Carron Company
Foundation date: 1759
Active: 1759 - 1951
Function: Ironfounders
Policy: Specialised in highly ornamented firegrates in a variety of Elizabethan, Jocobean, and styles from other periods.
Advertisement from 1913 states 'The Carron Company possess the only large collection of wood carvings, in low relief, executed at the inception of the Ironfounding Industry during the 18th Century. These carvings, which are the work of Flaxman and the Haworth Brothers, can be used and adapted to Architects special requirements.'
History or description: in 1764 John Adam became a partner in the firm and his brothers used it for the production of delicate cast iron ornamentation. Perhaps of more importance to the firm was William Haworth, one of three generations of carvers.
Locations
Foundry located at Pheonix Foundry Sheffield | View on map
1750 (Circa)
p. 1
Foundry located at Wet Docks Edinburgh | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)
p. 415, 463
Listed under 'Ironfounders'
Located at 125 Buchanan Street Glasgow | View on map
1940 (Circa) - 1951 (Circa)
Ran a business at 99 Forest Ave Aberdeen | View on map
1920 (Circa)
p. 589
Showroom located at 114 George Street Edinburgh | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1930 (Circa)
p. 928
Institutional and Business Connections
Competed in same market as Lion Foundry Co. Ltd.
1890 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
p. 415
Listed under 'Ironfounders'
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
p. 463
Listed under 'Ironfounders'
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 928
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 823
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1158
Listed under Iron Founders
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
p. 1060
Listed under Foundries The Post-Office Directory for Aberdeen, 1920-1921
p. 589
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940 - 1941
Listed as 'Architectural Ironfounder'
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1950-1951 One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third Annual Publication
1950 - 1951
Listed as 'Architectural Ironfounder'
Sources
A Directory of Scottish Craftsmen and Builders Country Life
27 September 1913
p. 1
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 928
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 823
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1158
Listed under Iron Founders
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
1940
p. 1060
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
25 May 1870
p. 415
Listed under 'Ironfounders'
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
1880 (Circa)
p. 463
Listed under 'Ironfounders'
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940
p.1434
The Post-Office Directory for Aberdeen, 1920-1921
May 1920
p. 589
Citing this record
'Carron Company', 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=msib6_1214224385, accessed 03 Oct 2023]
