Silver, hand, Art Nouveau dressing table mirror. Lovely clear hallmarks for anchor for Birmingham lion for silver date letter t for 1933 B & co for Benjamin Broadway and co. Edwardian style with amazing quality bezel mirror. Very heavy with engine turned decoration on back. 28 cm tall 13 cm wide.
 
The firm was founded in 1901 by William Benjamin Broadway. The company is still located in the same area of Birmingham today, which is known as the Jewellery Quarter. In the Edwardian era the Jewellery Quarter was as busy as it is today. The location is noted as a centre for the production of jewellery and many other industries, especially metal working. It is a conservation area with over 200 listed buildings. English Heritage described the quarter as - a unique historic environment in England – a national treasure....a place of unique character with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. The trade of jewellery making in this region dates back to the mediaeval era. In the twenty-first century a quarter of the jewellery made in Britain originates from Birmingham Jewellery Quarter.