Many thanks, yes I have lots of adverts and literature fkr the company.Here are some adverts for the company I believe
second one is 1919, third 1921
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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 which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.
They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.
An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455
Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
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 which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.
They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.
An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455
Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
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 which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.
They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.
An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455
Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
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).View attachment 181284
This post box is located at Malvern Central station