Brookes & Adams
Active: 1855 - 1911
Function: Medallists and makers of checks, labels, &,c.
Policy: Listed in Kelly's Trade Directory (1911)as 'medals, pendants, badges for sports and commemorative and coronation medals'.
Described by Forrer as being founded in 1855 by Thomas Brookes and Thomas Adams and as makers of various seals, portrait medals, exhibition medals, commemorative medals, etc: see Forrer, 'Dictionary of Medallists', vol. 1, (1902), p. 167.
Meeting schedule: annual
Locations
Business located at 130 Barr Street Birmingham | View on map
1876 (Presumed) - 1881 (Presumed)
Business located at 250 and 252 Barr Street Hockley Birmingham | View on map
1911 (Presumed)
Associated People
Directors included Thomas Brookes
1855 - 1902 (Circa)
See Forrer, vol. 1, (1902), p. 167.
Partners included Thomas Adams
1855 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)
See Forrer, vol. 1, (1902), p. 167.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Medallists Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume I, 1902 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Described by Forrer as having been founded in 1855 and as the makers of various seals, portrait medals, exhibition medals, commemorative medals, etc: see Forrer, vol. 1, (1902), p. 167.
Listed under Medallists Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 - 1877
Listed as 'Medallists and Makers of Check, Labels, &c.'.
Listed under Medallists Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
Listed under Medallists Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Sources
Annual Report, presented Dec. 29th, 1902 Birmingham Art Circle
29 December 1902
p. 167.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 (Probable)
p. 620.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
p. 654.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
p. 1008.
Citing this record
'Brookes & Adams', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1213262871, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
