James Dixon & Son Silver Plated Britannia Metal Tea and Coffee Service

James Dixon and Son of Sheffield late Victorian/Edwardian tea and coffee service consisting a tea pot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk/cream jug. All pieces stamped with the JD&S trumpet logo and makers marks. These pieces are electroplated silver on Britannia metal, an alloy of pewter.

James Dixons' silversmith and cutlery manufacturing business was established in 1805 and by 1860 had a workforce of over 700 people occupying 4 acres of land. The most impressive cutlery works is still standing, it is now a listed building, part of the Cornish Place Development.

They were originally famous for their Britannia silverware (a purer form of silver than sterling silver). They absorbed William Hutton & Sons Ltd 1930 and became part of Solpro Group 1993. British silverware Ltd, Sheffield, still manufactures James Dixon products.