TELEPHONE & POST BOXES
POST & PHONE BOXES
(Matched Pair Bookends)
POST BOX
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Traditionally made of cast iron and originating in the reign of Queen Victoria, the post boxes carry the insignia of the present monarch at the time of installation.
365 design variations have been produced since the first was installed in 1852 in the Channel Islands at the recommendation of the famous English novelist Anthony Trollope, who was working as a Surveyor's Clerk for the Post Office.
In 1853 the first pillar box on the British mainland was erected at Botchergate, Carlisle, in North West England.
It wasn't until 1859 that the UK saw the introduction of the first National Standard Box.
Weight: 1.5 kg - Dimensions: 4.5"w x 7"h x 4.5"d
TELEPHONE BOX
The red telephone box has become a British icon. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for a competition in 1924 to find a suitable standard pattern of kiosk that might be introduced throughout Britain. Suffice to say the winner was this pattern of telephone box, the K2 design. The most common type of telephone box is the K6 or Jubilee kiosk introduced in 1936 and became Britain's standard kiosk for over 30 years. Over that time over 60,000 were erected.
Weight: 1.7 kg - Dimensions: 4.5"w x 7.5"h x 4.5"d
$320.00 / £200.00
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