€500 - €800
A MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED COUNTRY HOUSE LETTERBOX, the domed octagonal top with central roundel above a rectangular letter slide, the body with cupboard door applied with paper-slip register, on circular plinth base, 43cm high, 25cm diameter The Late Victorian and Early Edwardian period, 1870–1910 has been acknowledged as the apex of popularity for these charming desktop post-boxes. A favourite of the aristocracy, they were generally found in a country house estate or foyer of a well-appointed hotel and accumulated letters from the family as well as those in the employ of the house. The footman was then charged with emptying the box and transporting its valuable content to the local post-office every day, twice a day. It is worth noting that the street post-boxes and pillar boxes that have become so iconic today were only introduced to the Great Britain in 1853 and so we can assume that this early model was installed in quite a sophisticated and affluent home.
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