Survey Data
Reg No
15702722
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1881 - 1901
Coordinates
309382, 136783
Date Recorded
08/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1903, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered 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 sylvan street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including not only the Queen Victoria (1819-1901; r. 1837-1901) 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).