FANTASTIC CHANCE FOR A SOLID SILVER BOWL BY J.D AND SON ON SHEFILED

SOLID SILVER 1835-1920

WEIGHT 9.4 TROY OUNCE OR 293 GRAMS

J.D AND SON OPERATE ON SHEFILED SINCE 1806

WE BELIEVE IT MADE BETWEEN 1835-1920  ACCORDING TO THE HALLMARK

THERE IS ALSO A VERY INTERESTING PART ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOWL INDICATE FOX DENTON CHALLENGE BOWL

The business of manufacturing silversmiths, platers and Britannia metal workers was commenced in c. 1806 by James Dixon in conjunction with Thomas Smith in Silver Street, Sheffield.

In 1824 they moved to Cornish Place, a large site, which enabled them to expand and develop the workshops, casting shops, offices and warehouses.

In 1823 Thomas Smith withdrew and William Frederick Dixon, the eldest son of James, joined the firm. In 1830, the firm began making silver and plated goods at Cornish Place by acquiring the firm Nicholson, Ashforth and Cutts.

When James Willis Dixon, the second son of James, joined the firm the name was changed to James Dixon & Sons. In 1836, the firm began to make spoons and forks from nickel silver - an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc starting from 1848 to produce electroplate.

In the 1850s, several new buildings were constructed in Cornish Place to accommodate a stamp shop, showrooms, plating shops for the electro-plate processes and more warehouse space.

The firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851

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CHRONOLOGY:

Dixon & Smith c. 1806-1823

James Dixon & Son c. 1823-1835

James Dixon & Sons 1835-1920

James Dixon & Sons Ltd 1920

absorbed William Hutton & Sons Ltd 1930

financial collapse and absorbed into British Silverware Production c. 1884

acquired by Chase Montague Group & Thesco 1993

BARGAN PRICE AT £499