French creditor named Grillot, with a trader debtor summons, dated the 16th Aug., and therefore Morrell went to Bedford and informed him of the facts, and expressed a desire that Bedford should co-operate with him in taking such steps as might be necessary in the interest of the English creditors. Bedford then went with Morrell to the office of Mr. Duke, his solicitor, and under the advice of Mr. Duke, who appeared to have considered the interests of the general body of English creditors rather than the interests of Bedford personally, signed a trader debtor summons on the bankrupts for the debt due to him, and it was served on them. Thus far Bedford had had no advice except that of Morrell’s solicitor, Mr. Duke, who appeared never to have been consulted, except to protect the interests of the whole body of English creditors. On the 22nd Aug. Bedford consulted his own private solicitor, Mr. Fowke, and in consequence of the advice which that gentleman gave him, he sought an interview with Morrell, and asked him for some security for his debt. A request from Bedford at that critical time was nearly equivalent to a command, and Morrell did not attempt to resist it, but at once agreed to send Bedford some goods as security for the debt of the firm owing to Bedford, and another debt owing to another creditor, named Cohen, who had since repudiated all claim to the security; and if anything was left after paying them, Morrell stated that he wished it to be held for the English creditors generally. In consequence of what had been agreed to at that interview, Morrell, on the evening of the same 22nd Aug. sent on behalf of the firm, two boxes of jewellery to Bedford. Later in the evening, Morrell and Mr. Robeson, the traveller of the firm, called on Bedford, and represented to him that the jewellery was more than enough to pay off Bedford's debt and Cohen’s also; and, as that was the fact, Bedford allowed them to take away part of the stock deposited, leaving one box and a parcel, together worth £700. Bedford’s debt being now satisfactorily secured, he determined not to go on with the trader-debtor summons, which he had taken out through Mr. Duke, and he communicated that intention to Morrell on the 25th Aug. On the 25th Aug. Grillot, the French creditor, presented his petition in bankruptcy, returnable on the 10th Sept., on which Morrell and Gaites were adjudicated bankrupts. Bedford had since given up to the trustees a further portion of jewellery stock, not necessary to answer his claim, but he still held the remainder, which was said to be in a locked-up box, the key of which had never been in Bedford's possession. His Honour said he did not regard that fact as one of any importance, as the box and its contents were unquestionably sent to Bedford by way of security for his debt, and not merely for safe custody. The question was whether the remaining jewellery stock now in the possession of Bedford could be retained by him as against the claim of the trustee in the bankruptcy. His opinion was that the deposit of that jewellery with Bedford was not the voluntary or spontaneous act of the bankrupts, or either of them, but the result of pressure, which, under the advice of Mr. Fowke, was put on Morrell by Bedford on the 22nd Aug. Under such circumstances, although Bedford knew that the bankrupts were then in a state of bankruptcy, his Honour considered it to be well established by the case of Ex parte Topham, Re Walker (L. Rep. 8 Ch. App. 614), that this was not a fraudulent preference, and that Bedford was entitled to retain the jewellery stock now in his possession until the whole debt due to him was satisfied, including the £95 for which the acceptance was given by the bankrupts. He, therefore, declared that Bedford was entitled to a valid lien upon such of the jewellery stock deposited with him on the 22nd Aug. as still remained in his possession for the £183.6s. 5d., which was due or owing to him from the bankrupts at the time of the bankruptcy, and that such deposit was not a fraudulent reference; but he declared that Bedford had no lien upon the thirteen rings, except for the sum of £11 14s. (part of the £183.6s. 5d.) due to him for work and labour thereon. He ordered that, on payment by the trustee to Bedford of such £11 14s., Bedford should deliver up the rings to the trustee; and he ordered the assessed jewellery stock now in the possession of Bedford to be sold by him, and that he should retain thereout the balance of the said £183 6s. 5d., together with his costs of or relating to the present applicant the surplus, if any, to be paid over to the trustee.


Source: The Law Times - 20th December 1873

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MORRELL & GAITES

105, Vyse Street, Birmingham


The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

In the County Court of Warwickshire, holden at Birmingham.

In the Matter of a Bankruptcy Petition against Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaites, of 105, Vyse-street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Commission Agents. Upon the hearing of this Petition this day, and upon proof satisfactory to the Court of the debt of the Petitioner and of the trading, and of the act or acts of the Bankruptcy alleged to have been committed by the said Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaites having been given, it is ordered that the said Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaites be and they are hereby, adjudged bankrupts.—Given under the Seal of the Court this 10th day of September, 1873.
By the Court,
T. Chauniler, Registrar

The First General Meeting of the creditors of the said Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaites is hereby summoned to be held at this Court, on the 25th day of September, 1873, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and that the Court has ordered the bankrupts to attend thereat for examination, and to produce thereat a statement of their affairs, as required by the statute. Until the appointment of a trustee all persons having in their possession any of the effects of the bankrupts must deliver them, and all debts due to the bankrupt must be paid, to Luke Jesson Sharpe, of Argyle-chambers, Colmore-row, Birmingham, the Receiver appointed by this Court. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar.


