Claxton, Samuel

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; cabinet and chair maker, upholder, furniture broker, auctioneer and appraiser (fl.1807–24)

In April 1807 he advertised that his shop had been taken over by H. Norton. In August 1818 he was advertising for a good cabinet and chair maker to act as manager possibly because he wished to develop the auctioneering and appraising side of the business. Trade card c.1820 is in the John Johnson Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Sources: DEFM; Stabler, ‘Furniture Makers’ Trade-Cards and Bill-Heads in the John Johnson Collection’, FHS Newsletter (May 2007).