Thomas Dockrell Sons, and Co. (ltd.)
Active: 1871 -
Function: carvers, gilders and looking-glass manufacturers, marble works, marble merchants, roman cement and plaster of paris dealers,stained glass manufacturers, cement and concrete merchants.art metal work, church decorators, fire
Policy: 'Leaded Screens and Panels, for Churches, Schools..& c, Made in plain Shhet Glass, Cathedral, Tinted, Sheet and Rolled, and richly Coloured and Stained Glass.
Experienced workmen sent to all parts to take templates, measurements and fit up the work.
As advertised in The Irish Builder, Feb. 1st, 1881, p. ii.
The Irish Builder advertisement of June 1st, 1886, states that they the company has been a supplier of K.B. and S's Portland Cement for 15 years...presume company founded in 1871, when first also listed in Thom's Directory.
'40,000 tons of Knight, Bevan and Sturges Portland Cement hav e been sold ny Thomas Dockrell , Sons & Co., Ltd, Dublin'.
As advertised in The Irish Builder, Aug.1st, 1896.
Products & Services
Linseed oil, arging oil, glue, brushes, Red Lead, turps. by the gallon, locks, patent plate, 'best sheeting', sky lights, ebony knobs.
Notes: several examples given
2 Cwt Superfine Plaster and Bag
Cost: 5s. 6d.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Exhibited Italian-Veined Statuary Marble Mantel-piece
1872
Locations
Ran a business at 41 South Georges Street Dublin | View on map
1871 - 1891
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers'; 'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Dealers'; 'Marble Merchants'.
Ran a business at 38 and 39 South Great Georges Street Dublin | View on map
1891 - 1951
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Dealers';
'Stained Glass Manufacturers';
'Art Metal Work';
'Church Decorators';
'Cement and Concrete Merchants';
'Fire Clay Works'.
Ran a business at 40 South Great Georges Street Dublin | View on map
1891 - 1941
'Marble Merchants'.
'Art Metal Workers'.
Ran a business at South Great Georges Street Dublin | View on map
1941 - 1951
'Art Metal Work';
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1876 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders and Looking-Glass Manufacturers'; 'Marble Works'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1881 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders and Looking-Glass Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers'; 'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Sixty-Second Exhibition, 1891 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1891 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Dealers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1896 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Dealers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1901 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders and Looking-Glass Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Stained Glass Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1906 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1906 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Roman Cement and Plaster of Paris Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1916 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Cement and Concrete Merchants';
'Church Decorators'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1921 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Cement and Concrete Merchants';
'Church Decorators';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1926 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Cement and Concrete Merchants';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1931 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Cement and Concrete Merchants and Agents';
'Church Decorators';
'Fire Clay Works';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1936 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Church Decorators';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1941 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Church Decorators';
'Fire Clay Works';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1946 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Church Decorators';
'Fire Clay Works';
'Marble Merchants'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1951 Thom's Directory
'Art Metal Work';
'Fire Clay Works';
'Marble Merchants';
'Church Decorators'.
Listed under Ornamental Carvers Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1871 Thom's Directory
'Carvers, Gilders, and Looking-Glass Manufacturers'.
Publications
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1881 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 February 1881, p. ii: 'Church Windows'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1886 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 June 1886, p. ii: Supplier of 'Knight, Bevan and Sturge's celebrated Portland Cement'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1896 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 August 1896, p. ii: 'Portland Cement'
Sources
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators) Documentation: Box 1 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation
Box 1 of 7, ECD/2, pp. 51-4.
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators) Documentation: Box 2 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation (ECD)
Box 2 of 7, ECD/9, Loose Folder 2, no. (xxxiv, xxxv, xxxviii, xxxix, xl).
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Sixty-Second Exhibition, 1891 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1891
p. 1876.
The Irish Builder, 1881 formerly The Dublin Builder
1881
1 February 1881, p. ii: 'Church Windows'
The Irish Builder, 1886 formerly The Dublin Builder
1886
1 June 1886, p. ii
The Irish Builder, 1896 formerly The Dublin Builder
1896
1 August 1896, p. ii: 'Portland Cement'
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1876 Thom's Directory
1876
p. 1750; 1765.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1881 Thom's Directory
1881
pp. 1771, 1786
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
1886
pp. 1835, 1850
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1891 Thom's Directory
1891
pp. 1876, 1893, 1900
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1896 Thom's Directory
1896
pp. 1892, 1908, 1915
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1901 Thom's Directory
1901
p. 1951; p. 1969; p. 1979.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1916 Thom's Directory
1916
pp. 2208, 2214, 2215
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1921 Thom's Directory
1921
pp. 2229, 2236, 2237, 2260
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1926 Thom's Directory
1926
pp. 2247, 2264, 2306
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1931 Thom's Directory
1931
pp. 2237, 2249, 2251, 2260, 2279
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1936 Thom's Directory
1936
pp. 2141, 2154, 2184
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1941 Thom's Directory
1941
pp. 1936, 1950, 1959, 1980
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1946 Thom's Directory
1946
pp. 1936, 1952, 1963, 1980
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1951 Thom's Directory
1951
pp. 1525, 1555, 1581, 1542
Citing this record
'Thomas Dockrell Sons, and Co. (ltd.)', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib3_1207146813, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
