Planters: A pair of rare cast iron urns attributed to Handyside foundry 2nd half 19th century 53cm.; 21ins high by 84cm.; 33ins diameter Andrew Handyside started the foundry in 1806 and by 1851 the firm had expanded and operated out of the Britannia Iron Works^ Derby. At the Great Exhibition they exhibited Medici vases^ a bacchanalian vase and a bronzed vase decorated with busts of Peel^ Nelson^ Watt^ Wellington^ Stephenson^ Scott^ Shakespeare and Milton^ and a fountain. At the time^ the foundry was described as being |from the magnitude of its operations is second to none in England|. In 1873 it was incorporated as a Limited Company. They produced two catalogues^ one circa 1850 and another in 1874.
Planters: A pair of rare cast iron urns attributed to Handyside foundry 2nd half 19th century 53cm.; 21ins high by 84cm.; 33ins diameter Andrew Handyside started the foundry in 1806 and by 1851 the firm had expanded and operated out of the Britannia Iron Works^ Derby. At the Great Exhibition they exhibited Medici vases^ a bacchanalian vase and a bronzed vase decorated with busts of Peel^ Nelson^ Watt^ Wellington^ Stephenson^ Scott^ Shakespeare and Milton^ and a fountain. At the time^ the foundry was described as being |from the magnitude of its operations is second to none in England|. In 1873 it was incorporated as a Limited Company. They produced two catalogues^ one circa 1850 and another in 1874.
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