I do not think so. Spoon makers were a thing apart from jewellers. Silversmiths and jewellers were two different occupations, even though they often worked the same metals. I used to work (in 1964) for a company which made, amongst other things, silver spoons, and they did notcall themselves jewellers, but silversmiths. The Company, which does not exist anymore, was Barker Brothers, later becoming Barker Ellis. They made silverware for Mappin and Webb and other retailers. Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Curry" <nancurry@msn.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Jewellery Quarter My Gr gr grandfather was a "spoonmaker" in Birminghamin about 1840. Would that be considered "jewelry" in a larger sense. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: j.dodd<mailto:jl.dodd@ntlworld.com> To: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:19 PM Subject: [B'ham] Jewellery Quarter Three generations of my family (DODD) worked as jewellers in the Jewellery Quarter between about1850 and 1930. I am trying to find out what they made and where they worked. Does anybody have any ideas about where I could start. I have tried the Jewellery museum, but that doesn't seem very helpful. Also trying to find the antecedents of ENOCH DODD, b.1811, in King's Norton/Handsworth area. Can anyone help. Thank you John Dodd _____________________________________________ Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/<http://www.bham.de/> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@ro otsweb.com> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-reques t@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message