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ANTIQUE #SA1109308

A Victorian Miniature Oak Country House Pillar Post Box, Dated 1872.

£7,500    $9,181    €8,930
 
A Victorian Golden Oak Country House Pillar Post Box, the hexagonal domed top decorated with a carved roundel surrounded by six arches above a hinged brass flap engraved LETTERS. The door with ''times of collection'' window'' and original working lock opens to a leather lined interior. The front of the drawer at the base bears a brass diamond shaped tablet with the year digit to be ''8'' tells us that the design was registered in 1872.
 
Condition: The box is in excellent condition commensurate with age.
 
Measurements: Height 41 cm. Maximum diameter 23 cm
 
Post boxes like this one would have stood in the front hall of a country house for the facility of family & guests, and would have been emptied twice a day by a member of the household and the letters taken to the post office.
 
Gerald Mathias, Fine Antique Boxes
 
Homecross House
 
Fishers Lane
 
London W4 1YB
 
United Kingdom.
 
www.geraldmathias.com
 
info@geraldmathias.com
 
Tel. +41 (0)7927 534899
Internal Reference: 10203
Antique Number: SA1109308
Dateline of this antique is 1870
Height is 41cm (16.1inches)
Width is 23cm (9.1inches)
Depth is 23cm (9.1inches)
Antique #SA1109308, shown on this page, originates from 1870. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1870
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