Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Sheffield firm,
1806 founded by James Dixon making Britannia Metal goods
1811 became a partnership Dixon and Smith.
1822 the company moved to Cornish Place and became Dixon & Son
1835 became James Dixon and Sons.
The firm continued to be a family run enterprise until 1976.
The famous trumpet and banner trade mark was granted in 1879.
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