BURGON & WILKINSON SHEEP SHEARS LITHOGRAPH ON CARDSTOCK SIGN, sign depicts two pairs of sheep shears and reads "BURGON & WILKINSON / LIMITED / LATE WM. WILKINSON & SONS, LIMITED / SPRING WORKS / GRIMESTHORPE, / SHEFFIELD, ENG." then displays various corporate trade marks, and finishes with "MARKERS OF / HIGHEST QUALITY / ALL STEEL / SHEEP SHEARS. / THE OLDEST FIRM IN THE TRADE.", bottom of sign is marked "BRIDGENS & SONS LITH., SHEFFIELD." Circa 1898. 9 3/8" HOA, 11 7/8" WOA.
Catalogue Note: The UK National Archives has a detailed record of this company, and following is a pertinent excerpt from them detailing this specific partnership: "In 1894 Charles Burgon died, and his death was followed by a dispute between his two sons, Harry and Fred. Frederic tried to carry on the business and in 1898 it became a limited company with financial backing from Daniel Doncaster & Co, Sheffield. Harry went into partnership with William Wilkinson and Sons which then became Burgon and Wilkinson. William Wilkinson and Sons were certainly making sheep shears at the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851 and the firm claimed to have been founded in 1730. Burgon and Wilkinson went bankrupt in 1899. Burgon and Ball bought its assets from the liquidators, keeping the trade but selling off the Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield."

Good overall condition with a crease to bottom right side, overall age-related staining and expected minor wear.