pair Carriage Buggy Lamps antique lighting - All Original oil fonts

From Maythorn & Sons Biggleswade,  Bedfordshire 42cm tall approx

John Maythorn, ‘Journeyman’, founded a coachbuilders shop in Fox’s Yard, Sun Street, Biggleswade in 1842. The stage-coaching era was coming to an end, but he found plenty of work building coaches for gentry and commercial carriers. In 1854, he was described as a ‘Coach Builder and Harness Maker”. By 1862, he moved his growing business to the corner of Station Road and the Market Square as in the illustration above c1886. In 1885, Kelly’s Directory described the business as ‘John Maythorn and Son, High Street, Station Road, Palace Street, Cemetery Road (The Baulk) and Market Place’. The firm manufactured every type of horse-drawn carriage and was renowned nationally. John Maythorn took part in public life, being a member of the Board of Guardians, Lighting and Burial Committees. He became a Director of Biggleswade Gas Company in 1876, helping to make it profitable after a period of stagnation. John Maythorn died in 1897 aged 75.

Antique - c.1800's

matched pair left & right of carriage buggy Lamps, Victorian Period Lighting 

Black Color - Brass Trim - Beveled Glass 

Hard to find Large all original with oil fonts still in place - they are truly Impressive!

no major damage - typical wear with minor thin surface rust - unrestored