Post box
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Mahogany, deal, brass, cardboard and glass
Measurements
110.5 cm (Height); 36 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608178
Summary
A mahogany 'country house' post or pillar box, made in England around 1870. The post box is of octagonal form and has a domed cover topped by an acorn finial. The post box sits on a moulded base. The slot for letters is edged with a Gothic brass plate above a door fitted with a Bramah lock. On the door is a framed card behind glass detailing postal rates. The postal rates, for 'Inland Letters', are apparently those current in 1885. They are as follows: '1oz...1d; 2"...1 1/2d; 4"...2d; 6"...2 1/2d; 8oz...3d; 10"...3 1/2d; 12"...4d; 13"...4 1/2d'. The 'times for posting' are recorded as 'Afternoon 5.30'.
Provenance
Listed in the Inventory taken at Attingham Park in 1861 (p. 103) and in the Inventory taken there in 1913 (p. 81). Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and partial contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) and transferred to the National Trust on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside door: £5.10.00 (presumably the maker's price)