Pair of cast iron bollards

Pair of bollards. Made for the Clink Paving Commissioners by Messrs Bishop and Co in 1812 as boundary markers. Relocated to their current location at the east end of Keppel Row by 1876.

MATERIALS: cast iron.

DESCRIPTION: the two tapering bollards are located at the east end of Keppel Row at the junction of Southwark Bridge Road. They are approximately 1m tall above ground, in the form of cannons. They have a rounded cap in the form of a half-cannonball, moulded muzzle band, lower moulded band and a moulding at the base. Near the top of the northern bollard, to both front and back, is the inscription, cast in relief, ‘CLINK 1812’. On the southern bollard only the dates ‘1812’ remain. The bollards are painted in alternating bands of black and white.