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WE AUCTION LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATES & WORKSPLATES, STATION TOTEM SIGNS, POSTERS & ADVERTISING SIGNS PLUS MUCH MORE....

GWR C/I Lamp Post complete with original GWR Lamp fitted to the top. The post is 95 high and is tastefully embossed 'GWR Co., Hardy & Padmore, Worcester'. The lamp has a wonderful makers plate attached 'W. Parkinson & Co., Incorporated in Parkinson & Cowan, London & Birmingham'. To be collected from the Vendor's premises near Taunton. Note: Hardy & Padmore, the Worcester Foundry, was established in 1814 and famously manufactured the Foregate Street Railway Bridge in the heart of the City and also, surprisingly, the beautiful 'Dolphin' Lamps on Westminster Embankment, London.

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Auction: May 2012, Lot: 184
Sold for: GBP£1,450