Maker/Retailer Biography

James Dixon & Sons

Dates: Founded c. 1806

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Sheffield plateworkers and silversmiths. Initially the firm manufactured Britannia metal; silver ware and electroplate were added later. A London showroom in Ludgate Hill was opened in 1873. Dixon's costing book of 1879 includes designs by Christopher Dresser, registered from 1880, and these were produced until at least 1885, according to the trade catalogue issued in that year. The company exhibited under its own name and also supplied goods to Elkington & Co. and Howell, James & Co., and electroplate to Tiffany & Co.