Source: The London Gazette - 12th September 1873


In the County Court of Warwickshire, holden at Birmingham.
A First and Final Dividend of 8s. 11d. in the pound has been declared in the matter of Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaiter, of 105, Vyse-street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Commission Agents, adjudicated bankrupts on the 10th day of September, 1873, and will be paid by me, at my offices, Argyle-chambers, 34, Colmore-row, Birmingham aforesaid, on and after the 24th day of September, 1874.—Dated this 19th day of September, 1874.

LUKE J. SHARP, Trustee.


Source: The London Gazette - 22nd September 1874


The business of Henry Morrell and Frederick David Gaites.


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HAYES & Co.

Birmingham


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H&Co - Birmingham - 1913

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J.W. EVANS & SONS Ltd.

54-55-56-57, Albion Street, Birmingham


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J.W. Evans & Sons Ltd. - Birmingham - Undated

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J.W.E

Established in 1881 by Jenkin William Evans.

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LIST BROTHERS

Birmingham


An attractive and at the same time useful novelty has been introduced by Messrs. List Brothers & Co. of Birmingham in the shape of a gold necklet clasp and locket suspender. There are necklet clasps and locket suspenders but this invention represents an attempt to combine both. The article constitutes a pleasing ornament; it is a convenience, as it saves trouble, and in addition to it being an artistic and graceful appendage it also, in the words of the manufacturers, "affords protection and comfort to the throat."

Source: The British Trade Journal - 1st January 1878

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GEORGE GOODMAN Ltd.

52, later, 82 & 83, Caroline Street, Birmingham


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George Goodman, Caroline Street, Birmingham. Maker of Pins, Needles, Safety Pins, Hair Pins, Hair Curlers, Hooks and Eyes, &c. (Established 1810). Sole Patentee of Steel Pins. Registered Trade Marks :—" G.G.B.," "Queen Bess," "Empire." Superior qualities only.

Source: Maritime Notes and Queries - 1897


Messrs. George Goodman Ltd., 82 and 83, Caroline Street, Birmingham, have recently laid down a large plant, of their own make, for the production of “Duplex” safety pins, which enables them to make these goods at a very low cost, and at the same time in a most perfect manner. They are issuing neatly-got-up sample cards showing the various sizes and finishes.

Source: The British Trade Journal - 1st February 1903


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George Goodman, Limited - Birmingham - 1922

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George Goodman, Limited - Birmingham - 1922



The mark of George Goodman was registered with the Birmingham and Chester assay offices:

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WALTER NEEDHAM

Hill Street, Birmingham


Mr. Walter Needham, jeweller, of Hill Street, Birmingham, has a very fine display of opal goods which he is now making a special feature of his business. Opals are, undoubtedly, becoming very fashionable, and this season Mr. Needham has had a remarkable run in all descriptions of articles studded with this class of brilliants. A large trade is particularly being done in rings and bracelets, chiefly of 15-carat gold, though demand usually subsides immediately after Christmas. A new catalogue has just been issued by the firm of which 10,000 copies have been printed and circulated. This catalogue contains a list of the rings, &c., in different designs. Most of them are gems set in gold in handsome designs, richly embellished. A great deal of skill has also been lavished on the designs of bracelets, which have been made in all sorts of attractive shapes and forms to suit the taste of everyone. Sapphires, rubies, and diamonds have been freely used in the manufacture of rings and bracelets.

Source: The British Trade Journal - 1st January 1897

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JAMES NICHOLDS

Fordrough Street, Birmingham


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James Nicholds registered his mark with the Sheffield Assay Office on the 7th March 1808.

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G.F. WESTWOOD & SON

Birmingham


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G.F.W&S - Birmingham - 1912


The Companies Acts, 1908 to 1917.
G. F. WESTWOOD & SON Limited.
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 188 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, that a Meeting of the creditors of the above named Company will be held at the Law Society Rooms, 5, Temple-row West, Birmingham, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of May, 1928, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purposes provided for in the said section; and notice is also hereby given, that the creditors of the above named Company are required, on or before the 19th day of May, 1928, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to William Frederick Chaundy, of 71, Temple-row, Birmingham, the Liquidator of the said Company—Dated this 14th day of May, 1928.
W. F. CHAUNDY, Liquidator.


