Hi there!

I recently received from my mother's estate a small pewter tea pot shaped like a sweet little pumpkin. The pot is stamped in the following manner:

Y 5
James Dixon & Sons
Sheffield
2082

Anyone have the slightest idea when this could have been created.

Something posted or found on a website stated that the company "James Dixon & Sons" was a continuation of "Dixon & Son" and that the former was operative circa 1875.

Just curious, and hoping that someone has an answer.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Pumpkin,

This seems to becoming a regular question.... must be that google again!

See the following links for some info on james dixon.

here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11434&highlight=james+dixon)

and

here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14517&highlight=james+dixon)
regards

Loopy

LoopyLou,

Thank you so much! And, actually it was Yahoo!

I think I can now safely say that my tea pot was manufactured mid 1800's.

Now, the question is do I leave her with the less than adorable patina and just enjoy the old lady as is or do I send her to a professional and have her polished up.

Oh dear -- decisions, decisions.

GBY!

Pumpkin

p.s. The pumpkin patches here in the DFW area are growing leaps and bounds. We don't get many "trick or treators" here -- the churches have taken over with All Hallowed Eve parties. Seems parents are simply jittery about strange people who pass out even stranger "treats." Can't say that I blame the parents! I never did enjoy Halloween. Too pagan for my blood. pumpkin.

Originally posted by pumpkin
LoopyLou,

Thank you so much! And, actually it was Yahoo!

I think I can now safely say that my tea pot was manufactured mid 1800's.

Now, the question is do I leave her with the less than adorable patina and just enjoy the old lady as is or do I send her to a professional and have her polished up.

Oh dear -- decisions, decisions.

GBY!

Pumpkin

p.s. The pumpkin patches here in the DFW area are growing leaps and bounds. We don't get many "trick or treators" here -- the churches have taken over with All Hallowed Eve parties. Seems parents are simply jittery about strange people who pass out even stranger "treats." Can't say that I blame the parents! I never did enjoy Halloween. Too pagan for my blood. pumpkin.

Originally posted by roughy101
i would just try washing it first of all,if that doesnt waork try some thing like brasso if you do send it away make sure it is to someone who knows what they are doing,it would be a sheme to spoil it.

When it was first made it would have been polished to imitate silver, but most collectors like the patina left alone,
just give it a wipe with a bit of wax polish.