David Rogerson Mellor[1] CBE FCSD RDI (5 October 1930 – 7 May 2009[2]) was an English designer, manufacturer, craftsman and retailer.

Returning to Sheffield, Mellor set up a silversmithing workshop-studio making one-off pieces of specially commissioned silverware.

His work included a collection of modern silver tableware commissioned by the government for British embassies in a drive to give Britain a more forward-looking image.

Mellor worked for the Midlands engineering firm Abacus Municipal on the design of street lighting, bus shelters, public seating and litter bins.

To house his factory he renovated a large historic mansion, Broom Hall, in central Sheffield.

In 1990, Mellor finally realised a long-held ambition by commissioning a new purpose-built cutlery factory designed by Michael Hopkins.

This factory, known as the Round Building, was built on the circular foundations of the redundant village gas works at Hathersage in the Peak District National Park, 12 miles from Sheffield.

A large-scale retrospective exhibition "David Mellor Master Metalworker" was held at the Design Museum, London, in 1996.