Information Regarding Adie & Lovekin and Adie Brothers

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Information Regarding Adie & Lovekin Ltd. and Adie Brothers Ltd.

A topic for recording information regarding the firms of Adie & Lovekin, Adie & Lovekin Ltd., Adie & Lovekin (1925) Ltd., McKewan & Adie, E.S. Barnsley & Co., and Adie Bros. Ltd.

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STEALING SILVER - John Walton (22), strip caster, Perry Barr, was charged with stealing about 4oz. 11dwts. of silver, the property of Messrs. Adie & Lovekin, silversmiths, 30, Snape Street. Mr. Cheston prosecuted. The prisoner was in the employment of Mr. Bassett, metal dealer, James Street, and he was allowed by his master to melt silver for the silversmiths. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lovekin took to the prisoner about 11oz. of silver, to be melted. Whilst he was with the prisoner, he noticed a loose brick at the back of the furnace, and his suspicions being excited, he sent the prisoner for a newspaper. When Walton had gone for the newspaper, Mr. Lovekin pulled out the loose brick, and found 4oz. 11dwts. of silver concealed behind it. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

Source: Birmingham Daily Post - 17th February 1871

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A cigarette-box by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1962:














A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1962

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Adie & Lovekin Ld. Regd. 1889. Vol. liq. 24 Mar. 1925. Assets employed in silversmith business carried on by the company were sold to Adie & Lovekin (1925) Ld., the remaining assets being realised. Final meeting return regd. 16 Mar. 1926.

Source: Register of Defunct Companies - 1990

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Brushes by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1954:






A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1954

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A snuff-box by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1925:


ALLd - Birmingham - 1925

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Customs agents at a London airport decided the overcoat pockets were not the conventional place for dashing 45-year-old Indian hotel manager Dakshing Ranjau Bannerjee to be carrying 12 solid gold tea spoons worth £300 and 12 gold saucers worth slightly more.

They searched Bannerjee, one-time manager of Bombay's Taj Mahal Hotel, and his luggage, found "the finest gold tea and dinner service ever made in England".

When Bannerjee was fined £500 or three months' imprisonment this week for fraudulently attempting to avoid export restrictions, the public got a look at a fabulous 18-carat gold set made by the Adie brothers, of Birmingham, at a cost of more than £10,000 for an Indian maharajah.

Already delivered were a tray costing £2,500. Seized on the person of delivery agent Bannerjee were one pastry serve worth £205; six teacups and saucers at £240 for a cup and saucer; six coffee cups and saucers at £175 for a cup and saucer; 12 pastry forks at £11 each; 12 teaspoons at £25 each; 12 coffee spoons at £11 each; a pair of sugar tongs at £22; and a cake tray of unspecified value.

Said a spokesman for Adie brothers (Mr. F. J. Taylor): "The set has taken more than a year to make and follows an ancient Indian design."

At the end of the week the Government was seeking a buyer for the confiscated service to prevent its being melted down.

The biggest snag: a British buyer would have to pay £3,000 purchase tax on a £3,000 service.

Source: The Mail - 1st October 1949

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A Scottish-style pebble brooch by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1900:


A&LLd - Birmingham - 1900

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A button-hook by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1907:










A&LLd - Birmingham - 1907

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Mr. James Adie of 337, Hagley-road, Egdbaston, a director of the Great Wyrley Colliery Company, Limited, and interested in several concerns connected with the hardware, and formerly of the firm of Adie & Lovekin, silversmiths, a member of the Birmingham City Council for about ten years, who died on April 17th, aged 73, left estate of the gross value of £56,076, of which £20,109 is net personalty.

Source: Walsall Advertiser - 28th June 1913

Probate was granted to Percy James Adie, Hubert William Adie (Partners in Adie Brothers) and John William Kerr, a manufacturer.

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A solid gold dinner service has been made in nine days by the Birmingham firm of Adie Brothers and flown to Egypt to an unnamed buyer who cabled the order to Britain. The order followed the purchase for £35,700 of a gold tea and coffee service for King Farouk, which Adies are exhibiting in America and Canada.

Source: The Advertiser - 25th May 1951

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In the Matter of ADIE AND LOVEKIN Limited and Reduced; and in the Matter of the Companies Acts, 1867 and 1877.

Notice is hereby given, that the Order of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division), dated the 10th day of August, 1905, confirming the reduction of the capital of the above named Company, from £46,000 to £37,000, and the Minute (approved by the Court), showing with respect to the capital of the Company as altered, the several particulars required by the above statutes were registered by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, on the twenty-second day of August, 1905; and further take notice that the said Minute is in the words and figures following:—"The capital of Adie and Lovekin Limited and Reduced is from henceforth £37,000, divided into 1,000 preference shares of £10 each, and 4,500 ordinary shares of £6 each, instead of the prior capital of £46,000 divided into 1,000 preference shares at £10 each, and 4,500 ordinary shares of £8 each. At the time of the registration of this Minute the whole of the said 1,000 preference shares and 4,070 of the said ordinary shares have been issued, and have been and are to be deemed paid up as follows, that is to pay, the said 1,000 preference shares to the extent of £10 per share, and the said 4,070 ordinary shares to the extent of £6 per share. None of the remaining 430 ordinary shares have been issued."—Dated the 24th day of August, 1905.

FIELD, ROSCOE, and CO., 36, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, London, W.C.; Agents for PINSENT and CO., Birmingham, Solicitors for the Company.

Source: The London Gazette - 29th August 1905

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A Sauce-boat by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1920:






A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1920

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A dish by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1935:


A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1935

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Sauce-boats by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1930:










A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1930

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Napkin-rings by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1932:






A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1932

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Napkin-rings by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1934:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1934

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A castor by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1935:




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A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1935 - Jubilee mark

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A whistle by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1905:







A&LLd - Birmingham - 1905

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Sauce-boats by Adie Bros. Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1928:








A BROS LTD - Birmingham - 1928

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