A silver vesta case belonging to C. P. Dixon, the front ornately engraved with initials "C.P.D.", hallmarked Birmingham 1896. With a photograph of C. P. Dixon by Edward Trim of Wimbledon , ca. 1912, 5 x 3½in.

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A silver vesta case belonging to C. P. Dixon, the front ornately engraved with initials "C.P.D.", hallmarked Birmingham 1896. With a photograph of C. P. Dixon by Edward Trim of Wimbledon , ca. 1912, 5 x 3½in.

C. P. Dixon was a top player of the 1910-1914 era, winning the men's doubles at Wimbledon in 1912 and 1913 with H. Roper Barrett. The photograph is taken outside the main door of Centre Court where the ivy on the walls made such a good backdrop. (2)

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