Indian Cast Iron Letter Box
Product ID: A0506-358
$1,495.00
About this piece
Posted in a 19th century hallway, and still holding the line.
Makers in Gujarat, India, cast this letter box in iron in the 19th century. Wall-mounted boxes like this were used to receive and hold post. The front carries a narrow slot beneath a raised word in English, with a hinged door below decorated with a lion-faced mask over a post horn. A scrolled crest tops the arched body. The iron is dark brown with rust-red patches near the lock.
About 17 inches tall. It keeps the mail, or keeps a conversation going.
