Walter Macfarlane & Co.
Other names: (1940-1951) Walter Macfarlane & Co. Ltd.
Active: 1868 - 1951
Function: Architectural ironfounder, forger
Policy: Foundry produced architectural, sanitary, and artistic products, for example: 'Two Gold Medals at the Calcutta Exhibition...Tomb Rails, Gates, Altar Rails, Balusters, Fountains..& c. Whole listing of metalwork products featured in large-scale illustrated advertisement, The Irish Builder, Feb. 1st, 1886, p. ii.
Locations
Foundry located at Saracen Lane 207 Gallowgate Glasgow | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1870 (Circa)
p. 481
Foundry located at Saracen Foundry 46 Washington Street Glasgow | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1900
p. 619
Listing offers short description 'architectural, sanitary, and artistic.
Foundry located at Saracen Foundry Possil Park Glasgow | View on map
1880 (Circa) - 1951 (Circa)
Foundry located at 73 Rose Street South Lane Edinburgh | View on map
1930 (Circa)
p. 1158
Listed under Iron Founders
Foundry located at Dean Studios Belford Road Edinburgh | View on map
1950 (Circa)
1a Belford Road
Institutional and Business Connections
Competed in same trade as Lion Foundry Co. Ltd.
1918 (Circa) - 1950 (Circa)
Paid membership subscription to The Glasgow School of Art
1868 - 1878
£5
Also on the Committee of Management 1878
Received membership subscription from The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1871 (Circa)
Extraordinary Member (subscribed the highest amount of £25 upwards)
Associated People
Commissioned by John James Burnet
Burnet was commissioned to produce architectural forms for Macfarlane's of Glasgow. Date TBC
Engaged Johan Keller
1900 (Circa)
Executed woodcarving in the interior of 22 Park Circus, Walter Macfarlane's place of residence.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
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 Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
p. 1026
Listed under Ironfounders
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
p. 898
Listing offers short description 'architectural, sanitary, and artistic.
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1870-1871 Forty-Third Annual Publication
p. 619
Listing offers short description 'architectural, sanitary, and artistic.
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1860-1861 Thirty-Third Annual Publication
p. 481
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
p. 899
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
p. 993
Listed under 'Architectural Ironfounders'
Listed under Foundries The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910 - 1911
p.1078
Listed as 'Architectural Ironfounder'
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'
Publications
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1886 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 February 1886, p. i: 'Metal Workers'
Sources
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art 1868
1868
p. 6
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy. 1878
December 1878
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 1950-1951
1950
p. 1026
Listed under Ironfounders
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1860-1861 Thirty-Third Annual Publication
1860
p. 481
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1870-1871 Forty-Third Annual Publication
1870
p. 619
Listing offers short description 'architectural, sanitary, and artistic.
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
1880
p. 898
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
1880
p. 899
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
1901
p. 993
Listed under 'Architectural Ironfounders'
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910
p.1078
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
The Irish Builder, 1886 formerly The Dublin Builder
1886
1 February 1886, p. i
Citing this record
'Walter Macfarlane & Co.', 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_1219334887, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
