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Eagle Kitchen Range and Grate Company
That box is in very nice condition, but blocked up and out of use - always a shame. If you are in Malvern the boxes to look out for are the big fluted pillar boxes by Smith & Hawkes of the Eagle Foundry - there are three in the town (out of only twelve still in use in the UK).- Phil Wood
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Eagle Kitchen Range and Grate Company
From 1857 to 1880 the Eagle Foundry manufactured all the wall post boxes installed by the Post Office, many are still in use. The owners in 1857 were Smith & Hawkes who sold out to Bernard P Walker ca1872/3. I think it was Walker who incorporated the business as the Eagle Range & Foundry Co...- Phil Wood
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