William & Thomas Nicholson
This partnership appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1797, as a table knife manufacturer at 63 Pond Street. The family relationship between the two partners is unknown, but they parted in 1802. According to The London Gazette, 1 January 1805, William Nicholson & Son (comprising William Nicholson Sen. and Joseph Nicholson) was terminated in 1805 – though the trade is not specified and so it is unknown if this was related to the former firm. In 1811, William Nicholson was still trading as a table k....
