Survey Data
Reg No
20907512
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
173164, 73859
Date Recorded
10/07/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1910, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in yellow brick banded red brick Running bond pier.
Appraisal
A "wall box" post box supplied by W.T. Allen and Company (fl. 1881-1955) of London representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a suburban street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including not only the King Edward VII (1841-1910; r. 1901-10) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire, but also, in a curious juxtaposition, the Saorstát Éireann emblem adopted (1928) by the Irish Free State (fl. 1922-37) following Independence (1922).