A Distinctive Documentary Bull's Head Cattle Market Sign Of Stylised Naturalistic Form and Historic Significance Weathered Cast Iron English, John Bell Foundry, c.1855
15 ½" high 17 ½" wide x 7" deep (excl. stand)
Provenance: From a gatepost of the historic Metropolitan Cattle Market, which was opened by Prince Albert in 1855, and later became known as the Caledonian Market in the Borough of Islington. The market was demolished in 1963. Another virtually identical example is held in the collection of the Museum of London.
