Coalbrookdale Co. Limited
Other names: (pre-1890) Coalbrook Dale Company
Active: 1851 - 1890
Function: Architectural ironworkers, statue foundry
Meeting schedule: annual
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.
Cast Cupid afloat
May have been one of the fountains by the Wills Brothers that were cast by the Coalbrookdale Company
Cast The Milton Vase
1856 (Circa)
Cast Temperance
1860 (Circa)
Known versions of this fountain include those sited in: Liverpool, Manchester and London
Created Open-Work Dome in the West Nave of the Great Exhibition Building
Institutional and Business Connections
Worked with Wills Brothers
1857 (Circa) - 1865 (Circa)
A number of works by the Wills Brothers were cast by the Coalbrookdale Company including the drinking fountains the brothers designed for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association
Associated People
Worked with John Bell
1847 - 1862 (Circa)
After Coalbrookdale successfully cast the 'Eagle Slayer' in cast iron (1847), Bell produced a number of designs for the company
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.2030
Listed as 'Statue Founder'
Sources
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.2030
The Builder, Vol. IX, No. 425, 29 March 1851
29 March 1851
p. 198
Citing this record
'Coalbrookdale Co. Limited', 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=msib5_1245865917, accessed 30 May 2023]
