James Shears and Sons

James Shears and Sons
Company typePrivate company
IndustryCoppersmith
PredecessorWilliam Gore, Gore & Shears
Foundedc. 1785
FounderJames Shears
Defunct1891 (1891)
FateSale of its assets by order of the mortgagees
Headquarters,
Area served
London
Key people
James Shears and his sons
ProductsCopper vats for beer making
OwnerShears family

James Shears and Sons was a firm of London coppersmiths and braziers who were active from c1785 to 1891. The firm was founded by James Shears (c1750-1820) and continued by his two sons Daniel Towers Shears (1782–1860) and James Henry Shears (1788–1855) and subsequently by William Shears.