Lion Foundry Co. Ltd.
Active: 1885 - 1980
Function: Ironfounders
Policy: Produced ornamental cast ironwork; railings, crestings, terminals, fountains, bandstands, canopies and larger structures.
History or description: Originlly known as Jackson, Brown and Cuthbert, (3 ex-staff from the Saracen Foundry, Macfarlane & Co). In 188 a key figure, William Cassells from Saracen left to his job as a designer and draftsmen to take up the same post at Lion. Cassells was succeeded by James Leitch, who was responsible for many of the Art Nouveau designs - a specialism only offered by Carron Co.
Jackson left in 1881 to set up Jackson Elphick & Co Lt in Lanark.
Constructed the County Arcade in Leeds, the London Hippodrome, and Finsbury Park Empire.
Locations
Forge located at 12A Rose Street Edinburgh | View on map
1890 (Circa)
p. 576
Foundry located at 3 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1910
p. 716
Listed under Ironfouders
Foundry located at 15 Bellefield Avenue Dundee | View on map
1920 (Circa)
p. 823
Located at Kirkintilloch Glasgow | View on map
1920 (Circa) - 1951 (Circa)
Ran a business at 101 Hanover Street Edinburgh | View on map
1910 - 1920
p. 928
Ran a business at 49A Broughton Street Edinburgh | View on map
1930 (Circa)
p. 1158
Listed under Iron Founders
Institutional and Business Connections
Competed in same market as Carron Company
1890 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Competed in same trade as Walter Macfarlane & Co.
1918 (Circa) - 1950 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 576
Listed under Foundries Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 716
Listed under Ironfouders
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 The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920 - 1921
Listed as 'Architectural Ironfounder'
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
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
p. 576
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
May 1900
p. 716
Listed under Ironfouders
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
Scottish Ironwork Foundation
www.scottishironwork.org/lion.htm [site accessed on 20/1/09]
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920
p.1079
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940
p.1434
Citing this record
'Lion Foundry 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=msib6_1215775172, accessed 13 Jun 2021]
