John Wilcox
Active: 1878 - 1916
Function: Die sinkers
Policy: Listed as a die-sinker of Birmingham. Forrer states that 'Wilcox was especially noted as a manufacturer of dies for labels for Manchester goods, which at that time were large and artistic in design, some including figure subjects. But he also executed medals and badges, seals and every kind of die-sinking work'. Forrer also notes that the firm 'is now carried on under the name of Wilcox and Lines'. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 500.
Institutional and Business Connections
Forerunner of Wilcox and Lines
1880 (Circa) - 1916 (Circa)
Forrer states that in 1916 the Wilcox was operating under the name Wilcox and Lines. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 500.
Associated People
Apprenticed William George de Saulles
1880 (Circa) - 1884 (Circa)
De Saulles was apprenticed to Wilcox. See Forrer, vol. 6 (1916), p. 500.
Owned by John Wilcox
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Medallists Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
p. 500.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 2923 folio 9 page 10
The Post Office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs for 1878 Post Office Directory of Birmingham
May 1878
p. 470
Citing this record
'John Wilcox', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1239897255, accessed 21 Sep 2023]