Source: The London Gazette - 15th May 1928


The Companies Acts, 1908 to 1917.
G. F. WESTWOOD & SON Limited.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a General Meeting of the Members of G. F. Westwood & Son Limited will be held at 71, Temple-row, Birmingham, on Monday, the 31st day of December, 1928, at twelve o'clock noon precisely, for the purpose of having an account laid before them by the Liquidator (pursuant to section 195 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908), showing the manner in which the winding-up of the said Company has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also of determining, by Extraordinary Resolution, the manner in which the books, accounts and documents of the Company, and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.
W. F. CHAUNDY, Liquidator.


Source: The London Gazette - 30th November 1928

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SYDNEY & Co.

Powell Street, later Summerhill Road, Birmingham


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S&Co - Birmingham - 1905

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LAURENCE (Lawrence) EMANUEL

Warstone Parade, Birmingham


Trade Injunction.—An action was brought on the 21st ult., in the Birmingham County Court, before the Deputy-Judge, by Laurence Emanuel, of Warstone Parade, jeweller, against S. M. Levy, of 76, Caroline Street, jeweller, to recover £50 damages for infringement of two registered designs, and for an injunction. Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Mr. Solomon) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Alfred Young (instructed by Messrs. Reece & Harris) for the defendant.—Mr. Hugo Young said that the action was for infringement of plaintiff's designs for metal matchboxes, one design being a swallow engraved on the case, and the other a bone. In had been arranged that an injunction should be granted on certain terms, defendant undertaking not to make any more of the boxes ; and therefore the plaintiff would not further ask for damages or costs. Mr. Alfred Young said that the defendant would consent to the injunction, because he did not wish to make any more of the boxes. An injunction was accordingly granted.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st December 1888


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LE - Birmingham - 1910

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THOMAS FORTUNE

10, Newport Street, Walsall


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Thomas Fortune - Walsall - 1892

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THOMAS SIMPSON & SON

Lionel Street, Birmingham


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S&S - Birmingham - 1819

Thomas Simpson & Son entered their mark with the Birmingham Assay Office on the 9th August 1809.

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EDWARD VAUGHTON

89, Mott Street, later, 4, Warstone Lane and 88, Vyse Street, Birmingham


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E.V. - 18ct - Chester - 1912

Notice to Creditors.

Re EDWARD VAUGHTON Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of Edward Vaughton late of Vyse-street in the city of Birmingham and Moorfields Holyhead-road Handsworth in the county of Stafford Jeweller deceased (who died on the 9th day of October 1895 and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice on the 6th day of December 1895 by Edward Vaughton Philip Gilbert Vaughton and Vincent Vernon Vaughton the executors therein named) are hereby required to send the particulars in writing of their claims or demands to us the undersigned on or before the 21st day of August 1896 after which date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased or any part thereof so distributed to any person or persons of whose claims or demands they shall not then have had notice—Dated this ninth day of July 1896.

COLMORE and MONCKTON 27 Waterloo-street, Birmingham Solicitors for the Executors.


Source: The London Gazette - 14th July 1896

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HEMMING & Co.

Birmingham


Notice is hereby given, that the partnership hitherto carried on between us the undersigned, Joseph Hemming and William Harrison, under the firm of Hemming & Co., Jewellers, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, was, on the 27th day of August, last, dissolved by mutual consent. All debts owing to the said concern will be received by Joseph Hemming. Dated this 16th September 1842.

JOSEPH HEMMING
WILLIAM HARRISON


Source: The London Gazette - 23rd September 1842

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J. CARTER

Bracebridge Street, Birmingham


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J. Carter - Birmingham - 1887

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LUKE WILKS BRADNEY

Jamaica Row, Birmingham


THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS

The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows:

At the Court-House, at Warwick, in the County of Warwick, on the 1st day of December 1829, at Ten o’Clock in the Forenoon' precisely:

Luke Wilks Bradney, formerly of Bromsgrove-Street, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, Jeweller (in Partnership with Charles Barlow, as Jewellers, carrying on business in Jamaica-Row, Birmingham aforesaid), then of Barr-Street, Birmingham, Jeweller, and late of No. 33, Hockley, near Birmingham, Jeweller (sued as Luke Bradney).


Source: The London Gazette - 10th November 1829

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HENRY HADKINS

Great Charles Street, Birmingham, and, 67, Haymarket, London


THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS

The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows:

At the Court-House, at Warwick, in the County of Warwick, on the 1st day of December 1829, at Ten o’Clock in the Forenoon precisely:

Henry Hadkins, formerly of Great Charles-Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Jeweller and Lapidary, and then , No. 67, in the Haymarket, London, Jeweller, and late, Great Charles-Street, Birmingham aforesaid, Jeweller as Lapidary.


Source: The London Gazette - 10th November 1829

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