A Victorian cast iron lamp post
by The Griffith Foundry of Reading, Berkshire
the knopped tapered stem with relief ornament in the manner of Owen Jones and cast with the maker's mark "GRIFFITH, READING", all raised on a cylindrical sub-soil flanged foot
£650
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Samuel Griffith first appears in local directories in 1878 by which time his iron foundry on the Caversham Road in Reading was established. He moved the business round the corner to Vastern Rd in 1899.
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