Museum of the Jewellery Quarter bronze plaque
Overview
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter bronze plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Birmingham. This bronze commemorative plaque records: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter This working museum, which opened in February 1992, is a branch of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. It incorporates the former Smith & Pepper jewellery works.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This bronze commemorative plaque records: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter This working museum, which opened in February 1992, is a branch of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
People and events
The saved account records: It incorporates the former Smith & Pepper jewellery works.
How it worked
The saved account records: When the company closed, all the tools, machinery and papers were left behind.
What remains
The saved account records: The company was founded by Charles Smith and his uncle Edwin Pepper in 1899, and specialised in gold bracelets and other jewellery until it closed down in 1981.
Why it mattered
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter bronze plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter This working museum, which opened in February 1992, is a branch of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. It incorporates the former Smith & Pepper jewellery works. The company was founded by Charles Smith and his uncle Edwin Pepper in 1899, and specialised in gold bracelets and other jewellery until it closed down in 1981. When the company closed, all the tools, machinery and papers were left behind. Now the building and its contents together with the former premises of butterfly wing jewellery… The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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